2.13: Then I Find a Happy Medium

Technistry

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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