Comments on: Bringing Google Calendar to My Desktop

By: My Geektool setup! | Philocity

My Geektool setup! | Philocity — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:41:29 +0000

[...] The interior of the day planner is my Google Calendar feed which is an advanced, but totally possible, thing to do. If you’re up to the challenge then follow the steps here. [...]

By: My Geektool setup!

My Geektool setup! — Fri, 14 May 2010 22:33:16 +0000

[...] The interior of the day planner is my Google Calendar feed which is an advanced, but totally possible, thing to do. If you’re up to the challenge then follow the steps here. [...]

By: devan

devan — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:53:00 +0000

For those following this comment thread, note that I’ve posted an updated version of the script that checks multiple calendars and takes care of some other weird behaviors I’d found.

I haven’t had too much time to update the post, so if you find anything strange, let me know.

Thanks,
Devan

By: devan

devan — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:45:20 +0000

I’m happy you’ve found love, ooooo. And Eliese must be a lucky young woman to have found someone willing to proclaim his love for her so publicly. I wish you two all the best.

And don’t forget the condom, if you’re thinking that way.

By: ooooo

ooooo — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:59:03 +0000

in hazelwick secondary school

By: ooooo

ooooo — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:58:12 +0000

i love eliese

By: devan

devan — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:33:28 +0000

Hi, William,

Thanks for writing. Glad to see you’re doing some work on the script.

I’m remiss in not posting an updated version of my own script, but I can say that I got recurring events working with a little tinkering. Perhaps seeing your interest will prompt me to get a new version up in the next few days…

And I’ll definitely keep an eye on your blog as well.

Best,
Devan

By: William M

William M — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:06:18 +0000

Hey Devan,

Thanks for sharing this concept. I’ve used it to implement a Linux-based solution that syncs my Google calendar back to my Palm.

Along the way, I’ve converted to using an ical feed since it properly handles recurring entries. It handles timezones (not sure about daylight savings yet). I’ve also re-tooled the script to automatically download the ical feed if it’s more than 10 minutes old.

I’m working on a blog entry and will be happy to share my script (follow the link to my site and use the contact form to get in touch).

Cheers!
William

By: devan

devan — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:44:41 +0000

Thanks, mediapathic! I’ve avoided switching to gcalcli only out of inertia; it seems very powerful indeed.
D.

By: mediapathic

mediapathic — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:27:56 +0000

Hey, just as an fyi (since I found your site googling for this), there is now a command-line tool for google calendar, gcalcli, which I am using very easily with geektool to get my agenda to my desktop. Not that what you’ve done here isn’t also grand ;>

http://code.google.com/p/gcalcli/

Cheers, and thanks!