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How does Sandy make it easier for me to schedule things on Google calendar?
I saw this listed as a feature, but Google doesn't seem to recognize that replies contain appointments...how is it supposed to work?
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I don't think you can "link" Sandy's calendar into Google Calendar, but you can import all of your Sandy items.
You can do it individually. Send Sandy a reminder request and she replies with a confirmation that includes and ics file as an attachment. You can import this into Google Calendar.
Not very cool, but eh...
You can link your calendars from Sandy and Google into Apple's iCal. There's probably a similar solution for Windows.
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Inappropriate?I don't think you can "link" Sandy's calendar into Google Calendar, but you can import all of your Sandy items.
You can do it individually. Send Sandy a reminder request and she replies with a confirmation that includes and ics file as an attachment. You can import this into Google Calendar.
Not very cool, but eh...
You can link your calendars from Sandy and Google into Apple's iCal. There's probably a similar solution for Windows.
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Inappropriate?You are right...not very cool.
But, something to look forward to in the future!
Thanks!
I’m hopeful
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Inappropriate?Anyone tried to link Sandy's calendar to ScheduleWorld.com? I know the website can synchronize with Google Calendar, but I can't figure out how to use another calendar program. (I'd like to do this so I can get Sandy appointments and todos onto my Palm PDA without having to go through the step up of importing individual ICS files into Google.)1 Comment Add a comment
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I have it so that I use the public ics feed for Sandy in my Google Calendar, but I 'hide' it. I then set up a 2nd calendar called Sandy in Scheduleworld, then synchronise it to the Sandy calendar in my Google Calendar. My mobile phone is set to synchronise every hour, so when it synchronises it automatically pushes the Sandy entries into my calendar (which is 'shown' on my Google calendar page). I can't update Sandy from Google Calendar, but Sandy can update Google calendar via my phone synchronisation.
Hope that makes sense.
More information is available at:
http://scheduleworld.wordpress.com/su...
it says: ScheduleWorld has a 1:1 mapping between ScheduleWorld and Google calendars. Simply create two ScheduleWorld calendars, map each of them to a different Google calendar, and configure your SyncML device to sync both ScheduleWorld calendars. -
Inappropriate?My opinion is that if Sandy creates a relatively simple option to place appointments onto Google Calendar, then they will receive a significant number of additional users. Having emails come across from a different calendar does not help me that much.
And to the Sandy devs ... I'm not sure how it would work, but I know it's possible. I'm using Jott to connect to the following service that does this very thing: http://www.grinn.net/blog/dev/2007/09...
It would definitely add a differentiator between your great service and at least one other web-based reminder service that I've used with Jott. -
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Inappropriate?I've done a workaround with a cron job on my web server that retrieves the ICS file from Sandy periodically, and import my copy into Google Calendar. Not perfect, but workable for me, for now, until Google or Sandy smartens up...
I’m undecided on this service
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Inappropriate?I just found Sandy yesterday, and she has real potential. But the lack of Google Caleedar synching will probably be a deal-breaker for me.
I've finally gotten to the point where I rely on my G-Cal for the events in my (and my family's) life. It was my hope that Sandy could read my G-Calendar, and send my reminders of my upcoming events -- and that I could use Sandy to add events to my G-Cal without opening the web page (I tend to live in my e-mail during the day).
Having Sandy be able to add to my G-Cal would be nice, but that's only half of what I need. I ned her to be able to read my calendar, too.
I'll continue trying out Sandy, but I *need* this!
I’m going to wait and see
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Inappropriate?Alex, that sounds like just the solution I need.
Question: after you cron job pulls the ICS file, how di you automatically import that copy into Google Calendar?
Thanks in advance..
I’m thankful
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Inappropriate?The cron job puts the ICS file on the web server. Import the file into Google Calendar by creating a new calendar from the URL on your server.
Downside: Google apparently only grabs the file every few days. If you host the file on icalx or something, it'll grab it much more often. Long term, I'm thinking Spanning Sync is the likely way to go. -
Inappropriate?Incidentally, why not use Google's own notifications for stuff on your Google calendar? It'll email you, text you, or show a popup in your browser. I find those work pretty well...
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Inappropriate?Cron is a Unix tool that performs tasks at periodic intervals.
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Inappropriate?Same here please. Integration with Google Calendars or iCal would help me to keep everything centralized, until then Sandy is just *another* thing I need to remember to do.
I’m frustrated
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Inappropriate?There is already integration with iCal
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Inappropriate?I thought integration was only one way? I can subscribe to my "Sandy" schedule but can't alter it. Apologies if incorrect.
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Inappropriate?sorry I didn't understand you wanted two way integration.
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Inappropriate?Better Google Calendars integration is a must-have deal breaker feature for me. Hopefully Sandy can improve in this area soon :-)
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Inappropriate?The G-Cal notifications are only a small part of what I need. Here are some examples (Sandy developers, are you listening?):
I get an e-mail invitation to something my family wants to attend. I forward the invite to my husband, and also to Sandy, who puts it on my Calendar
My daughter e-mails me that her Anime Club is cancelled (and I don't have to pick her up). I e-mail Sandy and she deletes this week's Anime Club event from my G-Calendar.
I want my daily reminders from Sandy to include events for 3 of the 4 G-Calendars I maintain.
Eventually (and I'm dreaming here) I'd like Sandy to be able to scan my Omni Focus file, and pull actions with a special tag to incorporate into my daily list. Some day ... -
Inappropriate?I've recently been trying out AirSet's shared calendar app, which kicks the snot out of Google's calendar if you want to share and synchronize the calendars of many people, especially if you want to have multiple calendar categories or views per person (work, home, school, etc.) Integrating a really powerful calendar like AirSet's could actually wind up benefiting a lot more people than adding support for Google's calendar. I have no relationship with Airset, I just know a better calendar when I see one... -
