Awesome idea! Sounds like something we would see at #bdnt (only better than most).
The only thing I would suggest to whoever does create it is to have a good method of separating the calenders by geography. For example, if I’m in Boulder and there are Boulder, Denver and Colorado calenders available, what do I follow? All three might be too much….but I don’t want to miss something happening Denver or even Lyons (b/c soooo much is happening in Lyons). You smell what I’m stepping in I’m sure.
Absolutely! If the calendar is a geographically based calendar they should possibly have a map with calendar icons for each geographically based calendar. This would allow the calendar to be found easier.
Maybe even, they could allow mashups of calendars for logged in users, which would allow a user to create a “super” calendar of other calendars. These “super calendars” would not necessarily be added to on their own, but could be shared with iCal files or whatever that would allow someone to pull them in.
In your case, the super calendar could be the Boulder/Denver/Lyons area calendar and pull in every calendar that can be found from all locations/types near Boulder/Denver/Lyons.
Ninja Suggestion: If the dates are stored in the DB as well as passed to the Google Calendars, then a “super calendar” would be a cinch to create via the API.
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Awesome idea! Sounds like something we would see at #bdnt (only better than most).
The only thing I would suggest to whoever does create it is to have a good method of separating the calenders by geography. For example, if I’m in Boulder and there are Boulder, Denver and Colorado calenders available, what do I follow? All three might be too much….but I don’t want to miss something happening Denver or even Lyons (b/c soooo much is happening in Lyons). You smell what I’m stepping in I’m sure.
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Absolutely! If the calendar is a geographically based calendar they should possibly have a map with calendar icons for each geographically based calendar. This would allow the calendar to be found easier.
Maybe even, they could allow mashups of calendars for logged in users, which would allow a user to create a “super” calendar of other calendars. These “super calendars” would not necessarily be added to on their own, but could be shared with iCal files or whatever that would allow someone to pull them in.
In your case, the super calendar could be the Boulder/Denver/Lyons area calendar and pull in every calendar that can be found from all locations/types near Boulder/Denver/Lyons.
Ninja Suggestion: If the dates are stored in the DB as well as passed to the Google Calendars, then a “super calendar” would be a cinch to create via the API.