Calendar Swamp

If we're ever going to share calendars, we have to insist on interoperability between them all.
Let's drain the swamp!

Thursday, November 29, 2007

How iPhone can drain my calendar swamp

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As we get closer to the date of the iPhone SDK release, I've been thinking about just exactly what I'd like to see the iPhone be abl...
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Friday, November 23, 2007

How about a 2008 Calendar Swamp calendar?

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Would anyone out there like to design the 2008 Calendar Swamp calendar? What better way to spread the gospel of interoperable calendars than...
Monday, November 19, 2007

My first calendar spam

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I knew this day was coming. It's here. I just logged into my Yahoo Calendar and some spammer (on the BitTorrent_help Yahoo Group) figure...
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Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Pocket Outlook APIs found

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I came across a blog post by Randy Byrne , Outlook Program Manager at Microsoft, and he answered my question about where to find the Pocket ...
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Monday, November 05, 2007

Windows Live Calendar: No synch to Outlook or Windows Mobile, for now

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Kip Kniskern, writing in a review of the new Windows Live Calendar: "There's no synch feature, of any kind, except for shared cale...
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If my phone could do anything

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About 1:43 into this new video , Nick Sears, the co-founder of Android, the company Google bought to build its mobile phone platform, has th...
Friday, November 02, 2007

Evolution, Sunbird, Samsung tales of woe

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TumTumblr writes : "How is it possible that Evolution and Sunbird, which are regularly called 'Outlook replacements', are not a...
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Which Microsoft APIs access Pocket Outlook?

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Say a developer wanted to access Pocket Outlook on Windows Mobile to create something new, like an app that shares calendar data with other ...
Thursday, November 01, 2007

OpenSocial: Yep, another puzzle piece

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I've read a fair amount already about OpenSocial without needing to comment on it here, but this comment by Brian Kellner of NewsGator ...
Monday, October 15, 2007

GroupDAV: Another puzzle piece

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From the home page of GroupDAV.org : "GroupDAV is an effort to create a 'down-to-the-earth' protocol to connect OpenSource gr...
Monday, October 08, 2007

Vista sync problems prompt some to retreat to XP

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Jason Dunn : "Some people are having so many problems with Windows Mobile Device Center (WMDC) that they're actually leaving Window...
Thursday, October 04, 2007

More Mac iCal liberation news

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Yesterday Ben Brown clued me into NotMac , "a free, open-source utility for using the client-side dotMac services provided by Apple....
Tuesday, October 02, 2007

BusySync gets a SwampDrain point

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Gus Mueller , quoting from the BusySync Web site : "BusySync lets you share iCal calendars with family and coworkers on a local area n...

The iPhone sync process could be simpler

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Apple gets lots of flak for not syncing with non-Apple calendars, but even those who live entirely within the Apple world need simpler sync....
Thursday, September 27, 2007

The curious case of Remember the Milk

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Lots of folks -- myself included -- mistakenly described Remember the Milk as another online calendar. In fact, it only manages tasks. For ...
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Oy vey: SyncML is now OMA DS

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Never mind that synchronization has never been more popular, or more marketable to businesses . The fine folks at the Open Mobile Alliance r...
Monday, September 17, 2007

iPod Touch: Update contacts, not calendar?

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I was surprised to learn ( via Bill Palmer ) that iPod Touch owners can add contacts, even though they can't add calendar entries. Why d...
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Everybody Has a Share

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Calendar Swamp readers may find my new project worth following. Everybody Has a Share: Myth, Madness and Momentum in the Digital Decade is ...
Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Chandler hits preview release

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News from Chandler, the open-source calendar software effort : "The Chandler project has hit our Preview milestone! We now have public...
Tuesday, September 11, 2007

The Apple iPod Touch: Opportunity lost

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Apple continues to treat its iCal calendar poorly . The new iPod Touch calendar is read-only, even though the iPod Touch would seem like a g...
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Scott Mace
Scott Mace writes about health, healthcare technology, other technology, and urban issues. He graduated from San Jose State University and was a senior editor at IDG publication InfoWorld for 16 years, covering topics such as database management and government oversight of technology. Since 2004, he has specialized in the field of healthcare IT journalism. Following completion of a certificate in Clinical Trial Design and Management at UC's San Diego Extension, he was senior technology editor at HealthLeaders Media. In 2015, he received the Jesse H. Neal Award for Best Technical Content for a Publication with Brand Revenue of $3M to $7M. In 2016 he was awarded the National Silver Award, Regional Gold Aware of Excellence, Feature Article, General Interest, More than $3M Revenue, Southeast Category, from the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE). Mace is currently a freelance journalist based in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.
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