Yesterday while in the middle of wireframing madness, my friend imed me a link to an ebay auction.

“Isn’t this what you do?” my friend asked.

Yes, but not just a calendar. That being said, there are several interesting points made by Richard White, the interface designer at Kiko (yay, go UI!) and other various blogs. I don’t think it was Google calendar. Point is, calendars are only one form of time organization. There are still untapped markets of how a calendar and other tools can help people to take charge of their life.

With a human computer interaction background, I often wonder how can be design for a better experience? The Apple ipod succeeds not because it’s a well-designed product. Rather it succeeds because of the entire experience of the iTunes application and the iTunes music store. An online calendar has potential to be something more than just dentist appointments, birthday parties and that Russian River weekend event.

And bottom line, calendars don’t have to hurt. And it’s sad to see a fellow web project enter the deadpool.

On why I am blogging now: Yesterday in the middle of a discussion with the VP of engineering, the CEO suddenly turned to me and exclaimed, “You haven’t blogged!” I started to mumble an excuse, but he cut me off and turned back to Anthony, “Sorry, I was in the middle of asking you a question.” Ah, Spongecell.