DIY Calendar Appliance
June 27, 2018 1:44 PM Subscribe
I've got an all-in-one touchscreen PC with meh-but-not-awful specs I'd like to turn into a calendar appliance to help keep my crew organized. Ideally, this would be based off of a Google calendar that we could either all share or at least all add to from separate devices.
I've looked at the MagicMirror app, which seems terrific in its way. But it seems made to display a product created elsewhere. I'd like users to be able to physically add events right on the device using the touchscreen as well. Since I'm using an actual touch-sensitive PC, leaving that part out seems like a waste of potential.
Bonus points for anything that's plausible using Ubuntu (or another Linux distro), but if there's something that's super easy and feature rich that's Windows-based, I could get behind that instead.
I've looked at the MagicMirror app, which seems terrific in its way. But it seems made to display a product created elsewhere. I'd like users to be able to physically add events right on the device using the touchscreen as well. Since I'm using an actual touch-sensitive PC, leaving that part out seems like a waste of potential.
Bonus points for anything that's plausible using Ubuntu (or another Linux distro), but if there's something that's super easy and feature rich that's Windows-based, I could get behind that instead.
Response by poster: Anyone with physical access to the room the device is in should be able to add to the calendar. And anyone I deem approved should be able to add to it remotely after logging in.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 2:21 PM on June 27, 2018
posted by DirtyOldTown at 2:21 PM on June 27, 2018
How would this be different from google calendar itself?
posted by metadave at 2:44 PM on June 27, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by metadave at 2:44 PM on June 27, 2018 [2 favorites]
Anyone with physical access to the room the device is in should be able to add to the calendar
OK, but e.g. you don't care whether you know who created the event?
posted by rhizome at 2:56 PM on June 27, 2018
OK, but e.g. you don't care whether you know who created the event?
posted by rhizome at 2:56 PM on June 27, 2018
Response by poster: How would this be different from google calendar itself?
I could just leave Google Calendar full-screened on the device, I suppose. I had imagine something with a bit more pizzazz though. And maybe something that might take better advantage of the touchscreen.
OK, but e.g. you don't care whether you know who created the event?
Nope. There are like four of us who would use it, I would imagine and it'd generally be clear who added what without any added layers.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 3:00 PM on June 27, 2018
I could just leave Google Calendar full-screened on the device, I suppose. I had imagine something with a bit more pizzazz though. And maybe something that might take better advantage of the touchscreen.
OK, but e.g. you don't care whether you know who created the event?
Nope. There are like four of us who would use it, I would imagine and it'd generally be clear who added what without any added layers.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 3:00 PM on June 27, 2018
I could just leave Google Calendar full-screened on the device, I suppose.
Many browsers have a Kiosk mode that would be well suited to this kind of use case.
Here's a tutorial on setting up something similar on a Raspberry Pi running Raspbian, which isn't a million miles from Ubuntu as far as available packages and general admin goes.
posted by flabdablet at 8:47 PM on June 27, 2018 [1 favorite]
Many browsers have a Kiosk mode that would be well suited to this kind of use case.
Here's a tutorial on setting up something similar on a Raspberry Pi running Raspbian, which isn't a million miles from Ubuntu as far as available packages and general admin goes.
posted by flabdablet at 8:47 PM on June 27, 2018 [1 favorite]
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posted by rhizome at 2:14 PM on June 27, 2018