Rubyholic and hCal Microformat

drbrain@segment7.net (Eric Hodel) — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 03:17:00 -0800

At SXSW I attended a panel on microformats which are a way of embedding other formats into HTML using semantic classes.

When we first wrote Rubyholic we talked about adding iCal support, but thought it would be a big pain to implement. The hCal microformat along with Technorati’s Events Feed Service made it nearly painless, so now Rubyholic groups now have calendars!

You can subscribe to a Rubyholic calendar on any group page from the link at the bottom of the schedule. For example, here’s the calendar for the Seattle Ruby Brigade.

"Rubyholic and hCal Microformat" by Nathaniel Talbott

Fri, 31 Mar 2006 06:29:40 -0800

I just have to say – this is SWEET! You now officially have a killer feature I can’t get from Meetup.com (besides simplicity ;-).

Many thanks to you and Ryan for Rubyholic, it’s becoming a really useful site. Can’t wait to see what else the future has in store for it.

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Rubyholic and hCal Microformat

"Rubyholic and hCal Microformat" by Nathaniel Talbott