Google Calendar

[Rusty T]

anyone else use this? Now that I know how to add other 'calendars' (like religious holidays and such), I'm using it even more.

[Gabby]

I've just started using it for our Sound Team calendar.

[Little Shepherd]

Yes, I use it to keep up with birthdays mostly. I also mark special trips I'm planning so I don't forget to pack, and important school dates(like registration and school holidays).

The shared calendar feature is really awesome, too. Quanta, her sister, and I all shared a calendar when we were planning what we wanted to do at Dragon*Con, and when we were done we had an easily-printed schedule so everyone knew where they'd be and who they'd be with at any given time.

[$cirisme]

I use iCal.

[Rusty T]

Can iCal sync with Google Calendar?

[$cirisme]

I think there are tools that will do that.

[Jnthn]

I use Google calendar. Fab application. I also use something called Calgoo to synch Outlook with Google Calendar.

J

[Gabby]

I use Google calendar. Fab application. I also use something called Calgoo to synch Outlook with Google Calendar.

J

How does Calgoo work?

[Jnthn]

How does Calgoo work?

It's an application that acts as a go between for various calendaring apps and google calendar. I use Outlook as my master calendar and use calgoo to sync it with my google calendar when I'm on the move. Any changes to either calendar are replicated to the partner calendar.

J

[Gabby]

It's an application that acts as a go between for various calendaring apps and google calendar. I use Outlook as my master calendar and use calgoo to sync it with my google calendar when I'm on the move. Any changes to either calendar are replicated to the partner calendar.

J

Can you set it so that it sends out notifications to other people?

[Jnthn]

Can you set it so that it sends out notifications to other people?

Google calendar can do that in a roundabout way; they need to subscribe to a public calendar that they maintain and the calendar can ping reminders to them via Gmail. There may be other ways of doing it as well, but I've not really plumbed GCal's functionality in that respect. Calgoo would be the easy means of maintaining the calendar against a third party calendar app such as Outlook.

J

[Leonhard]

I certainly need to start using it again, its interface is nice and simple, though there's some annoyances I don't like. Its also kinda slow, being a web application after all. I can't wait till I get a Mac, so I can use iCal. I would sync it with Google Calender as well.

[Rusty T]

calgoo costs money .. . waaaah

[Jnthn]

calgoo costs money .. . waaaah

...not the free version. Only "down" side is that you need to manually invoke the synchronisations (which can be easily automated via other means...!)

J

[$cirisme]

I certainly need to start using it again, its interface is nice and simple, though there's some annoyances I don't like. Its also kinda slow, being a web application after all. I can't wait till I get a Mac, so I can use iCal. I would sync it with Google Calender as well.

I have always really liked iCal. And it really has been getting better with each release.