When the [rediviva] divas came to me to explore the idea of building a regional, public events calendar, I got all fuzzy inside. Not because I’m really interested in buggy PHP websites like I built for a prototype, no. I got fuzzy because this is something that could help many more people than just us.

The outcome: Calendula

The current prototype was built in a couple days leveraging Google Calendar. This is running basically as a way to generate the data necessary to plan the overall system. The long term idea is much more grand. A “plop-n-play” system that any individual or group can use to organize in their local community. Multiple connected calendars, user authentication, announcements, and cool website plugins.

There’s a lot of work that needs to be done to make Calendula something that others can use easily in their community, but it’s been pretty popular in the Gorge so far, despite it’s horribly buggy and fragile PHP code.