Google Shared Calendar

[cali-ti]

ok, so i have a hard time keeping track of when all these darn events are! is anyone interested in using a shared google calendar to track them and provide reminders, etc?

i'd set it up from my google account and either manage it myself or give everyone interested access to manage events.

let me know what you think.

e

[elchicano318ti]

haha i write down all the dates in the calender in my room. But this would be a good idea aswell.

[tiFreak]

the .org calender, right Dave? cuz if it's not... :_punch:

[aceyx]

I would create it under a new account, then see if Steven can link to a published copy.

http://www.google.com/googlecalendar/event_publisher_guide.html

[thesk8nmidget]

i think its a good idea!

[Borg561]

Not a bad idea. We do have a calendar on here, but I don't know if you can add reminders to events or not. I usually put everything into the calendar on my cell phone.

Justin

[woh]

I get confused on these dates as well. I never know which 'next saturday' we are talking about.
I would like us all to start our meet threads with MHti, include the day of the week and date in the subject, and don't talk about another event on the thread without a date.

As for the calender, I'm not sure I'll use it if it is not on this site.

[cali-ti]

let me look thru what google calendars can do for us (thanks aceyx for the link to the info, very helpful) and go from there.

i would also like the calendar viewable or linked from ti.org, but i'd like to be able to add the events to my personal google calendar (by they way justin, there might be a way for you to sync your cell to google calendar, if you're even interested in such a thing). if google calendar looks like a good fit, i'll work with steven to move forward on it.

btw, if you do an event thread on here, you can have the site email you a reminder.

[elchicano318ti]

I usually write down the dates on a piece of paper and then just write it on my calender in my room or school planner. But if we can get a calender like eric is talking about that would be good too.

[aceyx]

i would also like the calendar viewable or linked from ti.org, but i'd like to be able to add the events to my personal google calendar (by they way justin, there might be a way for you to sync your cell to google calendar, if you're even interested in such a thing).
There is, but it has to go through outlook first. Fortunately though, most phones will sync with outlook. Basically gCal -> Outlook -> phone software -> phone.

As far as viewing a separate calendar in your own, that's easy. And, far easier for everyone else since you can share the entire calendar instead of single events that people will have to update if they use gCal or sync it with their Outlook.

On the left above "My Calendars" use the "Add" dropdown. It will show up as a different color. You can toggle between the two and if you have permissions on both add to each one without switching accounts. It works pretty much like Outlook with google instead of an Exchange server.

The way I would do it is set up a new account, share it, get the calendar address under details then add it to your own. Then, give specific permissions to people to modify it. This is far easier than managing the events in your own calendar unless you're good at remembering which events are public and which are private; nobody wants to know about the reminder for your urologist appointment--trust me on that one.