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Trumba is a new online calendar that I just began beta testing. I received my invitation last week and I’ve played with it a bit since then.
Trumba’s slogan is “Bring It All Together.” They expect to do this by giving us online calendars we can share, mix, and publish. Cool stuff. But there’s a problem. I can’t yet send invitations to share my calendar with friends, family, or anyone. There is a nice big “Invite a friend to Trumba” button on my calendar, but when I click it I get:
Trumba is not yet open to the public
If you know a person you’d like to invite to the Trumba Friends and Family Preview, you may email your beta buddy directly and ask him or her to create an account.
Neat. So, the main reason I’d bother to keep an online calendar would be to share it with family and friends. That’s the part I’m interested in beta testing. As it stands, I could publish my calendar so, for instance, my wife could read it, but she couldn’t add or modify anything there, which is the whole point for me. Also, I’m not particularly interested in publishing my personal calendar with the world, but perhaps I’m in the minority?
Anyway, I’ve submitted beta account requests for a few friends and family in hopes that Trumba will let them in and I (we) can get on with it. It does look pretty darn cool.
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