Open Source Applications Foundation

[Design] Calendar ideas

petite_abeille Mon, 21 Oct 2002 10:17:03 +0200


On Sunday, Oct 20, 2002, at 23:47 Europe/Zurich, Tim Randolph wrote:

> If Chandler could synthetically build multiple calendars based on user 
> activity, then the calendar would be very useful as an archive instead 
> of simply as a planning tool.  If the weblog calendar idea is 
> abstracted just a little, it could be easy for users to build 
> mini-applications that track any data over time.

This is a great idea. In fact any piece of information can/should be 
part of some type of time line that could then manifest itself as a 
calendar.

Time is such a fundamental organizational principe that it's very often 
overlooked.

Check "The ``Lifestreams'' Approach to Reorganizing the Information 
World" for more details:
http://www.cs.yale.edu/Linda/life/life.html

PA.