Calendars

Jul 22 2010

Streaks Seinfeld-esque time management app for iPhone

themes Streaks Seinfeld esque time management app for iPhoneI love to sleep in. I sleep in so long I waste away weekends. It’s a problem and I seriously need to solve it. My goal is to get myself out of bed at 6am every morning. Yes, 6am! It’s going to be tough, but if I can get momentum, I know I can make this my routine.

That’s why I was glad when I came across Streaks – Motivational Calendar in the iPhone Apps Store. It works on the same motivational principle as Jerry Seinfeld uses to be a better comic; he writes every day and keeps tabs of his progress on a calendar. Then, after several days of consecutive productivity, if he feels a bit lazy and wants to slack off that day, a glance over at the calendar motivates him to write in order to not break the streak. The more days that are marked off on the calendar, the more of a let down it would be if you had to break that streak.

Streaks – Motivational Calendar by Fanzter is a light-weight answer to this call for your iPhone and iPod touch (and iPad if you like the zoom-mode). It provides multiple calendars to track all your goals, be they “Exercise,” “Write in My Journal,” or in my case “Get Up At 6am.” Fantzer has outfitted Streaks with four themes for your calendars (unfortunately, you must choose one theme that will be for all your calendars) and a numerical icon badge that shows you the current streak your on with the first calendar in your list.

Get a handle on your goals; download Streaks for US$1.99

What goal do you want to achieve? Please let me know in the comments…maybe we can start an accountability group icon wink Streaks Seinfeld esque time management app for iPhone

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Apr 27 2009

Beyond iCal

iCal is more than just an iApp, it’s a new standard for calendar sharing. Extend your calendaring with these free applications.

mu Beyond iCalCalendarUpload

iCal will upload calendars to .Mac and WebDAV accounts, but CalendarUpload will upload iCal calendars to your FTP server. This freeware pick requires Panther.

mu Beyond iCaliCal FTP X

This app does pretty much the same thing, but works on Jaguar. Calendars uploaded to web-accessible directories can be subscribed to in iCal.

mu Beyond iCaliCal2blog X

This free script posts your iCal items to your blog via XML-RPC. It’s a gift from Ben and the folks at Movable Type.

mu Beyond iCalPHP iCalendar

This unique server-side solution parses iCal’s .ics files into a web-readable form. A great way to view your iCalendars online.

Mozilla Calender and Sunbird

This little known Mozilla project produces an extension for Firefox/Mozilla/Thunderbird that adds an iCal-compatible calendar. Also available as a stand-alone application called Sunbird, this app/extension can read, write and sync .ics calendars via FTP or WebDAV.

With this week’s tools, you’ll be able to take your iCals far beyond the desktop, and do it for free.

Brian

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Apr 27 2009

New Year’s Calendars

Happy New Year! Get your first resolution resolved with a new calendar solution. Below we’ve got all kinds of solutions – all of which are free.

mu New Years CalendarsChandler

This ambitious Open Source project is fresh and innovative. Chandler can quickly turn mail into tasks and tasks into calendar items. Chandler can sync with a WebDAV server and process your IMAP or POP email.

chandler New Years Calendars

The interface and organizational ideas in this solution are some of the best I’ve seen, but this application is new and not fast or feature-complete.
It may not be ready for prime-time, but the ideas behind it are exciting, and good things are in store for the project.

mu New Years CalendarsRevolver

Not unlike Chandler, this is an all-in-one mail, task, calendar solution. The unified interface makes it easy to manage your info in one place. The application is slick and easy to use, but does not sync with iCal.

revolver New Years Calendars

There are some German interface glitches, and the import/export functions are crude (delimited data files) but it is fast and easy to use.

HipCal

This web-based calendar/todo solution has a great interface and flexible features. It promises iCal sync in the future. HipCal imports contacts and also includes email alerts and repeating events/tasks.

Mozilla Sunbird

This stand-alone project spun off from Mozilla Calendar has hatched a new version, 0.3 alpha. The daring will find it full of extra features like file attachment and advanced scheduling.

mu New Years CalendarsPreminder

This Mac-only app has a very interesting interface, with unique display options.

preminder New Years Calendars

It’s more attractive and accessible than most alternatives, and imports/exports iCal calendars.

mu New Years CalendarsMail2iCal and Mail2iCalToDo

These two AppleScripts allow you to easily create calendar and task items from mail messages in Mail.app. Many of us use our inboxes as todo lists, now we can actually turn mail into events and tasks.

That’s it for our free calendar round-up. Stay organized this year, and make free software a resolution fo 2006.

Brian

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