Accessing Windows Vista Calendar programmatically
This is pretty funny. When we wrote the Windows Vista calendar, we didn’t expose any APIs to manipulate the underlying data. Everything is stored in iCalendar files, and there’s plenty of iCalendar parsers floating around. It looks like the Coding4Fun folks went the extra mile, and implemented a COM Automation service that [...]
GTD, Todos, and Nirvana
I know I’m on a search for the Grail - I’m waiting for Perceval to come riding by any minute now. I want an app to help me focus my energies where they belong. I’m looking for a simple project and task manager that has the following attributes:
- Clean UI.- Fast capture of actions/tasks/ideas- Supports [...]
Cool app - Stikkit
Merlin writes about a cool little app I’ve been kicking around the last few days. I really like the looseness of the app, and the “smarts” built in so far. It will be interesting to see how quickly the apps gets adopted, and users start trusting the language parsing to do the right thing the first time…
(Disclosure: I’m [...]
WinCal: Nice words from Paul Thurrott
Thanks Paul for such kind words regarding Windows Calendar. The team has been focused on some last-minute tweaks here and there, and it’s nice to see folks appreciating all the hard work…
http://winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_xp_apps.asp
Windows Calendar: Standards-Based Scheduling
Windows Calendar is a tough one: It’s nicely designed and has all the sharing features you’d expect from an iCal-based application. [...]
Come and get it! Windows Vista Beta 2 and Office 2007 Beta 2 ready for download
Windows Vista Beta 2 and Office 2007 Beta 2 are now available for download.
Please give Windows Calendar a spin, and let me know what you think. Here’s a cool one – publish your Office 2007 calendar to Office online, and subscribe to it in Windows Calendar – it works! Now you can be at your [...]
Subscribe to a Google Calendar with Windows Calendar
Several folks have been asking about Google Calendar and Windows Calendar, and how to link them together. They’re both using the icalendar format to store their calendar entries, so subscribing to a Google calendar should be pretty straight-forward. It is, once you know how to find the correct URL. In this exercise, you’ll be sharing out [...]
Why, yes, I *did* see that Google announced a calendar
Apparently most folks I work with thought I must have crawled under a rock around 8:30pm last night, and have yet to open a web browser today. They each (34 at last count) sent me an email saying, “Hey, did you see Google announced a calendar this morning?”.
Yes I did. Yes it’s interesting. Yes, I [...]