{"id":10856,"date":"2007-10-08T15:18:58","date_gmt":"2007-10-08T12:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2007\/10\/08\/send-sms-to-google-calendar-via-twitter\/"},"modified":"2007-10-08T15:18:58","modified_gmt":"2007-10-08T12:18:58","slug":"send-sms-to-google-calendar-via-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2007\/10\/08\/send-sms-to-google-calendar-via-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Send SMS to Google Calendar via Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve already wrote about why I love Google Calendar <\/a>so much.\u00c2\u00a0 One of the main features that makes the difference for me is that one of SMS reminders.\u00c2\u00a0 As unlikely as it seems, I’m not always behind the computer, but my mobile is always near by.\u00c2\u00a0 So reminding me of upcoming things to do via SMS is a winner.<\/p>\n

One thing that I was missing though, is the opposite direction of SMS.\u00c2\u00a0 Google Calendar has this wonderful feature of adding events to the calendar via SMS, but the they use a shortcut phone number, which is available only in the states.\u00c2\u00a0 No way for us, poor souls in Cyprus, to send messages there.<\/p>\n

Not to worry though.\u00c2\u00a0 Now there is a solution, and an easy one too – Twittercal<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Here is how it works:<\/p>\n

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  1. Create a Twitter account, if you don’t have one.<\/li>\n
  2. Add “gcal<\/a>” user to the list of those that you follow.<\/li>\n
  3. Grant Twittercal access to add events to your Google Calendar.<\/li>\n
  4. Now you can send direct messages to gcal with your event information like so: “d gcal Phylosophy test tomorrow at 08:00<\/em>“.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Of course, these direct messages work as good via instant messenger and Twitter<\/a> web interface.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ve tested the setup and performs beautifully.\u00c2\u00a0 This whole thing just made my day.<\/p>\n

    Bonus tip:<\/strong> if your mobile phone supports SMS templates, you might want to create one with Twitter phone number in destination and “d gcal ” text in the message, so you can edit it and send much faster.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

    I’ve already wrote about why I love Google Calendar so much.\u00c2\u00a0 One of the main features that makes the difference for me is that one of SMS reminders.\u00c2\u00a0 As unlikely as it seems, I’m not always behind the computer, but my mobile is always near by.\u00c2\u00a0 So reminding me of upcoming things to do via … Continue reading Send SMS to Google Calendar via Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-10856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24321,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2015\/06\/08\/important-announcement-about-sms-notifications-in-google-calendar\/","url_meta":{"origin":10856,"position":0},"title":"Important Announcement about SMS notifications in Google Calendar","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"June 8, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Catching up with emails, I saw this email from the Google Calendar team: Starting on June 27th, 2015, SMS notifications from Google Calendar will no longer be sent. 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