Update google calendar with twitter

The folks at Twittercal have come up with an API that let’s you add Google Calendar appointments with the Twitter direct message capability.

For example, you just scheduled a call with Dave tomorrow at 9. Tweet gcal: d call dave tomorrow at 9. Within 2 minutes, the appointment should show up on your Google Calendar.

There’s a 5 step process to get started, but once you’re registered, the app works smoothly and quickly with the Twittercal bot checking for updates every one minute.

The API takes advantage of Google’s quick-add feature. A quick summary (only ‘what’ and ‘when’ are required):

• What: This can be any text; the event title is created from this.
• When: This can be nearly any date and/or time expression. Using ‘at’ and ‘on’ can help.
• Who: This should begin with ‘with’ followed by a list of email addresses; these are added to the guest list.
• Where: This can be any text following ‘at’ or ‘in.’