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Ok, here goes my first (micro) "show HN". Will you be my first 10, or even my first ever customer? https://outical.com https://outical.com It's a little util

Ok, here goes my first (micro) "show HN". Will you be my first 10, or even my first ever customer? https://outical.com https://outical.com It's a little utility to periodically push your Outlook calendar to your iPhone. It works even behind the most evil of firewalls and web proxies, because it uses email as the transport mechanism. The premise is, you are in Corporate Hell. You want to have your work calendar appear in your iPhone. Kudos to user logicallee who pointed out to me that the whole thing may look like some kind of trojan/exfiltration device. Hence, the option to buy the client source code, to verify no shenanigans is going on.

dwcnnnghm 9y ago
What is different between your solution and the current solution offered by Apple and Microsoft? [0] It appears to me that I can achieve the same outcome without paying for your service. [0] https://support.office.com/en-gb/article/Synchronize-Outlook-and-Apple-iPhone-or-iPod-touch-calendars-be7a12eb-fe76-4346-ae13-b54249db7f9c https://support.office.com/en-gb/article/Synchronize-Outlook...
- jacobush 9y ago
  Glad you asked! If you can use that solution, great for you. Some differences: - installing iTunes requires decent rights on your Windows account. Installing OutiCal requires only that you can install software in your %APPDATA% folder. You do not need to install in C:\Program Files\ - iTunes sync will only happen when you connect your iPhone with USB or local WiFi. Now, if you can sync with iTunes WiFi, maybe you are not quite in corporate hell! In corporate hell, they have banned all sorts of Internet access except via Corporate VPN. Which your iPhone will never come near. Also, even when you can sync with WiFi - this only works when your PC and your iPhone are both on at the same time and on the same local network. https://OutiCal.com https://OutiCal.com works even when the iPhone and the PC are on completely different networks and works even if they are not powered on or connected at the same time. Does that make any sense?

dwcnnnghm 9y ago

What is different between your solution and the current solution offered by Apple and Microsoft? [0] It appears to me that I can achieve the same outcome without paying for your service. [0] https://support.office.com/en-gb/article/Synchronize-Outlook-and-Apple-iPhone-or-iPod-touch-calendars-be7a12eb-fe76-4346-ae13-b54249db7f9c https://support.office.com/en-gb/article/Synchronize-Outlook...

jacobush 9y ago
Glad you asked! If you can use that solution, great for you. Some differences: - installing iTunes requires decent rights on your Windows account. Installing OutiCal requires only that you can install software in your %APPDATA% folder. You do not need to install in C:\Program Files\ - iTunes sync will only happen when you connect your iPhone with USB or local WiFi. Now, if you can sync with iTunes WiFi, maybe you are not quite in corporate hell! In corporate hell, they have banned all sorts of Internet access except via Corporate VPN. Which your iPhone will never come near. Also, even when you can sync with WiFi - this only works when your PC and your iPhone are both on at the same time and on the same local network. https://OutiCal.com https://OutiCal.com works even when the iPhone and the PC are on completely different networks and works even if they are not powered on or connected at the same time. Does that make any sense?