I wish I could come to your Jamberry "Girls Night In!!!" but I've got this thing.
July 2, 2015 7:55 AM Subscribe
Tired of seeing your friends' bands? Don't feel like going to that dinner party? Sick of social events? Too polite and/or timid to say "That won't be possible"? Worry no more --pull up your calendar and show your would-be host or hostess that you'd love to make it but you've just too busy. Amazingly busy. Fuck-off levels of busy.
Heh, my favorite event - "Skype with Michelle Obama" - did not make the screenshot.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 7:59 AM on July 2, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 7:59 AM on July 2, 2015 [2 favorites]
I wish that I could see an example of the kinds of things that it would add for my area before I gave it permissions to mess with my calendar.
posted by sparklemotion at 7:59 AM on July 2, 2015 [16 favorites]
posted by sparklemotion at 7:59 AM on July 2, 2015 [16 favorites]
The Secret Meadowlands? So you're digging up dead mobsters?
posted by The Whelk at 8:01 AM on July 2, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by The Whelk at 8:01 AM on July 2, 2015 [1 favorite]
sparklemotion- everything is added as a separate calendar, so it doesn't mess up anything that's already on any of your other calendars. Pressing the "Go Clear" button removed the calendar completely.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 8:07 AM on July 2, 2015
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 8:07 AM on July 2, 2015
I wish that I could see an example of the kinds of things that it would add for my area before I gave it permissions to mess with my calendar.
Yeah, I had the same reservation. Is it my imagination, or is this approach ever more common with downloads/online purchases? "Before we tell you what we are offering, please click 'I agree' to the terms and conditions."
At one time, such an approach to selling one's wares was known as a pig in a poke, and was the hallmark of the grifter and the two-bit con man. Now, it is just best practices.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 8:07 AM on July 2, 2015 [5 favorites]
Yeah, I had the same reservation. Is it my imagination, or is this approach ever more common with downloads/online purchases? "Before we tell you what we are offering, please click 'I agree' to the terms and conditions."
At one time, such an approach to selling one's wares was known as a pig in a poke, and was the hallmark of the grifter and the two-bit con man. Now, it is just best practices.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 8:07 AM on July 2, 2015 [5 favorites]
Ugh, I wish I had time to read this post, but I am just so, so busy.
"Home of the Sexy, Land of the FREE" ends earlier in the evening than I would have guessed.
posted by kenko at 8:08 AM on July 2, 2015 [4 favorites]
"Home of the Sexy, Land of the FREE" ends earlier in the evening than I would have guessed.
posted by kenko at 8:08 AM on July 2, 2015 [4 favorites]
sparklemotion- everything is added as a separate calendar, so it doesn't mess up anything that's already on any of your other calendars. Pressing the "Go Clear" button removed the calendar completely.
Yeah, but that's still giving a lot of trust to an app I don't know the providence of that needs permission that is broad enough to cover "managing" all of my calendars.
Like, the devs here are probably not malicious, but what if they are dumb and something goes horribly wrong and the "clear" button deletes my main calendar entries? If this were a serious app, I probably wouldn't be so paranoid, but I can easily see the developer behind this toy being lazy about the QA.
posted by sparklemotion at 8:18 AM on July 2, 2015 [3 favorites]
Yeah, but that's still giving a lot of trust to an app I don't know the providence of that needs permission that is broad enough to cover "managing" all of my calendars.
Like, the devs here are probably not malicious, but what if they are dumb and something goes horribly wrong and the "clear" button deletes my main calendar entries? If this were a serious app, I probably wouldn't be so paranoid, but I can easily see the developer behind this toy being lazy about the QA.
posted by sparklemotion at 8:18 AM on July 2, 2015 [3 favorites]
I totally know what you mean, I definitely felt nervous trying it, but I'm in a "what the hell?" sort of mood, so I figured I could be the MeFi guinea pig on this one.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 8:20 AM on July 2, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 8:20 AM on July 2, 2015 [3 favorites]
I prefer the simpler approach offered by Ricky Gervais in Extras: "I'd love to go, but I'm busy doing anything else."
posted by Crane Shot at 8:26 AM on July 2, 2015
posted by Crane Shot at 8:26 AM on July 2, 2015
I wish that I could see an example of the kinds of things that it would add for my area before I gave it permissions to mess with my calendar.
Yep - the fact that there does not appear to be a clear link to their TOS anywhere on their site is a red flag for me. It sounds innocuous enough, but who knows?
posted by ryanshepard at 8:28 AM on July 2, 2015
Yep - the fact that there does not appear to be a clear link to their TOS anywhere on their site is a red flag for me. It sounds innocuous enough, but who knows?
posted by ryanshepard at 8:28 AM on July 2, 2015
Pressing the "Go Clear" button
The Church of Scientology becomes ever more insidious in its approach.
posted by yoink at 9:52 AM on July 2, 2015 [6 favorites]
The Church of Scientology becomes ever more insidious in its approach.
posted by yoink at 9:52 AM on July 2, 2015 [6 favorites]
Might be a fun experiment/get out of the apartment thing to try to do the things it actually puts on my calendar...
posted by one4themoment at 12:10 PM on July 2, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by one4themoment at 12:10 PM on July 2, 2015 [2 favorites]
Pressing the "Go Clear" button
The Church of Scientology becomes ever more insidious in its approach.
Uber, but for body thetans.
posted by Cash4Lead at 12:27 PM on July 2, 2015 [4 favorites]
The Church of Scientology becomes ever more insidious in its approach.
Uber, but for body thetans.
posted by Cash4Lead at 12:27 PM on July 2, 2015 [4 favorites]
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