[chandler-users] Entourage, Mac and Chandler.....

[Mimi Yin]

Hi Adam,

Thanks for writing in with your scenarios and questions! See  
responses in-line...

On Jun 4, 2008, at 10:43 AM, Procter A. wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have been finding chandler is the best GTD app I have used, the  
> integration and syncing is great.
> I was using iGTD for a while but have found chandler works much  
> much better.

Thanks for the positive feedback!

> Using Entourage I sync my Entourage calendar  (you can only sync  
> one cal ) for two way editing to iCal, this means I can add events  
> in iCal much nicer than entourage 2008 and staff can arrange  
> meetings based on my schedule. If events come in via other  
> calendars I change them to my entourage cal if I need too, also  
> using 10.5 I have 2 way sync with all my other Chandler Cals.

May I ask how you're able to sync between Entourage and iCal?
-- Is it by using this script - http://scriptbuilders.net/files/ 
syncentourageicalpanther1.0.18.html

And between Entourage and Chandler?


> However I needed my entourage Cal in Chandler so I published the  
> entourage cal from iCal to my .Mac account (guess I could have been  
> to my hub account) and then I subscribed to it from within Chandler  
> however publishing from iCal does not allow me to add tasks in  
> Chandler (iCal publishes it read only) I can on my other macs  
> sync'd to .mac from within iCal of course.
>
> This all works pretty well for me, however I have noticed the  
> triage status of my entourage events in Chandler sometimes gets  
> stuck even after the event has passed ?
> As I cannot update them its a little annoying as they hang around,  
> I want them in dashboard, I like everything in dashboard.
> Any ideas??

Yes, triaging calendars published from non-Chandler applications is a  
feature we just added to the server. So you should see events auto- 
triaging themselves properly with the next Chandler Hub update (in a  
few weeks).

I'm curious, what version of Apple iCal are you on? If you have  
Leopard, Apple iCal 3.0, you can publish your calendars to Chandler  
Hub and manage them with full read-write access from Chandler Desktop.

Instructions: http://chandlerproject.org/Projects/GetStarted#Sync% 
20with%20Apple%20iCal,%20Sunbird...

> I have also been unable to use the Chandler folders although IMAP  
> is working on the exchange servers here and I can send, not  
> received any though, I have no other chandler users in my team  
> though (yet)

Hm, could you give me some more details? Do you get any error  
messages in Chandler when you try to configure the folders? Do you  
see the folders in Entourage, but can't successfully download  
messages into Chandler?

> Any suggestions on getting my contacts from entourage into  
> Chandler ? So I can send tasks with out having to look up address's  
> all the time.

Unfortunately, I don't have any suggestions right now. Contacts  
support is something we would *really* like to add. I'm wondering if  
something someone might want to tackle in the short-term would be to  
simply load email addresses from other apps into Chandler's auto- 
complete feature. This would save you the hassle of having to look up  
email addresses. I will send an email to the Chandler-Dev List about  
the feasibility of this.

> Oh sorry one more question anyone used Chandler with Quicksilver at  
> all ?? I still need a faster way to get tasks in and quicksilver  
> was nice.
> http://docs.blacktree.com/quicksilver/what_is_quicksilver
> I also thought Anxiety might offer quick input but its not so quick  
> and only shows to do (starred) items, so I don't need it for  
> anything other than input
> http://anxietyapp.com/

Jeffrey recently created a Quick Entry widget for iGoogle: https:// 
hub.chandlerproject.org/
It's a template for Quick Entry that we'd like to port it over to the  
Desktop, iPhone, etc...

In the meantime, a "workaround" another user (Andre) has come up with  
is to use the new "Independent Detail View" feature to keep a Note  
Item open all-day long where he can quickly add things that he later  
"processes" into individual items in Chandler: http:// 
blog.chandlerproject.org/2008/05/16/andre-tries-out-the-new- 
independent-detail-view/

> Hope that makes some sense, I am hoping to use Chandler to manage  
> my team tasks soon as well (any team management chandler tips  
> welcome),

We have been posting user stories to our blog. I've put together a  
Gallery here: http://chandlerproject.org/Projects/UserStories

4 that are about a small work group collaborating are:
- http://blog.chandlerproject.org/2008/05/30/chris-janssen-and-his- 
team-manage-tasks-in-the-triage-list-and-on-the-calendar/
- http://blog.chandlerproject.org/2008/05/29/the-common-datatrust- 
foundation-manages-contacts-in-chandler/
- http://blog.chandlerproject.org/2008/05/27/the-common-datatrust- 
foundation-collaborates-on-their-blog-in-chandler/
- http://blog.chandlerproject.org/2008/04/07/how-i-use-chandler- 
shared-packing-list/

> I have been using it to plan some school wide events with tasks and  
> Cals with great success.

That's great to hear!

Mimi