Comments on: Calendars and Weather http://missig.org/julian/blog/2004/07/23/calendars-and-weather/ Former Open Source programmer with experience at companies like IBM and Apple. Now a UI Designer with an education in Cognitive Science and Human-Computer Interaction. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:15:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: eva http://missig.org/julian/blog/2004/07/23/calendars-and-weather/#comment-43613 eva Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:00:30 +0000 http://missig.org/julian/blog/2004/07/23/calendars-and-weather/#comment-43613 Great idea. Your idea came up in google's results when I was searching to see if I could set up iCal to do this today! Great idea. Your idea came up in google’s results when I was searching to see if I could set up iCal to do this today!

]]> By: julian http://missig.org/julian/blog/2004/07/23/calendars-and-weather/#comment-442 julian Mon, 25 Oct 2004 17:23:37 +0000 http://missig.org/julian/blog/2004/07/23/calendars-and-weather/#comment-442 Ah well. :) My major point was in the interface/interaction of how it works--for iCal it would take Apple actually adding it themselves, I think. Maybe I could make some mock-ups and suggest it to them and the Sunbird people. Getting the backend for it is easy; there are tons of services which offer weather feeds. Ah well. :)
My major point was in the interface/interaction of how it works–for iCal it would take Apple actually adding it themselves, I think. Maybe I could make some mock-ups and suggest it to them and the Sunbird people. Getting the backend for it is easy; there are tons of services which offer weather feeds.

]]> By: Phil Wilson http://missig.org/julian/blog/2004/07/23/calendars-and-weather/#comment-441 Phil Wilson Mon, 25 Oct 2004 16:01:04 +0000 http://missig.org/julian/blog/2004/07/23/calendars-and-weather/#comment-441 Oh, sorry. Just prepend my responses with - "that would be a really good idea. Including a little weather icon would be really useful, I wonder how it could best be done?" Oh, sorry. Just prepend my responses with - “that would be a really good idea. Including a little weather icon would be really useful, I wonder how it could best be done?”

]]> By: julian http://missig.org/julian/blog/2004/07/23/calendars-and-weather/#comment-289 julian Fri, 03 Sep 2004 04:20:02 +0000 http://missig.org/julian/blog/2004/07/23/calendars-and-weather/#comment-289 I'm still not sure that you guys really get what I'm trying to say and that the real point here is one of design, not technical or feasibility issues. I’m still not sure that you guys really get what I’m trying to say and that the real point here is one of design, not technical or feasibility issues.

]]> By: Phil Wilson http://missig.org/julian/blog/2004/07/23/calendars-and-weather/#comment-287 Phil Wilson Mon, 30 Aug 2004 23:04:07 +0000 http://missig.org/julian/blog/2004/07/23/calendars-and-weather/#comment-287 Also, I think what FortranDragon had in mind was that the weather details aren't included in the iCalendar files themselves, they're handled by an external service like the one he links to. iCal or Sunbird or whatever can then parse your event details to try and find a location you mention for the event and retrieve and display the appropriate weather forecast. Except of course, that yet again, it only provides a single day's forecast. Maybe someone could screenscrape the BBC weather pages or something? Also, I think what FortranDragon had in mind was that the weather details aren’t included in the iCalendar files themselves, they’re handled by an external service like the one he links to.

iCal or Sunbird or whatever can then parse your event details to try and find a location you mention for the event and retrieve and display the appropriate weather forecast.

Except of course, that yet again, it only provides a single day’s forecast. Maybe someone could screenscrape the BBC weather pages or something?

]]> By: Phil Wilson http://missig.org/julian/blog/2004/07/23/calendars-and-weather/#comment-286 Phil Wilson Mon, 30 Aug 2004 22:58:24 +0000 http://missig.org/julian/blog/2004/07/23/calendars-and-weather/#comment-286 Have you seen that rsscalendar.com provides a weather readout provided you pass it enough details on the location? At the moment it seems as though it's always just returning the weather for today at the event location, but I'm not honestly sure. I know this isn't actually what you were talking about (you want client side support); is there actually a common way to pass weather information about? I know there's Morten's work on http://xml.mfd-consult.dk/ws/2003/05/weather/ but I don't really see anything else. Have you seen that rsscalendar.com provides a weather readout provided you pass it enough details on the location? At the moment it seems as though it’s always just returning the weather for today at the event location, but I’m not honestly sure.

I know this isn’t actually what you were talking about (you want client side support); is there actually a common way to pass weather information about? I know there’s Morten’s work on http://xml.mfd-consult.dk/ws/2003/05/weather/ but I don’t really see anything else.

]]> By: julian http://missig.org/julian/blog/2004/07/23/calendars-and-weather/#comment-233 julian Fri, 30 Jul 2004 18:15:35 +0000 http://missig.org/julian/blog/2004/07/23/calendars-and-weather/#comment-233 That's not quite what I'm describing, nor does it come close to achieving the kind of actual useful integration I'm talking about. This is all about being able to see the weather for a given event in a given location, not just subscribing to a weather forecast. Although it is kind of cool to be able to do so. That’s not quite what I’m describing, nor does it come close to achieving the kind of actual useful integration I’m talking about. This is all about being able to see the weather for a given event in a given location, not just subscribing to a weather forecast.

Although it is kind of cool to be able to do so.

]]> By: FortranDragon http://missig.org/julian/blog/2004/07/23/calendars-and-weather/#comment-231 FortranDragon Fri, 30 Jul 2004 16:35:51 +0000 http://missig.org/julian/blog/2004/07/23/calendars-and-weather/#comment-231 Check out <a href="http://www.project24.info/weather.php">Weather in iCal</a>. That might be part of what you are looking for. Check out Weather in iCal. That might be part of what you are looking for.

]]> By: FortranDragon http://missig.org/julian/blog/2004/07/23/calendars-and-weather/#comment-229 FortranDragon Fri, 30 Jul 2004 04:13:38 +0000 http://missig.org/julian/blog/2004/07/23/calendars-and-weather/#comment-229 http://www.project24.info/weather.php :-D Just input your ZIP code (for the US) and it will have iCal subscribe to the appropriate calendar. It doesn't have the icons, but it is a definite start. http://www.project24.info/weather.php :-D

Just input your ZIP code (for the US) and it will have iCal subscribe to the appropriate calendar. It doesn’t have the icons, but it is a definite start.

]]> By: Stephen Holt http://missig.org/julian/blog/2004/07/23/calendars-and-weather/#comment-221 Stephen Holt Fri, 23 Jul 2004 21:26:11 +0000 http://missig.org/julian/blog/2004/07/23/calendars-and-weather/#comment-221 Now that you mention it - that is a really great idea (and you thought I was going to say 'obvious'). I'm surprised that services haven't even gone half as far and offered vCal/iCal files with weather information in them, even if it was restricted to a subscription service. Now that you mention it - that is a really great idea (and you thought I was going to say ‘obvious’).

I’m surprised that services haven’t even gone half as far and offered vCal/iCal files with weather information in them, even if it was restricted to a subscription service.

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