Calendar Swamp

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

Saturday, December 22, 2007

Tasks inside calendars: How do they make one's time "busy"?

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How many of you manage your tasks inside your calendar? As of Office 2007, Bill Gates now does : "Before the 2007 Office release, I nev...
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Windows Live Calendar to get FeedSync?

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Kip Kniskern : "It looks like Calendar will be one of the first Windows Live applications to use FeedSync."
Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Sync between Windows Live Calendar and Outlook available -- for a price

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A commenter to an earlier post pointed out that Microsoft does offer sync between Windows Live Calendar and Outlook, but it will cost you t...
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Saturday, December 15, 2007

Forrester Research makes iPhone improvements inevitable

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Nice to see Forrester Research listing lack of over-the-air calendar sync as part of the #1 reason IT departments won't adopt the iPhon...

Apple hiring a Swamp Drainer?

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A few days ago on some blog I posted a comment suggesting that Apple use some of its vast cash hoarde to improve iCal calendar sharing. Lo ...
Friday, December 14, 2007

Google Calendar and BlackBerry sync up

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Here's +1 SwampDrain point to Google and RIM for introducing full calendar syncing between Google Calendar and the BlackBerry . Thanks...
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Darwin Calendar Server anyone?

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I read for the first time of someone who downloaded and installed the Darwin Calendar Server . I've thought about buying a Mac Mini to r...
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Thursday, December 06, 2007

SyncMate enters beta

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Another way for Windows Mobile users to give desktop Outlook the heave-ho is now in beta. Spotted at WindowsForDevices.com: Software synchro...
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Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Killer Microsoft calendar sharing tech is MIA

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As I noted earlier today here , Microsoft has published the final 1.0 spec for what is now FeedSync, and what used to be called Simple Shari...

Stay at Home Servers: funny, but...

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Microsoft is on to something with its funny video series , "Stay at Home Servers." I can't wait until the episode where they e...
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...
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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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