Just for Fun

On the futility of naming colors

This is certainly a “low priority” task, but sometimes my brain gets burned out on the high priority stuff, and I want to just have a bit of fun, while still improving the product. (And, the details do matter.) When I designed the basic CSS for ICS Calendar, I very deliberately chose absolutely neutral colors…

Where in the world are people using ICS Calendar Pro?

Being based in the United States, I tend to have a somewhat skewed perspective on where people are using ICS Calendar. I do know that I tend to receive the largest number of support requests from users in the European Union… especially from Germany and the Netherlands. So I knew those countries had a lot…

Flash!

No, I’m not talking about antiquated web technologies or even Queen’s soundtrack to the campy 1980 sci-fi film. I’m talking about speed! While working on numerous ICS Calendar site updates this week, it became apparent to me that the site was sluggish. I knew the problem was the server it was on, and I had…

Happy New Year!

We’re in a new year, which means your calendar probably looks different than it did yesterday. I’m hopeful everything is still running smoothly for you, but if not, please let me know in the support forums or with a support request ticket. And now for some fun… if you think the complexities of date and…

Just how hard is it to adjust for timezones, anyway?

A big part of writing a calendar plugin is addressing the complicated (understatement!) nature of timezones. It’s definitely been the largest ongoing challenge I’ve faced with ICS Calendar. Today I was having an email exchange with a user of the plugin who is developing some customizations, and he shared this YouTube video with me. Oh…