Chapter 13. Integrating Google Calendar with Other Software and Services

I’ve used a lot of desktop calendar programs in my day, but Google Calendar beats any of them. It’s a marvelous program, and Google should be commended for the excellence they’ve brought to calendaring.

However, improvements always can be made to software, and on top of that, some people would rather use their tried and true desktop calendaring program—Outlook, iCal, whatever—so in this chapter we look at various ways you can integrate Google Calendar with other software and services. This includes accessing your Google Calendar in different ways and changing how the web version works and looks.

Before we start, though, I need to emphasize three things that you ...

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