iCal to OmniOutliner scripting example

Those going to WWDC might find this little sample helpful in picking which sessions they'll attend. Also, this is a small example of the stuff you can do with the scripting support in OmniOutliner. Disclaimer; yes, I work at Omni.

First, download all the session calendars. Name each one with a 'WWDC 2005' prefix (the script uses this to find them). This process could be automated as well, really...

Download the WWDC Calendar to OmniOutliner script (the archive includes sample output as well).

Then, run it. ScriptEditor will churn for a while. If you get bored, you can entertain yourself with Activity Monitor, or you can expand the items being created in the OmniOutliner file while it is running.

When finished, you'll have an list of sessions in nice time-based groups with all the notes expanded. You can then easily check off one session per hour, or if you have a whole group going, you could add an enumeration column and assign people to go to each session.

Later, I'll possibly write a script that will extract the checked items and build a new calendar in iCal for your individual schedule.