CalendarReview

Registration is now open for CalConnect Roundtable XII and the associated CalConnect Interoperability Test Events, June 2-6, 2008, hosted by the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in Madison, Wisconsin. Logistics information and links to the registration pages may be found at http://www.calconnect.org/roundtable12.shtml

The CalConnect Interoperability Test Event will occur from Monday morning the 2nd (starting at 08:30) through noon Wednesday the 4th; the Roundtable from noon Wednesday the 4th through 13:00 Friday the 6th.

Non-members of CalConnect are invited to attend a single Roundtable as an observer to determine whether or not joining CalConnect would be of benefit to you. Non-members may also attend a single CalConnect Interoperability Test Event as observers, as well. Information on observer status and registration is also linked from the above page. You can add the Calconnect events to your calendar by selecting your calendar here:

This is great news for people using Outlook (before 2007) and Google Calendar. Finally Google developend a two way sync. Check it out

More behinds the scenes at the Googleblog

LeeAnn Prescott (Former Research Director, Hitwise):” As you resolve to get your schedule more organized in the new year, do what more and more people are doing - use Google Calendar. A few weeks ago, Google Calendar overtook MSN Calendar in market share of US visits, and is quickly approaching Yahoo! Calendar. In the six months from June 2006 to December 2006, the market share of visits to Google Calendar increased by 333%, at the expense of its main competitors.” Read more