For various reasons I have 8 calendars across 4 hosts that I aggregate to work out if I am free or busy. It’s a pain.
Ideal world I think is either:
A calendar that shows my “free” blocks only as event chunks. (Like one of the booking services such as simplymeet, but with an ics feed of the availability spots)
a free/busy view of my calendars but with the individual events glommed together where they are adjacent. (So instead of 4 blocks of 15 minute events, it just shows a single busy block of 1 hour)
an “inverted” view mode of a calendar. Huge events, show empty spots only.
something else I haven’t thought of.
Printing, calendars, time zones. Problems that are complicated.
@michael I currently use calm calendar to glom all the events together without all the details into a single cal. But it’s still hard to see where the gaps are. I have to focus on the bits that arent there instead of all the things that are. And the bits that are there are still a bunch of little events competing for my eyeballs.
It is for me. Other people can just use my booking page to check it out.
But I have solved the aggregation problem (get all selectively redacted events into a single calendar).
What I don’t have is the piece that lets me just show the non-scheduled times, or a piece that takes all of the busy events that don’t have a (big enough) gap between them and lump them together into a single event.
I didn’t see anything on Morgen (or anywhere else) that could do this for me - within a calendar - and not just in an external scheduling app.
Can anybody point me at documentation on how calendar invites over email work? It's something I've wondered about for ages but never understood and finding info on the fine details really hard.
I know that CalDAV lets you sync calendars around.
I know that you can send a calendar invitation via email.
I DON'T know how this happens. Presumably the CalDAV server sends it via SMTP From: the organiser?
I know that you can RSVP to an invitation via email
I DON'T know how this response gets back onto the organiser's calendar. Presumably the CalDAV server is hooked into mail somehow and looking for iCal attachments?
This interplay between creating/updating events and them being sent around via email and then magically updating the calendar is the bit I'm confused about.
@KathyReid Have definitely noticed the same effect when trying to do a cryptic crossword. Afternoon/evening? Cannot do.
Next morning, cleans up half of the crossword.
They say being tired is the same as being drunk. (“They” is some study that was referenced in an internet article I read one time. And is therefore unrefutable proof)
@mattcen this is why I never walk away from the microwave. And why I never leave my tea to stew (just leave the teabag in. Near enough!) and why I set reminder alarms to get the washing out of the machine. And why my slow cooker gets used more than my oven.
Been reading up on regular burnout vs autistic burnout vs adhd burnout and so if you need me, I’m just going to be sitting over here for a while reprocessing my entire life.
Strategies for recovering for one kind can be triggers for another kind and I’m just… like… 🤯
@mattcen Right?! Right!!! I know you get it. It’s like some sort of weird midlife crisis but just running a bit late (either that or I’m going to live to an overripe old age)
My reflection from yesterday's @linuxaustralia#AGM - you can't make things a priority for an organisation unless prioritisation involves dedicating resources to that priority.
If there are no additional resources, and other things are not de-prioritised, then you cannot logically make something else a priority.
There is a "red line" on organisational capacity - if things get added to the list of priorities / tasks, then either something else drops below the line, or more resources are required to deliver those priorities.
@KathyReid Given that any given item will also take more time/people/stuff than originally estimated, the actual red line is higher up the list than you think.
Though we are starting to get into the territory here of conflating priorities (things we want the organisation to achieve) with tasks (stuff that people have to do in service of a priority)
Does anybody in #Melbourne have an old #iPhone they're prepared to part with?
I've realised having a HomePod Mini would really help me manage my to-do/shopping lists without me getting distracted by phone notifications, but according to the Compatibility section of https://www.apple.com/au/homepod-mini/specs/#:~:text=Compatibility, I need an iOS device to set it up (and to a lesser extent, get full functionality). #ADHD
@mattcen I have been pondering Home Assistant for this kind of use case but it feels like a lot of futzing around (because FOSS) compared with my likely amount of gain.
@mattcen was the puppy chasing the mower or you? Either way I think the green socks suit the doggo!
I was also distracted by the colours and pattern on that shirt. TradeMutt?