I have always been interested in computers, and would find myself hanging out with the Computer Science students instead of the Aviation Management or Business Management students I was a part of. At home and at work I have been largely self-teaching myself using computers starting with Excel and Access with VBA through ASP and SQL at work. Thankfully my current employer values education, and so I have been taking classes and not only learning the technology, but un-learning what I have been doing wrong over the years. At home, though, I have been teaching myself Linux, system administration, networking and the overall method of migrating our system from Windows to Linux. I am involved in the Danbury Area Computer Society (DACS.org) I have the opportunity to take what I've learned the hard way and hopefully help others.. I have been enjoying Open Source for a while now, and I am hoping to get a better understanding of the entire model and application.
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Thank you for the chance!
An option for self-hosting is ownCloud/Nextcloud.
I have difficulty with calendars because of the different systems I use them in.
While I am at home I run my calendar through the desktop (Lightning/Evolution/kOrganizer on Linux, built-in/default apps on Windows 10 and Android).
When I am at work, however, I use the web to access everything (email, calendar, files, etc.).
So I use Google as my primary, and share with the desktop apps and even Outlook.com because it is available on all of the environments and integrates well with email/etc. online. The downside is having to configure my multiple calendars and set them up for read-write (which doesn't always work).
It is very tempting the idea of putting ownCloud / Nextcloud somewhere publicly accessible and try to eliminate my reliance on Google. I'm just too nervous about putting that much of my life into the "wilds".