As a long-time Sunrise user, I loyally upvote. There's a lot of love in this thread right now (which is great) but I have to play devil's advocate for a moment...
If I didn't have Sunrise, I would probably get over it after a week and replace it with UpTo, Fantastical, or one of the many other solutions. While I prefer Sunrise's UX/design, it's not enough to keep me forever. What does Sunrise look like in 1-2 years and how is it going to become a 10x better solution than what's out there today, @jeremylv?
Thanks @rrhoover!
We have a set of tools lined-up, which are going to make it easier for you and your family/friends/colleagues to work, schedule and manage time together. Alongside of this we want to become a calendar platform. As long as something is tied to a date, Sunrise will able to display that information with context.
We decided to focus on the client-side experience as a first step, making sure Sunrise is available to everyone. The next step will be about the connections among users and we can't wait to show you what's coming up next!
@jeremylv you should talk to @andrewchen about this. Last time we had coffee we were discussing "connected productivity" tools and how no one has quite gotten that right yet.
What other contextual information do you have in mind? I've been using it for about a week now, and so far I've seen things like weather forecasts and reminders. I'm sure there are lots more I just haven't seen yet.
@alexschiff Have you seen our apps integrations within Sunrise? Let us know what you think.
techcrunch.com/2014/06/17/sunrise-lets-you-connect-other-apps-to-your-calendarsunrise-lets-you-connect-other-apps-to-your-calendar-to-become-a-data-hub
@jeremylv I added the Foursquare one out of curiosity, but none of the other ones are tools I use (or in the case of Github, features I use), so they didn't seem that valuable.
I'll compile some feedback and send it your way after some more time using it. I like the design and extra features, but I do miss the natural language text input from Fantastical.
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