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.

It’s not glamour, working on their website, but it is interesting. Any decent web developer would recognize WordPress and the Mimbo theme. That’s not exciting at all. What is exciting is the back-end development we have going on. From Gorge-centric blogging networks to public events calendars, the [rediviva] divas come up with some great, complex ideas that are challenging, but that also help our local community. This is where programming shines– real applications that help real people.