Google Calendar fails to meet my needs
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Older posts may not align with who I am today and how I would think or write, and may have been written in reaction to a cultural context that no longer applies. Some of my high school or college posts are just embarrassing. However, I have left them public because I believe in keeping old web pages alive—and it's interesting to see how I've changed.
I've encountered has had the flexibility I want for my schedule. When I heard that Google had released a Calendar service, I felt compelled to give it a try. I found it to be no better than my current system, Ximian Evolution.
Sure, it's got all the features you'd expect, like multiple color-coded calendars, shareability, subscription feeds, and simple recurring events. For example, I eat later at Lowry. Events can already be uncoupled from specific dates, so why not from specific times? ThursdayI want the ability to create a "dinner" event, with one recurrence at 17:30 Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday at Kittredge, and another recurrence for 19:00 Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at Lowry. That more adequately reflects my typical schedule.
I'm not asking for infinite flexibility, here. I'd just like scheduler systems to acknowledge the reality of recurring exceptions.
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