Gordon's Tech

Calendars 5 for iOS makes Google Calendar useable -- at a fraction of the cost of Fantastical. It reminds me of PalmOS DateBk 5 and 6 . For...

A book project  forced me to dig into a perennially painful topic — Calendar sharing and subscription in iOS and OS X (MacOS Yosemite) for G...

Travel Time for Appointments in Apple Calendar  (Yosemite) is a nice feature, but it’s not compatible with Google Calendar. I suspect travel...

I just added a subscription to my Facebook calendar to my Google Calendar. Is this new? I can't say, but knowing how it works I foun...

I don’t use iCloud for much - Apple’s cloud functionality is almost as lacking as its reliability. Our family has used Google Calendar for 7...

I've only been using  Calendars 5  for a few hours and I'm in love. I'm sure I'll hate it eventually, but I usually do my ha...

[This is unchanged in Yosemite and I suspect is also true of El Capitan.] This is what Mountain Lion shows as my Calendars as of August 201...

This is very strange. I use Google Calendar Sync to sync an Outlook/Exchange calendar to Google Calendar. On that machine I authenticate w...

I can get pretty disgusted with Google Calendar, but then I make myself remember how bad Apple's iCa l is. By comparison, gCal is a rudd...

Doodle isn't yet another calendaring service. That's good, because it would take a crowbar to get my family off Google Calendar. Do...

Some parts of Google Calendar are pretty cool. Event import ain't one of 'em. I've gotten CSV import to work , but it's mor...

What's the best way to manage multiple iPhones in a single family? There are at least two broad approaches, and combinations of them. We...

It's been a while since I've had a good Synchronization is Hell story. This one is just a small reminder of the nastiness of diverg...

Two years after writing " Synchronization is Hell " I'm pleased to report it's been only a bit heckish of late for my iPho...

It's a secret, but for some time there's been a Google Calendar with Contacts birthdays and events. It's in Other Calendars:Add:...

I don't have a rich enough vocabulary to fully express my opinion of OS X iCal. Can a worse calendar program exist anywhere or anywhen?...

Most of our family Google Services are tied to our family domain and Google Apps . That doesn't work for Google Voice though, so I had t...

You can import CSV files into an existing Google Calendar (but watch the time zones ). Here's the format outline ... About CSV files -...

If you have a MobileMe Family Account you probably want to share your Contacts or Calendars among family members. You can't. Use Go...

I've recently configured 3 iPhones - one for Emily, two for friends. So the configuration routine is fresh in my mind and ready to share...