Comments on: Online Calendar Wars

By: Rocky Agrawal

Rocky Agrawal — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:42:44 +0000

The biggest issue is that few people care about calendaring (outside the workgroup context.)

The combined reach of online calendars from AOL, Google, MSN and Yahoo is 3.2%; the combined reach of email services from the same companies is 73.7%.

Some ideas for making online calendars more useful:
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By: So what did I miss? » alog

So what did I miss? » alog — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 01:37:18 +0000

[...] Google calendar is gaining momentum. I use Google Calendar because I tried everything else on the planet, wasn’t particular satisfied with any of it, and I was fairly satisfied with Gcal. However, I think a huge motivation to use it was my devotion to Gmail, an expectation of further integration. (I just finally switched from Bloglines to Google Reader the other day too. I’m still getting used to it, but so far I’m pleased.) [...]

By: Cassie

Cassie — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 03:49:34 +0000

I’m interested in the sharp increase in Google Calendar use between Nov 25 to Dec 9.
As a graduate student, I have some suspicion that the imposing finals period could have affected this. I was continually checking my Google Calendar to remind myself of imposing deadlines (and try to motivate myself to complete all the work.)
Upcoming holiday travel could also be another reason.

Any thoughts?

By: Island in the Net

Island in the Net — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 02:02:51 +0000

Synchronise Google Calendar with iCal using Spanning Sync. http://blog.spanningsync.com/

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Fri, 05 Jan 2007 18:00:42 +0000

[...] I’m not saying that Google’s not going to win; I just don’t want to hand them the blue ribbon now - if they earn it, we may all benefit. They are constantly winning battles, but without competition from Trulia, Zillow, RealestateABC, ShackPrices, where would they be? [...]

By: Google Calendar is the new rising star at chilibean

Google Calendar is the new rising star at chilibean — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 16:33:38 +0000

[...] According to some research Michael Arrington did for TechCrunch, Google Calendar is fast catching up with rivals Yahoo! Calendar and MSN Calendar. [...]

By: Google Calendar Succeeding (so far) « psycheTECHnic

Google Calendar Succeeding (so far) « psycheTECHnic — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 13:01:21 +0000

[...] Image and original post from TechCrunch. [...]

By: Stealing Google’s Thunder « JoshWrites:

Stealing Google’s Thunder « JoshWrites: — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 00:46:36 +0000

[...] 5th, 2007 · No Comments From the perspective of most, there seems to be no immediate threat to Google’s dominationas they continue to add great new features to already great products and gain market share where they once had little. But amidst the constant praise of the behemoth, Google has taken an eyebrow-raising amount of heat in the blogosphere lately, and I just can’t help but wonder: could now be the perfect time for Yahoo!, Ask.com, or an entirely new search technology to steal a big hunk of Google’s thunder? [...]

By: nateg

nateg — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 00:02:25 +0000

none of those three calendars are a good exchange replacement; but, all work for a nice personal calendar. Check out what the hosting and e-mail company http://www.concentric.com is doing for a domain based shared calendar, shared contacts, notes, tasks and overall groupware and exchange alternative at http://www.cts.com/groupware . It is in beta now and they are going to have an outlook connector soon to synchronize if your hooked on outlook. IT is icalendar compatable; publishes free/busy and is fully domain based so if your a business you can replace exchange.

By: Jim Cutrell

Jim Cutrell — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 22:11:47 +0000

Famundo, http://www.famundo.com/organizations/ offers a viable solution for those groups looking for an alternative to Trumba. It is free and they have an import for Trumba data. They also offer most of what Trumba offers.

By: Allan

Allan — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 21:08:24 +0000

I’ve tried Yahoo Calendar and a few other online sites. I keep coming back to Outlook. Its integration makes it hard to leave.

However, I have tried BlueTie and it does seem like a promising online replacement.

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 19:58:43 +0000

Honestly, I still prefer my pocket paper calendar, even over my 8125. Maybe I am old fashioned….

By: Jorge

Jorge — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 19:51:27 +0000

Google wants my financial info, all my email, and now they want to know my daily schedule?

Screw that. I’d rather let the federal government spy on me day after day before I blindly hand it over to a corporation that’s going to use it to datamine me and profit at my expense.

By: brklynsurfer

brklynsurfer — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:45:00 +0000

Come on Mike. What about 30boxes.com? I have been with them since day one and it is constantly improving. With the slickest, fastest, and most importantly, easiest calendar, 30boxes is by far the better calendar. The Webtop and To-do features are bar-none.

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:31:44 +0000

is there a way to sync (both ways) with outlook that is easy? Since my treo interfaces with outlook, I’d like events to go all ways… I’ve read about one solution but it seemed to involve lots of set up…anything change?

Google calendar is fantastic in most ways.

Sean

By: miriya

miriya — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:22:46 +0000

I wanna Scrybe! New kid in web calendar!

By: eLearning Service » Blog Archive » Tech news links

eLearning Service » Blog Archive » Tech news links — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:19:11 +0000

[...] Online Calendar Wars [TechCrunch] [...]

By: Patricia

Patricia — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:08:13 +0000

I forgot all about signing up for google’s calendar! yay! this article reminded me about that.

I like the ease of use and interface of Google’s calendar.

By: Garth

Garth — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:59:19 +0000

I bet the combined traffic to Outlook Web Access calendars is much larger than all of these “personal calendars”.

I don’t keep a personal calendar, but I use my work calender on exchange a lot. For personal stuff I just put a reminder in my phone if I think I am going to forget.

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:25:58 +0000

I love Google Calendar. My whole life I have struggled with using a calendar and keeping it up to date, whether it be on paper, on a web site, or in a computer program. Google Calendar is the first calendar that I have ever had any success with. It’s very easy to use, both for reading quickly and creating events, and you can get a Firefox extension as well that will show you your events for the current day and the next day in a little popup window. I love it, so, thanks Google!

By: Ted Gilchrist

Ted Gilchrist — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:18:29 +0000

Me? I listen to my calendar.

By: Online calendars still drop in the bucket » Mathew Ingram: mathewingram.com/work

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:14:07 +0000

By: Jason Patrick

Jason Patrick — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:01:20 +0000

I’ve been using RSSCalendar.com for some time now. It doesn’t have all the ajaxy features you see on most Web 2.0 calendars, but it is by far the easiest to use. I can quickly create a calendar event that will show up on my blog and rss calendar feed immediately. You can create daily, weekly or monthly rss feeds - or private feeds for personal use. Best way to share calendars online.

By: Yakito

Yakito — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:01:17 +0000

30boxes is the best calendar out there. I would buy that company if I had the money :p

By: ABCota

ABCota — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:44:05 +0000

While this data is interesting and we all know we can make numbers and charts tell any story we want, I’m not sure this tells us much of anything. So, GMail users don’t click on GCal from within GMail, but Yahoo Mail users do.

What would be really interesting to know is not how many clicks these online calendars get (afterall, I’ve clicked on GCal a number of times, but I definitely don’t use is as my calendar…does that count?), but how much time users spend in these applications, how FREQUENTLY they use them, and what percentage of ALL users of calendars (Outlook, Entrouage, and the like) this represents.