There are many different reasons why I learn. Sometimes it's because I am told I have to learn something; sometimes it's because I want to learn something; sometimes it's purely by accident; and sometimes it's because I am so intrigued that I am driven to learn something. This final reason is how I am able to write this today. It's going to be short and it has a VERY specific purpose. But, man! Was I GIDDY when I learned this!
I received an email from a group I'm part of announcing an upcoming event. Included in the email was a link to add the event to my calendar; it was not shared directly to me. I take advantage of this every chance I get. My Google Calendar is one of my top used tools and one of my favorite tools. This time, however, I stopped and wondered ... "How does Michael do that?" (Michael being the one who sent the invite.) I couldn't stop thinking about it. No lie. I Googled it ... I looked at the URL he sent ... I looked at calendar events I create ... for a day or so.
Then I spied it.
Wait for it.
Ready? Each calendar event has a specific URL, right? I spied "/copy/" in his URL. I tried it & JACKPOT! It is so similar to the force a copy URL hack for other Google Apps that I wondered how I hadn't even thought about it before.
It's far easier for me to do a quick little video to show you, so here it is:
Thank you Michael for inspiring me & responding to my question!
Did this help? I hope so ... I know I probably won't use this very often, but man! Learning this was exciting! Do you know of other URL hacks that I might be interested in? Please let me know - either below in a comment or reach out on social media - my links are listed below my picture.
Other resources like this you might be interested:
- Tony Vincent's Google Document URL Tricks
- Keyboard Shortcuts Wakelet collection
- Google Calendar Wakelet collection
This is great. I didn't know Google Calendar could do this. I see the benefit of letting someone make a 'copy' of the cal event. Know any tricks to send the URL of 'your' calendar event out to others (without adding everyone) and then they can mark 'yes, I'm coming.' ? So this essentially works as a 'sign up' for the event? I don't know if that's possible ... just wondering if you did. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI don't believe so ... if someone who marks "yes" they have to be part of the event. You could add a link to a Google Form in your calendar event?
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