Best of Google Calendar (Addons + Tips)

This is just a terrific resource. I had a few of these add-ons but some of them were new…and very compelling. Thanks for your terrific blog!

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you should add calgoo to that list. ive been using calgoo for some time now, ever since they went beta. its been a solid program and made my google calendar experience improve ten fold. the offline access alone is worth the price of admission (that being free haha)

bizz

@bizz

I am aware about Calgoo. I have plans to incorporate one more section to this post: ‘WebServices and Desktop Apps’, so I kept it for that. At the moment, I am only half way through it, and will need a week or two to complete it. I’ll definitely notify all readers about this update.
Thanks.

Hi Kaly,

For syncing Google Calendar with your mobile device take a look at http://www.goosync.com It’s free, It’s web-based, supports Palm, Windows, Blackberry, Outlook and well over 600 types of cell phone.

Happy GooSyncing
Chris (GooSync)

[...] Kaly of makeuseof.com has these Google Calendar tips: Google Calendar is definitely one of the coolest online calendars and task-management applications. It has everything an average user may wish for: speed, non-cluttered design and lots of useful and never failing features, i.e. calendar sharing, quick event entry, follow-up reminders (SMS/email), RSS feeds, etc. In addition to it’s standard feature set, there are hundreds of a user-created browser addons (mainly firefox) and problem-specific tips making it even better and more flexible productivity tool. Below, I have listed some of the better ones, if you’re Google Calendar user (or thinking of becoming one) than check them out. (No Ratings Yet)  Loading … [...]

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Great page. There is also a multi-platform freeware called Helical that shows Google Calendar events inside a desktop clock.

Thanks for these resources! Has anyone seen anything that allows email notifications to be sent on calendar item *discussions*?

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Desktop iCalendar - can be used for editing offline Google calendars and sync them with Google. It is also a desktop calendar .