What calendar app do you use?

#watercooler #productivity #calendar

During our busy dev schedules a well-configured calendar app is essential tool as it helps you to organize your daily workflow, set reminders on approaching events and so on.

I've been using Google Calendar for a long time and recently added the Checker Plus extension so I have access to it from my browser bar.

What calendar app do you use and what are your favorite features about it? Any productivity tips you would recommend?

Top comments (28)

Siddharth • Sep 25 '21

I don't use a calendar... I like to complete tasks as they come.

Bernd Wechner • Sep 26 '21

Fair call. I mean I use one primarily to coordinate with the many people in my life. I like them to see when I'm busy and when I have events on, and vice versa. But that is contingent on them using the same app, hence Google Calender is the lowest common denominator (I would prefer to use say my Nexcloud calendar but ...).

For example, just so you have context, I have an ex wife and shared child who spends time here and there in roughly equal proportion, but who's also gotten more independent. We historically keep track of arrangements on a calendar. I have a current wife and two kids there and we communicate their commitments, sports, and medical and whatever else, by posting calendar appointment and inviting one another. I have work commitments too, and they alas use Microsoft, but I always had the MS and Google calendars synced so I could get one view.

It's not possible to complete tasks as they come when many of them are parked in time in the future, and they don't come, you have to come to them, and remember to and know that you can (haven't double booked yourself).

But of course if you are single, independent and don't have a social or work life that pins a lot of appointments in the future, yours is a very viable approach.

Madza • Sep 26 '21

Thanks for the insight! 😉👍

Madza • Sep 25 '21

That's fine too, especially if you do not have tons of tasks, events, etc to track 😉👍

Insidious • Sep 25 '21

me 1 yr ago:

Lud • Sep 25 '21 • Edited

Google calendar as the backend, the iCal app on my Mac as the frontend (google calendar app on my Android phone). Calendly for arranging appointments.
update: switched to cron.com/ on my macOS machines several months ago. Best calendar app!

Madza • Sep 25 '21

Thanks for sharing 🙏❤

jhot • Sep 27 '21

I have been moving as much as possible away from Google. For my personal calendars, they are hosted on my local Nextcloud instance and synced via CalDav protocol (DavX⁵ app on Android). Work uses Gsuite so no avoiding Google there.