{"id":198,"date":"2008-07-16T12:35:39","date_gmt":"2008-07-16T17:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bitpost.com\/news\/2008\/07\/16\/chandler-is-on-time-even-behind-a-proxy\/"},"modified":"2011-04-06T19:22:04","modified_gmt":"2011-04-07T00:22:04","slug":"chandler-is-on-time-even-behind-a-proxy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/news\/2008\/chandler-is-on-time-even-behind-a-proxy\/","title":{"rendered":"Chandler is on time, even behind a proxy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The personal information manager <a href=\"http:\/\/chandlerproject.org\/\">Chandler<\/a> rocks the house.  <\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, it was a target of the Wired hype machine, labeled as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wired\/archive\/11.01\/start.html?pg=3\">&#8220;Outlook killer&#8221;<\/a>, half a decade ago.  It was also the subject of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dreamingincode.com\/\">full-length book<\/a> about software development <em>failure<\/em>.  Its founder (and FUNDER) recently <a href=\"http:\/\/news.cnet.com\/8301-13505_3-9847739-16.html\">left the project<\/a>.  Apparently, <a href=\"http:\/\/whydoeseverythingsuck.com\/2008\/01\/rip-mitch-kapors-chandler.html\">pretty much everyone<\/a> that has been following the project for any length of time (fortunately I&#8217;m not in that group!) has doomed it.  So, with everything going against it, it was apparently time for the devs to step it up.<\/p>\n<p>The 0.7.7 release is absolutely humming on my linux and Windoze boxxen.  They all sync to a central web server (the &#8220;Hub&#8221;) that the Chandler project maintains.  Then you also get a really nicely done functioning AJAX website to manage your tasks.  It&#8217;s all open source, so maybe some day I&#8217;ll set up my own server (I&#8217;m naive like that, and stubborn too, so I might pull it off).  In the meantime, I&#8217;m synced and happy.<\/p>\n<p>The snag I hit in setting it up was getting Chandler to sync through a proxy.  I chatted with the devs on the #chandler channel on FreeNode, they helped me through it.  I <a href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.osafoundation.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=12243\">filed a bug<\/a> that explains the workaround they provided, added a <a href=\"http:\/\/chandlerproject.org\/Projects\/FAQ#*Q*%20Can%20I%20sync%20Chandler%20Desktop\">new FAQ entry<\/a>, and while I was at it, <a href=\"http:\/\/bugs.gentoo.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=77914\">added a request<\/a> for an official gentoo ebuild.  Whoop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The personal information manager Chandler rocks the house. Unfortunately, it was a target of the Wired hype machine, labeled as the &#8220;Outlook killer&#8221;, half a decade ago. It was also the subject of a full-length book about software development failure. Its founder (and FUNDER) recently left the project. 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