Team AI
Why personal AI calendars can fall short at team scheduling
A product-direction essay on the difference between planning one person’s day and coordinating a group, with mmddyy’s current capabilities made explicit.
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Notes on time that actually works together.
Practical guidance for shared calendars, alongside ideas for future scheduling tools. These essays distinguish what mmddyy does today from what is planned.
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Empty slots are not availability
An open hour does not necessarily make a good meeting time. A design essay on the preferences a future scheduler could consider.
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How to find a time that works for everyone
A practical, manual approach to group scheduling and the ideas behind mmddyy’s planned scheduling assistance.
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Considering a Clockwise alternative for your team
Evaluate the scheduling workflows you need to replace, and understand why mmddyy v1 is not a replacement for automatic meeting optimization.
Focus
Focus time is a calendar design problem
Ideas for protecting uninterrupted work through team agreements, with a clear distinction between ordinary calendar events and planned automation.
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AI calendar vs Calendly
Booking appointments, sharing a calendar, and finding meeting times are different workflows. Here is how to distinguish them from mmddyy’s current invite links.
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Should your AI calendar live on top of Google?
A product-direction essay on calendar ownership, integrations, and the tradeoffs between an overlay and a separate calendar.
Privacy
Availability without exposing event titles
A design essay about free/busy privacy, alongside the calendar roles and public sharing that mmddyy actually supports today.
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Working hours, buffers, and meeting limits
Team scheduling conventions worth writing down, and why they should not be mistaken for settings available in mmddyy v1.
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How to schedule across time zones without a spreadsheet
Choose explicit event timezones, understand recurring events through daylight saving changes, and coordinate meeting times manually.