Calendar Swamp

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

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

iPhone calendar sync without iTunes, or a Mac

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Some time ago Calendar Swamp reader Jeff Widman asked if I had heard of Nuevasync . I hadn't, but I subscribed to the Nuevasync blog an...
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009

New year, new agenda

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This year is already 20 days old, but since its start I've had a new agenda for this blog. The problems of calendars not working togethe...
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Tuesday, December 09, 2008

BusyBlog bashes CalDAV...or somebody

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The controversy about supposed shortcomings of CalDAV takes another twisty turn with this post from BusyBlog . Cmon Swampers...someone expl...
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Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Google Calendar adds CalDAV support

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Google updated Google Calendar, adding CalDAV support . +1 SwampDrain point for Google . I'm looking forward to the day when everyone wh...
Monday, December 01, 2008

TimeDriver, HourTown: Any experiences out there?

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Found on the Web: TimeTrade, which bills itself as "the world leader in customer self-service appointment scheduling" offers TimeD...
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Let a thousand Windows iCal-based calendars bloom

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Here's another one: Desktop iCalendar Lite . Has anyone tried it?
Monday, November 17, 2008

CalConnect is coming to Redmond

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I just noticed with interest that the next meeting of CalConnect will occur, for the first time, at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washi...
Thursday, November 13, 2008

Any Windows Live Hotmail stories out there?

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Windows Live Hotmail now sports "a revamped calendar that makes it easier to share calendars with others, subscribe to multiple calend...
Friday, October 31, 2008

The customer service problem with calendaring

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All the calendaring tech in the world won't make your life simpler if the company trying to communicate event or reservation changes to ...
Wednesday, October 29, 2008

More than Microsoft

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Steve Ballmer (rhetorically) asks his customers : "Why can't we create calendars that automatically merge our schedules at work and...
Tuesday, October 28, 2008

BidCal: Calendaring/eBay mashup

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BidCal lets you monitor upcoming eBay auctions from within your calendar. It's from the makers of Calgoo. I hope this isn't stressi...
Friday, October 24, 2008

eWeek puts calendar icon on cover, ignores calendaring

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An ambitious eWeek October 13 cover story, "UC on the cheap," all about Unified Communications (a buzzword mainly at Microsoft), i...
Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Syncing two desktop calendars to Calgoo Hub

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Those Calgoo folks are clever. They've included a way to sync more than one calendar with their Hub. They support Outlook and also thei...
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Monday, October 13, 2008

Buh-bye, Pocket PC

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I'm kicking my Pocket PC to the curb. In its place I have a new Dell Inspiron 910, powered by the new Intel Atom chip. For sheer comfort...
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Wednesday, October 08, 2008

Yahoo! Calendar supports CalDAV

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Yahoo! updated its calendar , adding CalDAV support, and is hosting CalConnect XIII this week in Santa Clara. +1 SwampDrain point for Yaho...
Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Marriage isn't a reminder service

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Memo to pop culture: The purpose of marriage is not to employ another human being as a reminder service .
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Thursday, October 02, 2008

Quest for a thin CalDAV server

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For some time I've talked about setting up a CalDAV server in my home. River won't share her calendar on any service outside the ho...
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Wednesday, October 01, 2008

Nokia's Intellisync going bye-bye

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jkOnTheRun reports that "the venerable syncing solution from Intellisync will be shut down and no longer available." Nokia is now...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008

iCalendar, CalDAV...then what? Part 2

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After I received Alex Pline's email ( posted here yesterday ) I wrote to Lisa Dusseault, co-creator of CalDAV, and asked her for her tho...
Monday, September 29, 2008

iCalendar, CalDAV...then what? Part 1

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I received an email last week that I will reproduce here in its entirety, then comment on in a subsequent post: "Hi Scott- "I'...
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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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