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Re: noob Android Windows Gmail calendar

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The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 09/13/2018 02:55 PM, Chris wrote:
>> Philip Herlihy <thiswillbounceback@you.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I'm probably a dinosaur (I remember using punched cards!)
> 
> Me too!
> 
>>> and I guess
>>> basing your personal data primarily on local files is pretty much old-
>>> school.  If you use one of the major cloud services (hotmail, gmail)
>>> then you'll likely find more problems are already solved for you.
>> 
>> Yep. I used to have a rather convoluted system via thunderbird + lightning
>> + gcal plugin to access my Google calendar and a manual import to outlook.
>> 
>> Now I use outlook and office365 for work, and Google calendar for
>> everything else. It's just easier to embrace the cloud :)
> 
> I've used tkremind since 1994.  It's my diary.  I don't see how I can 
> convert the data to something more modern without a lot of typing.  

It's Linux, everything is possible! :)
https://www.roaringpenguin.com/wiki/index.php/Remind_Helpers

With the above you can export to iCal which can imported into any calendar.

I 
> keep future appointments in Jorte so I can see them on my phone as a 
> practical matter, but I don' t really like the format.  And I have a 
> paper pocket calendar too.

The biggest limitations with paper calendars (for me) are recurring events
and events occurring beyond the timescale of the current calendar (e.g an
appointment received in September for the next February and you haven't
bought next year's calendar yet).

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noob Android Windows Gmail calendar Drago Giambattista Esposito <dragoesposito@Infostrada.it> - 2018-09-04 21:21 -0600
  Re: noob Android Windows Gmail calendar Big Al <Big_Al@invalid.com> - 2018-09-05 11:35 -0400
    Re: noob Android Windows Gmail calendar Drago Giambattista Esposito <dragoesposito@Infostrada.it> - 2018-09-06 16:06 +0200
      Re: noob Android Windows Gmail calendar Big Al <Big_Al@invalid.com> - 2018-09-06 16:14 -0400
  Re: noob Android Windows Gmail calendar ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winston_mvp@gmail.com> - 2018-09-05 18:26 -0400
    Re: noob Android Windows Gmail calendar Drago Giambattista Esposito <dragoesposito@Infostrada.it> - 2018-09-06 16:13 +0200
      Re: noob Android Windows Gmail calendar "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-09-10 10:01 -0400
  Re: noob Android Windows Gmail calendar Philip Herlihy <thiswillbounceback@you.com> - 2018-09-06 11:52 +0100
    Re: noob Android Windows Gmail calendar Drago Giambattista Esposito <dragoesposito@Infostrada.it> - 2018-09-06 16:16 +0200
  Re: noob Android Windows Gmail calendar Philip Herlihy <thiswillbounceback@you.com> - 2018-09-10 13:59 +0100
    Re: noob Android Windows Gmail calendar Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2018-09-13 14:21 +0000
      Re: noob Android Windows Gmail calendar Philip Herlihy <thiswillbounceback@you.com> - 2018-09-13 17:52 +0100
        Re: noob Android Windows Gmail calendar Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2018-09-13 21:55 +0000
          Re: noob Android Windows Gmail calendar The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2018-09-13 22:48 -0700
            Re: noob Android Windows Gmail calendar Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2018-09-14 09:53 +0000
            Re: noob Android Windows Gmail calendar Jim Dell <James.Dell@SBCGlobal.net> - 2018-09-18 08:37 -0400
              Re: noob Android Windows Gmail calendar Keith Keith <noddy@noddyland.com> - 2018-09-18 13:14 +0000
                Re: noob Android Windows Gmail calendar The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2018-09-18 13:38 -0700

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