I have been planning the calendar function for the new version of the mailbox for some time, and I have some small thoughts.
What problem does the calendar solve? Anchor some matters with strong time attributes on specific days, and use the time view to view and remind yourself.
Why aren’t there many people around us who use calendars? Because it is not enough that our lives are digitized. If O2O and the Internet of Things can go a step further and establish digital connections for all people and things, whether it is booking train tickets, airplane tickets, movie tickets, dining in restaurants, door-to-door express delivery, gatherings with friends, or things you may be interested in, All can be connected to our smart devices in a structured form. At that time, the calendar is your action guide and your personal secretary.
This process will be faster than imagined. After all, in a very short period of time, people have begun to accept the connection of events and places through mobile phone maps, freeing the brain from navigation. The next step is to complete the connection between events and time and free the brain from time management.
I started using Google Calender to manage my schedule when I was in college, but calendar is actually just a way of GTD, and also includes Todolist, which is task management.
It can be found that the two are very different. I once thought about combining the two, but found that it is not that easy, but will make the product more complicated.
The key to schedule lies in the anchoring of time. The calendar uses time as its basic attribute and is used to manage schedules. Todolist is based on completion attributes and is used to manage tasks.
Meetings
Interviews
Catching flights and trains
Watching performances and competitions
Courses and training
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Friends’ birthdays
Watching TV programs and press conferences
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The above scenarios often involve At a specific point in time, through the calendar, we can connect the event with the time. The essence is to connect ourselves with the event through digital means.
Why relate?
Because we have too many things to do, we need to reduce the burden on our brains and use portable devices to help us manage our schedules and complete checks and reminders.
Our schedule events will come from all aspects, such as oral, posters, emails, TV, websites, meetings, text messages, brain, etc. Existing calendar tools cannot capture these different channels well. Event information can be quickly and easily added to the timeline.
Although schedules are anchored by time, in real life, we often face time adjustments. For example, a dinner scheduled with friends at noon may be delayed or even shelved due to an impromptu meeting in the morning; a performance or competition may be overdue or canceled due to weather conditions. Especially for people with full schedules, a change in one event may lead to subsequent chain reactions.
By observing the use of calendars, we can find that the life cycle of a calendar event consists of three parts: creation, viewing and reminder. Around these three links, we can find that a good calendar should last for a long time. What.
For example, although Google Calender is powerful, it is too complicated for many people. In comparison, QQ Calendar is simpler, and the distinction between the initial simple editing mode and the complete mode is also satisfactory. meet the needs of different types of users. View event schedule in full view including day, week, and month.
An event often involves multiple people, so the leader completes the input of event attributes and invites other participants to join the event to their own calendars with just one click, which undoubtedly greatly reduces the time required to set up the event. The cost of calendar events.
In life, we pay attention to many series of events, such as girlfriend’s menstrual period, holiday schedule, TV programs, sports competitions, horoscopes, press conferences, weather, class schedules, etc. These series of events have Due to the characteristics of openness, large number of events, complex editing, and large number of followers, crowdsourcing is a better choice. Users who have leisure time to sort out create and maintain a specific calendar event list based on their own interests. They can share the list on a public platform and those who need it can directly subscribe to complete the addition of a complete set of events. At the same time, they can also Get synchronized updates from authors.
Small plug-ins covering various terminals can help users create new events when they obtain event information from various channels, such as browser plug-ins, email plug-ins, mobile clients, etc. At the same time, the operations of each terminal can be synchronized to all terminals through the cloud, and can be viewed and reminded at any time to ensure that events are not missed in various scenarios.
Event information obtained through emails, web pages, etc. can associate the original address and link with the notes of the event, making the calendar an index of related affairs and materials.
The calendar carries matters with strong time attributes, and these are often the most important matters for a person, so the calendar forms the skeleton of a GTD system. Then, make Todolist on the skeleton and make flexible to-do items.
Earlier we mentioned a large number of event lists, which include information, activities, and interests. Event lists can completely gather a group of people with similar interests. For example, people who also pay attention to football will pay attention to the European Football League. List, for example, people who follow horoscopes will be interested in daily fortune.
Through the event content, time and location of the calendar, people in the same time and space can be matched together. For example, people attending the same interview at the same place can be connected through the calendar. Another example is Same plane, train, etc. Even offline events can be newly launched on the online calendar platform, and participants can add them to their own calendars to complete their participation. There are already similar products on the market, such as UpTo, Sunrise, etc.
Do you still remember what you were doing at this meeting last year? If you maintain a good calendar usage, your past experiences will be recorded accurately and orderly, such as who you had several meals with and where; such as the reporter's past interview experience and interview subjects. Using this timeline, you can organize your life database without missing any detail.