I have always liked calander programs. Before the days of palmtops, I used to use
Calendar Creator Pro to design and print my weekly schedule for my secretary, so she
could always find me. The problem with programs like those is that they are primarily
graphics programs first, and calendaring programs second. The end result is a printed
calendar. Nothing wrong with that, but let's get with the 21st century, folks. We need
some interactivity.
Calendarscope
responds to this need by providing a colorful, easy-to-use interface to keep track of your
time. You can view calendars by the day, week, or month. You can filter your view by
category events -- say birthdays -- and view all birthdays for the year. You can add your
own icons and categories, change the colors and fonts of the interface, add alarms,
recurring appointments, and more. It's very slick.
Calendarscope showing an event alarm
Just like the calendar programs of years gone by, you can print your
calendar views in many different, colorful and easy-to-read formats, too.
Print preview of a daily calendar
Neat feature #1: with the click of a button, you can generate a
web-view (HTML) of your schedule and post it to your web site! It's even hypertext
sensitive, so when you click on a day, it jumps to a list of corresponding events.
Calendarscope in web view mode
Neat feature #2: Duality Software
makes a companion tool called DS-Clock (freeware). It is a replacement to your
System Tray Date/Time display. Once installed this remains on your desktop. You can
control the look and feel, position, sounds, and even synchronize the time with atomic
clocks around the world. Talk about precision.
The really cool part about DS-Clock
is that it is seamlessly integrated with Calendarscope.
It senses if Calendarscope
is active and minimized to the System Tray, and if it is, DS-Clock
will display the events and appointments for the day right there on the desktop. This is a
very nice feature.
DS-Clock at work with Calendarscope
This is one of those pair of utilities you really can't live without. It
can bring organization to chaos and accountability for how you spend every hour of every
day. About the only thing it is missing is integration with Duality Software's
fine contact manager, A-book, and
some improvements to its import/export routine so you can transfer your palmtop schedule
to it effortlessly. The developer assures me this is coming soon!
To download a demo, click here.
Calendarscope
