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Looking for something equivalent to the calendar in Outlook so I can keep track of birthdays, etc. And it will give you a few days notice and spam you so you don't forget.

Anything out there like that?

Thanks

anotherengineer wrote:

Looking for something equivalent to the calendar in Outlook....

Not really sure what you mean by that? Anyway, does Google Calendar not appeal to you?

If you move to the Mozilla Thunderbird ecosystem the Lightning calendar app works just fine.

I use Thunderbird with Lightning for my calendar as well. Works well, provides the features you describe, and syncs perfectly with Google Calendar as well.

Can google calendar, and thunderbird with Lightning calendar be set up with out an email address?

There is also Outlook.com. It has a built-in Calendar and you can have it send you email notifications at your intended interval to any email address that you register.

bjm wrote:

There is also Outlook.com. It has a built-in Calendar and you can have it send you email notifications at your intended interval to any email address that you register.

Thanks, however I would prefer something that doesn't require internet connection and runs in the background, and provides a notice/pop-up/reminder.

edit - anyone ever use something along these lines?

http://download.cnet.com/Efficient-Remi ... 21373.html

http://download.cnet.com/Desktop-Remind ... 73460.html

anotherengineer wrote:

bjm wrote:

There is also Outlook.com. It has a built-in Calendar and you can have it send you email notifications at your intended interval to any email address that you register.

Thanks, however I would prefer something that doesn't require internet connection and runs in the background, and provides a notice/pop-up/reminder.

edit - anyone ever use something along these lines?

http://download.cnet.com/Efficient-Remi ... 21373.html

http://download.cnet.com/Desktop-Remind ... 73460.html

Get a Mac and use Calendar.

Deanjo wrote:

anotherengineer wrote:

bjm wrote:

There is also Outlook.com. It has a built-in Calendar and you can have it send you email notifications at your intended interval to any email address that you register.

Thanks, however I would prefer something that doesn't require internet connection and runs in the background, and provides a notice/pop-up/reminder.

edit - anyone ever use something along these lines?

http://download.cnet.com/Efficient-Remi ... 21373.html

http://download.cnet.com/Desktop-Remind ... 73460.html

Get a Mac and use Calendar.

lol Could get a few outlooks and install them on every PC also. Budget constraints wife's stuff > everyone else's stuff. I'm working with wooden nickels here

anotherengineer wrote:

Can google calendar, and thunderbird with Lightning calendar be set up with out an email address?

Google Calendar, no - I'm pretty sure that, if you have an account for any Google service, you're going to have that account name as a Gmail address, even if you never use it.

Thunderbird with the Lightning calendar plugin, yes - sort of. Lightning can't be installed as a standalone, it's only available as a plugin to the Thunderbird mail client. Thunderbird requires you to set up at least one mail account when you run it for the first time, but there's nothing stopping you from putting in dummy information. Then just tell it to never check for mail, and you'll never be bothered with any error messages. Lightning requires no Internet connection whatsoever; you can connect it to a calendar server, but it's perfectly happy just running locally.

Perhaps I'm missing the major point here but..... Do you not have a smart phone? Even if it is offline Android has a built in calendar with reminders/alarms which you can set to re-occur on a yearly basis.... its how I don't forget birthdays. If you NEED it to be on a computer then that may be a different matter.

Perhaps this is what you need?
http://download.cnet.com/Desktop-Remind ... 73460.html

I've also used a web offering called Asana but its more meant for teams.... Also I think Evernote has a calendar/reminder function. The nice thing about Evernote is that have a version of their software for every single freaking operating system known to man, and it syncs between all of them. I think you can use it in offline mode and whichever machine you place the event on will be only on that as you can create me events that are not shared or synced.

Welch wrote:

Perhaps I'm missing the major point here but..... Do you not have a smart phone? Even if it is offline Android has a built in calendar with reminders/alarms which you can set to re-occur on a yearly basis.... its how I don't forget birthdays. If you NEED it to be on a computer then that may be a different matter.

Perhaps this is what you need?
http://download.cnet.com/Desktop-Remind ... 73460.html

I've also used a web offering called Asana but its more meant for teams.... Also I think Evernote has a calendar/reminder function. The nice thing about Evernote is that have a version of their software for every single freaking operating system known to man, and it syncs between all of them. I think you can use it in offline mode and whichever machine you place the event on will be only on that as you can create me events that are not shared or synced.

Nope no smart phone and no gmail account either, therefore no google calendar.

"Perhaps this is what you need?
http://download.cnet.com/Desktop-Remind ... 73460.html"

Yep looking at that, thanks!

I've used the Lightning plugin for Thunderbird in the past, and it seemed to be fairly decent. I'm usually remiss in keeping electronic calendars updated though. I prefer traditional paper and pen.

The Egg wrote:

I've used the Lightning plugin for Thunderbird in the past, and it seemed to be fairly decent. I'm usually remiss in keeping electronic calendars updated though. I prefer traditional paper and pen.

But wait... with the new Apple Apple Calendar Edition, the magic of a real calendar and availability of a digital have finally married one another in a union that will transcend time and scheduling for all eternity........

Sorry, in one of those obnoxious moods this morning.