[kwlug-disc] Productivity Suites, calendars, and contacts

[Andrew Mercer]

Thanks for the heads up on my.owndrive.com. I have a local install at 
the moment, but good to know there is a cloud alternative in Norway!

Joe, I also use ownCloud (server) + calDAV and cardDAV on my Android to 
sync calendars and contacts. It works well for me.

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Andrew Mercer
www.andrewmercer.net

On 2014-12-02 14:49, Nick Guenther wrote:
> There are open source (find them in f-droid.org) syncs for Android:
> DAVDroid, CalDAV Sync Adapter. These work with ownCloud or any of the
> other DAV implementations. I'm using my.owndrive.com because I'm lazy,
> but you could work it out with your own config and software and
> server.
> 
> I wish I could use emacs' TODO file, but what doesn't exist well for
> Android is a simple file sync implementation. There's Dropbox, but the
> open source clones were broken last I looked; I would really rather
> just use rsync.
> 
> On December 2, 2014 1:23:20 PM EST, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> 
> wrote:
>> On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 12:56 PM, Joe Wennechuk
>> <youcanreachmehere at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> So I guess my question is what is the best way to manage my contacts
>> and
>>> calendar so they stay sync'd across my desktop, android device, and
>>> internet. What are some of you using for this purpose?
>> 
>> Nothing special at all.
>> All you need is your Gmail account and an Android device, and you
>> already have both of them.
>> 
>> Get all your contacts from where ever you have them, and export them
>> to a CSV file. I did that from Yahoo way back when, and Gmail imported
>> them all (on the desktop, not on Android).
>> 
>> Here is what Google says
>> https://support.google.com/mail/answer/12118?hl=en
>> 
>> Then you spend several hours cleaning them, merging duplicates,
>> ...etc. Yes, it is tedious, but definitely worth the effort.
>> 
>> Once you do that, you now sync your android device with your Gmail
>> account. Automagically, everything will be kept in sync for you. You
>> edit a contact on the phone, and it is on your desktop, and vice
>> versa.
>> 
>> This is the best selling point of Gmail and Android.