Timely - Pull your calendar availability in 3 seconds
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Pull your availability from connected calendars, with a single keystroke, within whichever timezone suits your recipient best.
No opening the calendar, no timezone maths, and it handles multiple execs too.
It's completely private and sits locally on your machine, connecting only to Outlook and Google.
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@james_ketteringham its amazing Gmail hasn't solved for this. in, fact I couldn't even tell you where the icon is to add my cal. this is a great idea. I like the / aspect. Maybe think from from a sentence aware aspect for future improvements.
@james_ketteringham Congrats on the launch. Small typo "pressing its number" should probably be "their number" (referring to the exec).
Great concept otherwise!
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@nikita_upadhayay Thank you for highlighting the typo - i'll fix!
Really smart to make the timezone the recipient’s, not yours — that’s the part everyone gets wrong. Right now you pick it from the list; any plans to infer it from the thread (the recipient’s email/domain or their past replies) so even that step disappears? Congrats on the launch!
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@andrei_rebrov1Â Thank you! It's customisable too - depending on which timezone you want to send availability in. Inferring from domain is super smart - we'll look into how we can achieve this.
@james_ketteringham Glad the domain-inference idea resonated — that’d be a slick final touch once it lands. Congrats again on the launch!
NINA
Handling time zones automatically is probably the biggest win here. That's one of those repetitive tasks that's easy to get wrong and never feels worth doing manually.
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@varun1jan Completely agree - before this tool I've made a couple of errors in timezones and it always results in me looking a little silly, and spending extra time having to go back to the person and correct my availability.
What happens if one calendar connection fails temporarily? A quick status indicator could help users know which availability data is being used.
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@darly_selby Great question! At the moment, if the connection fails, the affected calendar won't appear as an option when selecting which calendar you'd like to pull availability from. You've made a great suggestion though, rather than it being hidden, we should show an indicator encouraging them to reconnect their calendar. This would drastically improve UX.
@james_ketteringham , the time zone juggling is the exact part of scheduling that quietly drives me up the wall, so seeing it handled for me is a real relief.
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@emmanuel_costa5Â Exactly the reason I built this! It was such a faff.
The fact that it runs locally and only reaches out to Outlook and Google is such a thoughtful choice, feels respectful of privacy without sacrificing convenience.
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@rojintahanjgqn Thank you! I initially built this for Executive Assistants (given I'm well connected in this space) - and for them, it's super important that they're protecting their executive/principals privacy, given many of them are dealing with highly sensitive engagements.
Finally something that just reads my calendars and figures out the timezone nonsense for me. Loved that it runs locally and doesn't need yet another login.
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@ege1g2Â You got it - we're keeping it simple (and old school).
Finally something that nails the timezone problem without making me open another tab. The single keystroke shortcut feels right and it stays local, which is a nice touch.
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@masal1468301Â Thank you!
Love the local-only approach for a scheduling tool like this. One thing that would make it even better for my workflow is adding a quick way to insert booking links directly into email replies, maybe with a keyboard shortcut that grabs the snippet and drops it into Gmail or Outlook without leaving the message window.
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@tarcan_hak99601Â That's a great suggestion. Thank you!
One thing that could make Timely even more useful is integrating with other calendar services like iCloud or Exchange, not just Outlook and Google. Would love to see that in a future update.