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, June 12, 2008

Should MobileMe support SyncML?

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As I understand it, SyncML isn't really the most modern of calendar-sharing protocols. CalDAV is much better. Yet, Mass Asay agrees with...
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Funambol plans its MobileMe alternative

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Funambol is stepping up to the plate with an open-source alternative to MobileMe. Initially it will sync contacts, and later, calendars. Do...
Monday, June 09, 2008

SpanningSync vs. MobileMe

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SpanningSync is the obvious calendar sync competitor to Apple's new MobileMe. It's $25 a year or $65 for a one-time purchase. Yeste...
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iPhone syncers: Does $99 a year work for you?

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Does $99 a year work for you? That's what Apple's new over-the-air MobileMe calendar sync costs. Of course you're paying for a l...
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Mobile Me to drain more Apple swamp -- at what cost?

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This morning, Apple's demoing MobileMe with over-the-air iCal sync from any iPhone. Still waiting to hear what it will cost. I'm su...
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Friday, June 06, 2008

Report: Mulberry does CalDAV best

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Over a Zimbra's blog, Mike Morse writes : "If you want strict [CalDAV] specification adherence in a cross-app & cross-platform ...
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Thursday, June 05, 2008

Jon Udell's how-to-publish series; Sunbird flakiness

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Jon Udell recently published a series of blog posts on how to publish your calendar on the Web for free. They're useful tutorials. So fa...
Thursday, May 15, 2008

Event attendance data sharing

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Okay calendar geeks, get ready for a deep-dive... Brian Dear, founder and chairman of Eventful , wants a standard to allow all social networ...
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Calgoo Hub comes to Outlook 2003

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I've fallen behind a bit on things I want to write about here. Today I happen to be attending the Data Sharing Summit 2 in Mountain View...
Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Making Web calendars more useful

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Jon Udell is trying to make Web-based calendars more useful for the average Web surfer. His efforts, like always, are bound to help.

Google Calendar Sync updated

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Google just released an improved Google Calendar Sync with Microsoft Outlook.
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Monday, April 07, 2008

Zimbra beefing up phone calendar

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I just read that Zimbra's providing a richer calendaring experience on Java-enabled phones.
Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Which Outlook/Google Calendar sync is best?

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Reader Catherine Adams writes me: "I am working for a company where 50% of the people use Mac (Outlook Calendar) and the other 50% use ...
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Saturday, March 29, 2008

Google Calendar had a major outage

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The SpanningSync blog reports that Google Calendar experienced a major outage in the past few days. Since I don't rely upon Google Cale...

Zimbra's CalDAV support gets a good review

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Matt Asay: CalDav + Zimbra rocks .
Wednesday, March 26, 2008

FuseCal launches

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ReadWriteWeb says : " FuseCal lets you sync any calendar to any calendar, while also providing filters that let you limit the types of...
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MailShadow to sync Outlook, Google Calendar

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The New York Times reports : "MailShadow is the first service that automatically brings together synchronization for mail, calendars a...
Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Entourage 2008 breaks Blackberry sync?

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I don't know the entire story here, but it appears that Microsoft Entourage 2008 breaks the Blackberry sync capability introduced by Re...
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Monday, March 24, 2008

BirdieSync works! Deleting Outlook 2003 did the trick

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Well, it wasn't that simple. But almost. It turns out I had two problems . One was that BirdieSync was trying to sync calendars from bo...
Friday, March 21, 2008

BirdieSync installed but not working

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Today I installed BirdieSync to sync my new Sunbird calendar with my Windows Mobile PDA. I had to click through some warnings about BirdieSy...
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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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