Creating a Calendar with BoxLang / / No Comments Chalk this up to – "Here’s a simple idea for a quick and dirty blog post" that turned into a few hours of my holiday weekend. Not only that, this is probably the first of three or so blog posts so… buck up, buttercup, this is going to be a fun ride. A while ago I had written down (well, typed in, I use Microsoft To Do to record writing ideas) the idea of demonstrating calendar creation with BoxLang, specifically creating a dynamic calendar, with or without events, either entirely server-side, or using a combination of client-side code with BoxLang providing the API. For today’s post, I’m going to focus on (what I had assumed would be) the simplest version... more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: BoxLang, calendar, creating
Creating a Calendar with BoxLang – Part Deux / / No Comments Earlier this week I posted a quick look at building a simple calendar with BoxLang, specifically an HTML one meant for a web page of course. This was a bit complex due to the needs of creating a proper HTML table, but generally I was… ok with the result. Yeah that’s nice and vague, but there’s some code I could state at and think of alternatives for nearly forever and it’s ok to just put it down and walk away. So obviously, I’m returning to it today. Specifically, how to get events on the calendar. Sample Data I started off with some sample data. Initially I thought about finding something online, perhaps a list of holidays, but I really wanted something good for... more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: BoxLang, calendar, creating, Deux, part
Build Your Own Localized Events Calendar using Diffbot’s Knowledge Graph / / No Comments Finding out what’s going on in your city can be a bit of a chore. For me, I use a combination of Facebook, specifically accounts for local organizations and news channels, and our local Reddit forum. This is… haphazard at best. I’m sure local "city wide" calendars exist, but I’m not aware of any that is used by the majority of folks nor do I trust them to actually cover everything going on. Having played with Diffbot’s Knowledge Graph last month ("Automating and Responding to Sentiment Analysis with Diffbot’s Knowledge Graph"), I thought I’d do some digging to see what would be possible via their API. Here’s what I was able to... more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: Build, calendar, Diffbot's, events, Graph, Knowledge, Localized, using
Google’s apps, including Calendar, Gmail, Hangouts and Maps, crash in brief outage – Baltimore Sun / / No Comments Google’s apps, including Calendar, Gmail, Hangouts and Maps, crash in brief outage Baltimore Sun “map app” – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: apps, Baltimore, brief, calendar, crash, Gmail, Google's, Hangouts, including, maps, outage
What’s the best calendar app for iPhone? – 9to5Mac / / No Comments 9to5Mac What's the best calendar app for iPhone?9to5MacYou can add in your iOS reminders, use Google Maps as your default map app (when you tap on an address), and it has a beautiful design. Fantastical also has an excellent Today widget for getting quick access to your calendar. Fantastical for iPhone is …and more » map app – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: 9to5Mac, best, calendar, iPhone, What's
How to add your calendar events to the Google Maps app – CNET / / No Comments CNET How to add your calendar events to the Google Maps appCNETLate last week, Google announced a closer integration between two of its very popular services, Maps and Calendar. Events added to your Google Calendar — either manually or automatically via Gmail — will be viewable in Google Maps for quick access to …Apple Maps in iOS 10: REVIEW – Business InsiderBusiness InsiderGoogle Maps Just Got Even More Useful | TrendinTechTrendintech (press release)all 5 news articles » map app – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: calendar, CNET, events, Google, maps