Calendar in Text Mode with Remind

Posted on May 8th, 2008 by nathan

Reader/Listener Greg wrote in a while ago and pointed a really great CLI tool for managing your calendar.
From Roaring Penquin:

Remind is a sophisticated calendar and alarm program. It includes the following features:
* A sophisticated scripting language and intelligent handling of exceptions and holidays.
* Plain-text, PostScript and HTML […]

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Get Simple Reminders with Gremind

Posted on January 29th, 2008 by nathan

When Evolution or Korganizer are overkill for your needs, you may try Gremind. It’s just a simple app that runs in your system tray that provides you with nice, pop-up reminders at specified times. I could see me myself using this for smaller tasks that don’t need to go on my calendar, but that […]

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Put Your Google Calendar in the Firefox Sidebar

Posted on November 9th, 2007 by nathan

The Firefox sidebar feature is often underused. This tutorial from Lifehacker details how to put your gCal info and agenda in the sidebar for easy accessibility. Don’t forget to check out the comments on the post for more great sidebar ideas.
Full Story: Display Your GCal Agenda in Firefox’s Sidebar

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Using Zimbra and/or Google Calendar with Thunderbird & Lightning

Posted on September 17th, 2007 by nathan

Thunderbird is one powerful email application, but I’ve always missed an integrated calendar. The Lightning extension has eased this irritation for me, and this guide from Yet Another Linux Blog just makes the deal even sweeter. It’s a step by step walk through on how to sync your Zimbra or Google Calendar with Lightning, […]

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