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Wednesday April 22, 2009

Introducing a Toronto Events Calendar that caters to you.

Find and add Toronto events that matter to you.

Find and add Toronto events that matter to you.
by Matt Rintoul

We're happy to announce the Toronto Events Calendar, a central location for all of Toronto's design, technology and cultural events.

There are already too many events sites, why should I use this one?

We created this calendar to group all of Toronto's events together. We're not trying to replace Facebook, Eventbrite or other event systems, we're just here to help you find relevant events from those sites. As such, this calendar gives a quick overview of each event that is listed, with a link out to the official event page where you can go to find out more and sign up. It'll also tell you what hashtag to follow on Twitter, so you can get in on the conversation.

And, yes, we're super thankful for the hard work that's been put into the Torcamp and TOGeekEvents calendars, but that's just the problem: one person managing a Toronto calendar is near impossible with all the events that come and go on a daily basis. We want to save the aggravation and wiki the heck out of this, so anyone can add or edit any events in this calendar.

How does it work?

Events that are posted on the calendar are public. Anyone who visits can view all the events on the calendar. If you'd like to post or edit an event, you just need to register with an email address, username and password. We never share your info with anyone, not even leprechauns.

This won't work without you, so please share your events and the ones you're attending with the rest of the community. We'll keep the data as open as possible and find ways to improve sharing as we continue to build out the calender and make all our lives easier.

What's next?

This is just the first step in creating a truly useful event calendar, and we're looking for your help. We've got lots of ideas on how to improve it, and I bet you do too, so let us know of your suggestions on how we can make this calendar more useful. You can use the comments, hit the feedback button on the left, or email us directly at events@yousayyeah.com.

Check out the calendar

You can access the calendar by clicking on the 'Events' link in our main menu. So check it out.

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Comments

1st Comment Apr 22, 2009 at 10:09p
EXCELLENT MATT! Just what I had in mind.
Updated Apr 26, 2009 at 5:29p
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2nd Comment Apr 24, 2009 at 9:40a
This could be elevated from super awesome to the almost unattainable awesome awesome (a.k.a: the awesome double-double) if you had an .ics subscription URL that I could pop into iCal. I know there's an RSS feed and stuff, and that's cool I guess, but seriously. Calendar data in calendar formats! 

Speaking of which, hCal micro-format support would also be cool, but less cool. That might be just über awesome.
Updated Apr 26, 2009 at 5:29p
jennie replied Apr 24, 2009 at 6:14p
The link to the .ics file in the sidebar worked for me, Jay!

Thanks for this, it's lovely. I'm not one for social events, but it makes me feel better that things are going on around me, even if I'm missing out.
Updated Apr 26, 2009 at 5:30p
Matt Rintoul replied Apr 25, 2009 at 12:18a
Hey Jay, love the enthusiasm :)

We added the iCal subscription today. Still needs some fine tuning, but hopefully it's a good starting point.
Lee Dale replied Apr 29, 2009 at 5:00a
Super stoked about this. Now I have a ridiculously full iCal calendar on my desktop as well as the ridiculously full online calendar. Fun!

Also, there was a time zone hiccup with the iCal format that was resolved earlier today (everything appeared in iCal as starting 4 hours earlier than it was supposed to). So, if you were confused, hopefully that will help.
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3rd Comment Apr 28, 2009 at 10:09a
Awesome!
Updated May 03, 2009 at 9:53p
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4th Comment Apr 30, 2009 at 2:02p
This calendar totally rocks! I especially love the fact that I've able to customize the iCalendar feed and filter out categories I'm not interested in (which I was just about to suggest you add before realizing that it's already built-in!). Awesome job, guys!
Updated May 03, 2009 at 9:53p
gabriel replied Apr 30, 2009 at 2:08p
Furthermore, it'd be great if you could add a  title  attribute on the event nodes so I can see the entire event name without having to open up the full event description.
Updated May 03, 2009 at 9:53p
gabriel replied Apr 30, 2009 at 2:23p
Apologies for the excessive commenting, but I just wanted to throw another suggestion out there: For the iCalendar feeds, it'd be great if you could include the event category somewhere (i.e. in the Summary), as it's not very apparent at first glance which audience each event is aimed at.
Updated May 03, 2009 at 9:53p
Matt Rintoul replied May 06, 2009 at 11:29p
Great suggestions Gabriel! I've just implemented the 'title' attribute, which includes the start time and full event name. Cheers!
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5th Comment May 08, 2009 at 4:09p
This is awesome and exactly what I've been looking for. Is there going to be a javascript widget that I could attach to a site a la Wordpress?
Updated Jun 01, 2009 at 9:03p
Lee Dale replied May 31, 2009 at 6:08p
Sounds like a great idea and we've added it to our list of things to do.
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6th Comment May 25, 2009 at 11:45a
I don't know if it's specific to Google Calendar, but two events from the iCal subscription to your calendar are showing as ongoing indefinitely for me in Google Calendar. They're "Net Change Drink Up" and "Rebuke of the Modernist Myth."
Updated Jun 01, 2009 at 9:03p
Lee Dale replied May 31, 2009 at 6:06p
Thanks, Shawn. This is a known issue, as per this thread on Get Satisfaction: http://getsatisfaction.com/sayyeah/topics/ical_time_zone_and_event_duration_issues

We're working on it, but it's requiring some iCal magic which is taking longer than we'd hoped. We're almost there now and it will be solved in June.
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