Okay, so here’s the story about wrestling with the Tao Event Calendar for a Vegas trip. Buckle up, it’s a bit of a ride.
The Setup: My buddies and I are planning a trip to Vegas – you know, the usual: gambling, maybe a show, definitely some questionable decisions. I volunteered (foolishly, perhaps) to be the event planner. I wanted something that would help us track everything from show times to dinner reservations.
Enter Tao Event Calendar: I stumbled upon this thing – looked promising. Clean interface, seemed like it could handle multiple events across multiple days. I thought, “This is it! My ticket to Vegas planning glory!”
The Initial Dive: First thing I did was install it. Seemed straightforward enough. Then I started messing around with creating events. “Okay, Dinner at Gordon Ramsay’s at 8 PM on Friday.” So far, so good. Added another event. “Gambling until we lose all our money, Saturday all day”. Still looking good.
The Roadblocks: Then things got hairy. I wanted to color-code the events – you know, shows in one color, dining in another, gambling in a third (for maximum clarity, obviously). Turns out, the customization options weren’t quite as intuitive as I’d hoped. I was digging through settings, clicking on random things. I spent a good hour just trying to figure out how to change the freaking color!
The Workaround: After much frustration, I discovered that the easiest way to change the color was to edit some CSS. I am not a web developer. But I can google like one. So I found some CSS snippets online, pasted them in, and hoped for the best. Miraculously, it worked! But it felt janky, like duct-taping a solution to a problem that shouldn’t exist in the first place.
The Collaboration Conundrum: Then came the next challenge: sharing the calendar with my buddies. I wanted them to be able to view it, maybe even add their own events. Tao Event Calendar does have sharing functionality, but it involved creating user accounts and setting permissions. Again, more complicated than it needed to be.
The “Good Enough” Solution: Eventually, I gave up on the fancy sharing features. I just took screenshots of the calendar and sent them to the group chat. Low-tech, but effective. They could at least see what was planned.
The Verdict: Tao Event Calendar wasn’t terrible. It did the job of displaying events in a calendar format. But it wasn’t as user-friendly or customizable as I’d hoped. I spent way more time wrestling with it than I should have. Next time, I might just stick with Google Calendar. It’s boring, but it works.
Lessons Learned:
- Don’t always believe the hype. Just because a calendar looks pretty doesn’t mean it’s easy to use.
- Sometimes, the simplest solution is the best solution. Screenshots, baby!
- Maybe I should learn some actual CSS.
So, yeah, that’s my Tao Event Calendar Vegas saga. Hope you found it mildly amusing and maybe even a little bit helpful. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I need to go practice my poker face.
