Subj : Re: New: "CalenDoor" - sy
To   : Hm Derdoc
From : Darksix
Date : Thu Jun 25 2026 02:25 pm

> So I made this door: https://github.com/hmderdoc/CalenDoor/releases
> 
> I'm sure in some regards it's quite obvious what this is and does; what might 
not be obvious is why I wanted to make this, but here's a hint it has to do
> with the telnet gateway portion.
> 
> The utopian vision is I didn't just make this so people have a calendar app, 
although it works for that, the vision is that by creating shared calendars
> there's a way to drive users to a specific place at a certain time, if you 
create a calendar event with "telnet://somebbs.net" as a location at 11PM on
> Friday, and you open CalenDoor you will be able to just hit a key to connect 
to somebbs.net when the event comes along.
> 
> The problem I'm trying to solve is fragmentation and general BBS 
lifelessness. Sometimes I hear about time-boxed BBS related events such as chat 
meetups,
> testing sessions, demos, game parties, etc from many sources, irc, discord, 
mrc, forums, word of mouth etc. but I am sure there are just as many I don't
> hear about or I hear about them and forget about it. In some ways this door 
is also designed with a first time BBS user in mind - it sort of sets
> expectation about when and where to expect activity rather than walking into 
a ghost town. I might put it in my logon sequence personally as I think a
> filled calendar would certainly make the BBS world look more alive.
> 
> The main things preventing my utopian vision would mainly be around how to 
aggregate and manage events. Right now I'm bundling a shared calendar "BBS
> Events" and that might work provided someone could act as good steward, reach 
out if you are interested in helping manage a calendar or have any ideas for
> calendar management. I certainly could build some API + form thing for 
scheduling intake on that calendar but that feels like a separate project from 
the
> door.
> 
> I tried not to get too crazy with this app with my personal flair and just 
treat it like a utility without a lot of fluff - it's at v 0.1.0, give it a 
try,
> if it doesn't do something you want, LMK, maybe it can be changed. 
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Yeah, I want to know when my 30 day pills are due to be filled within 28 days.. 
then i'd use it.. But yeah the Social Calendar sounds like a decent idea
if people around wherever can put down an event that's going on and have area's 
and such..be pretty nice I'm thinking..especially for demoscene compo

)=. The Lazy man never has Wok's .=(

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