Re: Using Org-mode for mass-scheduling appointments

[Marcin Borkowski <mbork@wmi.amu.edu.pl>]

Dnia 2014-01-22, o godz. 12:55:43
Marcin Borkowski <mbork@wmi.amu.edu.pl> napisał(a):

> Hi list,
> 
> I have the following problem: I want to schedule quite a few short (10
> minutes, say) appointments with my students ("mass" is probably an
> exaggeration, but there are going to be around 50 of them).  I'll have
> several time slots, and I want the students to reserve one for each of
> them.  I'd like to publish a table with "free/reserved" info on the
> web.  I don't want any fancy web forms and automatic reservation, just
> emails+manual updates of the table.  Can you imagine any way Org (with
> tables, or maybe scheduling) might help, so that I don't have to write
> html by hand, for instance?

Just for the record: I ended up using Org to prepare a table with the
possible time slots, which was then printed and attached to a pinboard
near my room. Then, each student could come and write down his/her name
in a selected slot (with a pen).  This way, I solved the problem of
race conditions in (probably) the simplest possible way...

Best,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Adam Mickiewicz University