[Ham-Mac] Re: [CQ-Contest] iCal Contesting Calendar

[Jack Brindle]

Climbing on soapbox, loading both barrels...

Take a look at the destination address(es) next time you respond to  
an email. You might have noticed that the emails were going to both  
the Ham-Mac list AND the CQ Contest list. The latter is definitely  
NOT Mac-only.

I have been a Mac user since February of 1984, and have owned many  
Macintosh computers. I develop Mac software, and have worked for  
Apple as an architect. The Mac is not about putting others down, but  
rather being a leader. And being a leader means we do excellent  
things ahead of others. iCal is an excellent program, and is supposed  
to be based on standards, specifically the iCalendar standard. It is  
definitely not the best-in-class calendar program. Outlook (and its  
brother Entourage) has features that iCal won't have until Leopard  
comes out. Leadership? Well, maybe not in this case. Not yet anyways.

The real point is that Anthony has done a lot of work crafting a  
great ham contest calendar. Since iCal is based on the iCalendar  
standard, the calendar file _should_ be readable on any program that  
understands that standard. This is a major plus for us Mac users,  
since we can contribute things back to the ham community, taking a  
leadership role in yet another area. As a long time Mac user,  
developer, and ham contester, I _do_ care that the calendar is cross- 
platform compatible. If it isn't (which appears to be the case), I'd  
like to find out why and perhaps get the appropriate software vendor  
to make it so.

Anyone who thinks otherwise is lost in the venom of the platform wars  
that ended long ago.

off soapbox...

On Sep 26, 2006, at 8:21 PM, Mark Cohen wrote:

> Unless I am mistaken this is a mac list. I'm glad that calendar is  
> not outlook compatable.
>
> :-)
>
> K6EF
> Mark Cohen
> markc at binaryfaith.com
> mobile (415) 216-8419
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jack Brindle <jackbrindle at earthlink.net>
> Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 18:33:56
> To:Anthony Rodgers <arodgers at mac.com>
> Cc:"Ham-Mac at Mailman.Qth.Net radio applications" <ham- 
> mac at mailman.qth.net>,       cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: [Ham-Mac] Re: [CQ-Contest] iCal Contesting Calendar
>
> Outlook didn't like it, complaining that the file was "corrupt or
> damaged." It might be a line-ending problem. When I have time I'll
> investigate further...
>
> On Sep 25, 2006, at 11:20 PM, Anthony Rodgers wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Just in time for the Fall contesting season, I have brought this
>> calendar up to date. It now contains contesting dates through April
>> 2007.
>>
>> If you use iCal, you can subscribe to the calendar at:
>>
>> webcal://ical.mac.com/arodgers/Contests.ics
>>
>> You can view the calendar as a web page at:
>>
>> http://ical.mac.com/arodgers/Contests
>>
>> If you use MS Outlook, you might be able to import the calendar by
>> clicking the 'Download' link on the above web page and trying to
>> import it into MS Outlook, but I'm not sure it will work (and,
>> eschewing Windows myself, I have no way of trying it - maybe someone
>> could and let me know?).
>>
>> If anyone using it notices any errors or omissions, please let me
>> know.
>> --
>> 73 de Anthony VA7IRL
>>
>> "Genuinely objective journalism not only gets the facts right, it
>> gets the meaning of events right. It is compelling not only today,
>> but stands the test of time. It is validated not only by 'reliable
>> sources', but by the unfolding of history. It is journalism that ten,
>> twenty, fifty years after the fact still holds up a true and
>> intelligent mirror to events." - T.D. Allman.
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> CQ-Contest mailing list
>> CQ-Contest at contesting.com
>> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
>
> - Jack Brindle, W6FB
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> --
> ---------------------
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Ham-Mac mailing list
> Ham-Mac at mailman.qth.net
> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/ham-mac
> _______________________________________________
> Ham-Mac mailing list
> Ham-Mac at mailman.qth.net
> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/ham-mac

- Jack Brindle, W6FB
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
---------------------