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Lovely... Is anybody else at the point of establishing their own digital calendar system? I feel like my main web-based calendar, one lots of people use, is po

Lovely... Is anybody else at the point of establishing their own digital calendar system? I feel like my main web-based calendar, one lots of people use, is powerful, but mainly in super boring ways. And it's functional, but mainly also in boring ways. It fits more like a generic pair of slacks, than a nice glove. For example, I think I would cram the interface all the way up, and then slim down from there if needed. I may have some kind of material design-derived interface illness. I look at the interfaces of things like shortwave and ham radios and just think--yes, good, I am a big boy and can tolerate much more info-noise from my calendar display. Heck, cram the latest Get Fuzzy in there. And maybe even complex keyboard shortcuts, shell script integration, the sky's the limit!

TsiCClawOfLight 7y ago
I feel you, but all I have is a very vague feeling that something is off for my workflow, I don't actually know what's wrong yet...
- themodelplumber 7y ago
  I can identify with that feeling! I'm going to start conducting some experiments, see where it goes. I developed a new task-labeling system and it's been really helpful...intuitively it seems like taking on scheduling next would be a good idea. Vague, intuitive, but good. :-)
rajlego 7y ago
Have you tried Notion? I recently started using it to manage prioritized tasklists (though not calendar, I usually just make a plan the day before). Cramming too much in seems problematic from a deep work stand point, best to be able to focus on one thing at once
- themodelplumber 7y ago
  I'll check out Notion, thanks for the rec. I just realized that the XFCE desktop I use already has a lot of functionality which could be warped into building much of what I'm thinking about. I think I can go heavier on the information density (e.g. maybe using a lot less white space than Notion does) as long as the information has a personalized reason for being there...

TsiCClawOfLight 7y ago

I feel you, but all I have is a very vague feeling that something is off for my workflow, I don't actually know what's wrong yet...

themodelplumber 7y ago
I can identify with that feeling! I'm going to start conducting some experiments, see where it goes. I developed a new task-labeling system and it's been really helpful...intuitively it seems like taking on scheduling next would be a good idea. Vague, intuitive, but good. :-)

rajlego 7y ago

Have you tried Notion? I recently started using it to manage prioritized tasklists (though not calendar, I usually just make a plan the day before). Cramming too much in seems problematic from a deep work stand point, best to be able to focus on one thing at once

themodelplumber 7y ago
I'll check out Notion, thanks for the rec. I just realized that the XFCE desktop I use already has a lot of functionality which could be warped into building much of what I'm thinking about. I think I can go heavier on the information density (e.g. maybe using a lot less white space than Notion does) as long as the information has a personalized reason for being there...