CalendarReview

This is an oldy but still valid: Lifehackers calendar poll

Nothing’s more important to your productivity arsenal than a solid scheduling tool, and considering so much of what we do happens at the computer, a good calendar application is just the thing to bring order to your agenda. On Tuesday we asked you to share your favorite calendar application, and today we’re back with the five most popular answers. Keep reading for a detailed look at the top five and to cast your vote for the calendar tool you like best.

Registration is now open for CalConnect Roundtable XIV and the associated CalConnect Interoperability Test Event, February 2-6, 2009, hosted by Microsoft in Redmond, Washington. Logistics information and links to the registration pages may be found at http://www.calconnect.org/calconnect14.shtml.

The CalConnect Interoperability Test Event will occur from Monday morning the 2nd (starting at 08:00) through noon Wednesday the 4th; the Roundtable from noon Wednesday the 4th through midafternoon Friday the 6th.

Non-members of CalConnect are invited to attend a single Roundtable as an observer to determine whether or not joining CalConnect would be of benefit to you.  Non-members may also attend a single CalConnect Interoperability Test Event as observers, as well.  Information on observer status and registration is also linked from the above page.

Registration for both member representatives and observer representatives is $350 for the Roundtable through January 15, 2009,  and $395 thereafter.  Observer registration for the IOP test event is also $350.

Google Calendar now supports CalDAV. That doesn’t mean much to most people but what it basically  means is that you can sync your calendar (Outlook, iCal, Sunbird, Blackberry, Android) easier and two-way with Gcal. Good news but apparently your Gcal doesn’t sync two way with the iPhone. Gcal appointments are read-only on the iPhone.

Cozi recently reached the milestone of one million members.

The new Yahoo Calendar is now in beta. I’m sory to say that I do not yet have been invited to the beta but from the screencast on the beta website it looks like the Yahoo Calendar has improved a lot. To be honest: it was about time. What I understand is Yahoo took Zimbra, the platform they took over last year, as the basis for the improvements. Not only does the calendar work more intuitive, it allows you more then ever before to intergate it with other Yahoo services like Flickr. If anybody has seen the actual beta calendar please write a review here at calendarreview.com.

Rainlendar 2.4 is available from http://www.rainlendar.net. The listof changes is to long to mention here but you can find the features here.

Several people among which Robert Scoble, Walt Mossberg and others report that Apple’s Mobile Me is deleting all appoinments from your calendar. Be warned and back up.

Google recently moved the KeepandShare printable calendar to page 1 for the search phrase ‘2009 calendar‘…   2009 traffic is already booming, probably because the KeepandShare calendar is ideal for creating friendly calendar that easily printed out in PDF format, but can also be edited, tailored, as well as shared online in any web browser. 

In just the last month KeepandShare added 3 major new calendar features: import of calendar data from ICS and CSV formats,  repeating events and calendar overlays.  Since the base calendar in KeepandShare is a simple text editor, this means the system is ‘low tech’, easy-to-use to enter any kind of text, and get great PDF printouts, but it can give all the usual powerful computer-based calendar features - all in a web-based free calendar service.

The next Mobile Calendaring Interoperability Test Event will take place on Tuesday-Thursday, November 4-6, 2008, in Plzen, Czech Republic, hosted by Kerio Technologies. This event is open to both CalConnect members and non-members (members receive a discount upon the registration fee). You must register in advance. The registration form is at Mobile IOP Test Event Participant Registration.