August 27, 2019

2.13: Then I Find a Happy Medium

15 minutes

Scott: Multiple Calendars

Example Calendars:

Church

Family (anything entire family does together)

Personal

Spouse

Work

Camps

Meetings

Shared Calendars (Technistry, Master Camp Schedule, etc.)

Helpful Tips:

Use color-coding to visually separate events on your calendar

Include margin in your daily schedule

Share everything with your spouse (but still communicate)

View on your phone/watch/computer, etc.

Chris: Fantastical App for Mac and iOS

Advantage of Fantastical:

Keyboard shortcuts for quick entry on Mac (menu bar program)

Good Apple Watch App

Has native access to TextExpander Snippets

Set groups of calendars to view

Natural text entry for events on Mac and iOS (for example: “Meet with Scott at Starbucks thu 1:30 pm 90m alert 30 /per” adds a calendar item on my “Personal” calendar for next Thursday from 1:30–3:00pm with the title “Meet with Scott” and the location as “Starbucks” with an alert 30 minutes before the event.)

Automators Podcast Episode 1 tips:

Mass calendar language parsing with Mac app (Keyboard Maestro) OR…

Shortcuts on iOS 13 (scroll down below the Keyboard Maestro explanation until you see the red calendar icon right above “Adding event with Apple script” and you’ll find a link to a Shortcut called “Clipboard Events to Fantastical”)

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