I need an idea

May 05, 2010 14:06

Some simple but insanely useful little tool on the computer that does something practical but there isn't already a widget like it out there.

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relee May 5 2010, 19:11:11 UTC
I could use a desktop dayplanner/calendar thing where I could put appointments and things on and it would pop up a notice to remind me beforehand, and I could set how many notices and how far beforehand they would warn me. Ideally it would be integrated with the windows clock, or at least have an icon on the bar down there that I could click and it would pop up.

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wyldside May 5 2010, 19:16:19 UTC
Yaknow that's a pretty good idea, i might look into it and actually that gives me another idea... It does suck that the only decent scheduler is MS Outlook... What if it had web connectivity? A simple notifier for your taskbar but the schedule itself was stored on a webserver somewhere so you could check it/update it from anywhere?

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shockwave77598 May 5 2010, 19:52:12 UTC
Looka t the APIs for Yahoo's calendar system - see if you can make it talk to that. If so, you've got a system that not only serves for individuals, but can be used to keep groups organized as well. And you won't have to build a server for it either; already built and running.

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wyldside May 5 2010, 19:54:25 UTC
Aww what's the fun in that?

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tara_li May 5 2010, 21:02:40 UTC
I have to wonder why so many calendaring things seem to be tied to e-mail. I'd really prefer to use my current method of handling mail, and not need Evolution, just to keep track of misc time issues.

Oh, and Google has calendar APIs, too, you know.

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