obsidian-google-calendar VS obsidian-releases

Hi,

Sure, I'm using Agile Task Note (https://github.com/BoxThatBeat/obsidian-agile-task-notes) for the Jira sync and for Google Calendar, I'm using obsidian-google-lookup (https://github.com/ntawileh/obsidian-google-lookup) and obsidian-google-calendar (https://github.com/YukiGasai/obsidian-google-calendar)

I've been trying to brainstorm potential solutions to this to maybe write a plugin that syncs Obsidian with a CalDAV server (I know of obsidian-google-calendar but would rather this work on an open standard). But then it hit me: what if your Obsidian vault was the source of truth? What if you could manage your events with existing plugins (full calendar, day planner) and be able to run a CalDAV server on top of that, to sync to your phones and get notifications / reminders?

[4.5] Using another Calendar is also an option, eg integrating Google's Calendar with with https://github.com/YukiGasai/obsidian-google-calendar and auto-create Google Events from the scheduled tasks.

Like-to-have: - Under $9 per month: Free for personal notes! But you would need to pay $50 USD for commercial use. FWIW, they don't check this because the notes are 100% on your own machine and not on the cloud. But I pay that because I love the app. - Open-source: No. There is a FOSS alternative (Logseq) - but that lacks the polish. The mobile experience is lacking too particularly for PDFs. - Desktop app: Yep! On all platforms - In-line note tagging: This + easy interlinking of notes using wike-style links. Also supports backlinks - Web clipper: Not officially. There are unofficial clippers. I personally use "Take a screenshot" from the right-click menu in Firefox for snapping a image of the entire page and paste into obsidian if I care about the images etc. Else, I select the text section and paste into obsidian - and it auto-formats into markdown - Longevitity or the ability to export easily to other smart note apps: Yes, just a directory of files + markdown. - Google Calendar integration: Yes - through a plugin (https://github.com/YukiGasai/obsidian-google-calendar) - Reminders: No. I use Google calendar's reminders for that. - Customer support: If you pay for the commercial license, sure! \

I'm using Templater to create a daily note when when I start Obsidian each day. I recently came across the Google Calendar Plugin and I'm having some issues. I have properly authenticated my account and can get a website looking image of my calendar to render in a note. My dream state would be to get a full list of events for today within my daily note. Better yet, I'd love to have these events be "clickable" so that it leverages my "Meetings" template to create a Meeting Note with that Event's title, etc.

Have you tried the Google Calendar plugin yet? From the documentation, it seems like new events/reminders should push notifications to your phone but haven’t had a chance to test it myself.

Hello, I am the developer of the plugin. The scan turned out to be a false positive caused by one of the used packages. For more information, here is the issue on GitHub.

The closest editor that follows our first principle is Obsidian editor:

The solution was already installed on both my computer and my phone: Obsidian.

> why does open source need to "win"

Open source does not need to win.

But your ability to be in control of your computer needs to be preserved. A proprietary fridge cannot control your diet, while a proprietary App Store can control what software you install on YOUR phone (unless you live in EU, hello DMA!). The tail wags the dog, so to speak. Proprietary software has also been shown to break user workflows or remove functions in an update while leaving users with no choice whatsoever.

One alternative to having open source win is to ensure software must come with a robust warranty and other assurances you expect from the things you buy. EU's CRA will make software vulnerabilities in WiFi routers covered by warranty, for example.

You can also ensure robust and interoperable data storage options. For example, https://obsidian.md/ stores all notes in Markdown, not holding the data hostage in case users will not like how future versions will work. GDPR actually has a provision for data portability (Art. 20), but it does not seem to have a requisite effect on the industry yet.

And until the above issues are solved, open source remains the best way to ensure that a software tail cannot wag your computer dog.

[2] https://obsidian.md/

So I've had my fair share of personal websites and blogs. I have built them on stacks ranging from the most basic HTML and CSS, to hosted frameworks like Wordpress and Laravel, to the more modern single page applications built in Vue and React. For a simple content blog I think you can't go wrong with a Static Site Generator though. These days I am almost exclusively writing everything in Obsidian. Which is great because its all in standard markdown format. This allows for a really neat and easy content publishing workflow.

Consider making an Obsidian[^1] plugin, or writing to Obsidian-compatible Markdown files :)

[^1]: https://obsidian.md/

Obsidian is a writing application created to allow for offline / private note taking in markdown format, in an interface that looks a lot like our regular programming IDE. It is very flexible, with a good collection of community plugins that you can use to customize Obsidian to your heart contents.

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