Disorganized? Scrybe it down
My most popular post is a guide I wrote for synchronizing various programs and devices so that they all share the same contact and calendar information — which is surprising because I’m really quite disorganized. Today I came across a videocast demo of a new calendar application called Scrybe that has me pretty excited. They have some innovative approaches to natural views of data. I especially like the ability to quickly do organized web clippings when researching a subject and to print information out in a format that is convenient for wallets or pockets. They also get the concept that people need to be able to interact with their calendar/organizer offline and do periodic syncs.
It looks like they are missing the ability to sync to Microsoft Outlook (so firmly entrenched in the office that there’s no way to get away from it). But once they have that, then they’ll be able to sync with portable devices.
They’re accepting applications for beta.
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Hopefully their next video will reveal some truly powerful syncing capabilities. Without that the service will not become as useful as it could be.
Other than that this one looks like a winner. The notepad/web clipping feature alone is something to write home about. The scheduling features are pretty hot too. I am looking forward to the launch.
I was talking to the creator about it on Reddit.
[…] I especially like the ability to quickly do organized web clippings when researching a subject and to print information out in a format that is convenient for wallets or pockets. […]
[…] And speaking of syncing, legacy versions of Outlook might already be a problem, the developer of Scrybe writes: The problem there is that Outlook’s support for ical syncing is really prehistoric.The reasons for which i won’t delve into right now.But i am pretty sure they weren’t purely technical.The good news is the upcoming Outlook 2007 in Jan will address that issue. and you will be able to sync Outlook to ical feeds. […]
[…] All I can say at this point is that I’m very impressed with the professionalism of Faizan, the CEO and Co-Founder of Scrybe. When I asked him questions on Reddit before the hype wave hit he was very quick to respond. His latest response to the people clamoring for invites only increases my belief that this is a man who is committed to delivering a well-engineered product. “We think that both the product and its users will be best served if we exercise a little self discipline right now and stick to our original plan. At this critical stage, a solid approach to engineering the product has to take precedence over gathering users. The important point is to get feedback, analyze it, incorporate some of it, test it and roll it out AND add a few thousand new people to get their fresh perspective. The product will benefit greatly from a few such iterations.” […]