Alfred & QuickCal: Lightning fast calendar entries [20 License Giveaway]

April 6, 2011 by Vero 149 Comments

Update: Due to the popularity, we now have 20 licenses in total up for grabs! Keep the funny calendar entries coming! :)

There are certain matches that are made in heaven; peanut butter & jelly, sunny days and weekends or Andrew and his new iPad 2.

Another great match made recently is Alfred and QuickCal. Created by Jim Boutcher of Smelly Puppy, QuickCal is an app that allows you to use plain text to create events and todos on any of your iCal calendars.

The two have now come together to make it even easier to add events to your calendar with an Alfred custom search. Just click here to import the custom search and say “Oh yes!” to add it to Alfred.

Quickcal logo

To use it, grab QuickCal in the Mac App Store for a mere $1.99 or £1.19. It’s a real bargain. However, if the price of a slice of pizza is too much for your pocket right now, Jim kindly donated 10 QuickCal licenses for us to give away.

QuickCal giveaway

Win one of ten licenses for QuickCal for Mac by entering in the giveaway below!

To participate: In the comments below, post the first calendar appointment you would make with QuickCal. Tomorrow, we’ll pick the ten best and funniest entries.

For example:

pick up Steve’s 37 black turtlenecks from drycleaner Fri 4pm

You have until 4pm UK time (11am EST/8am PST) on Thursday 7th April to post your entry. The competition is now closed – we will be announcing the winners shortly. Ensure you leave a valid email address so that we can contact you if you win. (Bonus points if your entry makes Andrew spit out his Diet Coke!)

The Winners

Congratulations to Matthew Callier for the entry that was unanimously voted as the funniest, most Diet-Coke-spitting entry:

Remember to put on pants before making QuickCal license acceptance speech video.

The other winners are:

  • John Davis
  • Bernhard Mäser
  • Daniel
  • Brian
  • Joe Wanja
  • Kumail Rizvi’s monkey
  • Greg Miles
  • Alexander de Haas
  • Ben S
  • Mashi
  • Paul
  • Florian Taltavull
  • Giles Butler
  • Michael Raphael
  • Patrick Tulskie
  • Kiero
  • Atlas Wegman, the walrus keeper
  • Luke
  • Stephanie

All winners will receive an email with their unique redeem code today :) Thanks to everyone who took part and submitted their entries!

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149 Responses to “Alfred & QuickCal: Lightning fast calendar entries [20 License Giveaway]”

  1. Dan April 6, 2011 at 1:40 pm

    go to nearest Starbucks, order Mocha Frappuccino to celebrate getting QuickCal working with Alfred!

  2. John Davis April 6, 2011 at 1:41 pm

    Pay the shareware fee for QuickCal

  3. Ben April 6, 2011 at 1:44 pm

    Personal Tom Flight to wherever Jim and Andrew live to shake their hands for making such a great productivity helper 6 AM

  4. Stuart Gibson April 6, 2011 at 1:46 pm

    “Tweet about how awesome Alfred is for giving me a Quickcal license today 4:10pm”

  5. BJ McGeever April 6, 2011 at 1:46 pm

    make wonderful dinner for my wife Wed 7pm

  6. Andrew Murphy April 6, 2011 at 1:46 pm

    Espresso, remove iCal from dock permanently, tomorrow 9am

  7. pitiphong_p April 6, 2011 at 1:47 pm

    Get the Alfred power pack at 7 pm.

    PS. I already purchased it :)

  8. Marc April 6, 2011 at 1:48 pm

    Check out QuickCal in the App Store if you haven’t won a license from Alfred Thu 2pm

  9. Justin Lee April 6, 2011 at 1:48 pm

    buy one more awesome alfred powerpack for my girlfriend LOL…Fri 6pm

  10. Craig Paterson April 6, 2011 at 1:50 pm

    Remind myself to change the keyboard shortcut for invoking Alfred as my option and spacebar keys are almost worn out!

  11. wydi April 6, 2011 at 1:51 pm

    cal thank Andrew for the free licence tomrrow 5PM

  12. Steffan Harries April 6, 2011 at 1:52 pm

    “cal Congratulated the Alfred Team on putting together an awesome app! Thurs 4pm”

    Could probably make that a repeating appointment :)

  13. Paul April 6, 2011 at 1:53 pm

    Brag to everybody at work about how great QuickCal is until they cry into their hands and buy it themselves. Wah-ha-ha. (All of us at Suburb REALLY love Alfred)!

  14. Florian Taltavull April 6, 2011 at 1:54 pm

    breath in now
    breath out later
    make it a recurring action not to forget that

    Alfred & QuickCal can actually improve your life!
    Or at least make things easier ;)

  15. Giles Butler April 6, 2011 at 1:54 pm

    hide Michael Jackson’s statue at Craven Cottage from 3pm Saturday, repeat weekly

  16. Tori Slættalíð April 6, 2011 at 1:55 pm

    Buy a slice of pizza at 7pm, since I saved $1.99 by winning a licence for QuickCal :-)

  17. Tom Morris April 6, 2011 at 1:56 pm

    Add “design a recursive function to your calendar midday tomorrow” to your calendar midday tomorrow.

    (Trying as hard as possible to break natural language date-time parsers: that’s how I roll.)

  18. Adrian Luff April 6, 2011 at 1:56 pm

    cal Post 5-star Alfred and QuickCal reviews on the App Store.

  19. Scoobydoofus April 6, 2011 at 1:56 pm

    Send a thank-you card to the Alfred team for their lovely gift of a QuickCal licence at 4pm

  20. Krishna April 6, 2011 at 1:57 pm

    Thursday 1:00 P.M. Withdraw stack of $100 bills to bribe physics professor with.

  21. Kiere El-Shafie April 6, 2011 at 1:58 pm

    Check to see if I won the Alfred/Quickcal license giveaway + $1,000,000 contest so I never have to worry about tax season again thursday 10am

  22. yugushen April 6, 2011 at 1:58 pm

    cal Tell my friends how awesome Alfred and QuickCal are at 6pm

  23. Frank Stallone April 6, 2011 at 2:03 pm

    “Donate $2 to @QuickCal on 4/8 even though I won a free license and integrate with @AlfredApp. =)”

  24. Will Preston April 6, 2011 at 2:05 pm

    cal Lunch booked at toilet Fri 1pm. See http://cl.ly/033V252Y2r2o1g3p451t

  25. Lucas de Lima April 6, 2011 at 2:06 pm

    What are we going to do tomorrow night?

    “cal Try to take over the world! Fri 10pm”

  26. Trevor Williams April 6, 2011 at 2:06 pm

    cal Buy Alfred PowerPack and send thank you for QuickCal license – todo

  27. Rob Collins April 6, 2011 at 2:07 pm

    cal Pick up tub of hot dog water for hot tub party at 4pm

  28. Brad April 6, 2011 at 2:10 pm

    cal Monday at 5:55PM Give super-fancy cupcake with 5 candles to my wife to celebrate 555 days together!

  29. KerryH April 6, 2011 at 2:14 pm

    5:30am Wake up!

  30. Makoto April 6, 2011 at 2:16 pm

    Buy a QuickCal licence. Or give a QuickCal licence to my friend if I win.

  31. mumbler April 6, 2011 at 2:16 pm

    cal caffeinate 10min ago

  32. Dr. Evil April 6, 2011 at 2:17 pm

    Friday 10am threaten world governments with a plot to sow unrest in the peaceful and calm middle east, thus distracting them from my ongoing plans to undermine the raging world economy. [eyebrow arch]

  33. Matt April 6, 2011 at 2:24 pm

    Waste more time entering online competitions. Thu 12pm.

  34. LaRonn Brown April 6, 2011 at 2:25 pm

    cal rejoice in how Alfred is getting to be one of the best mac apps at 1pm

  35. Dan Palmer April 6, 2011 at 2:26 pm

    cal Tuesdays at 6pm – Mos Eisley Cantina time at the pub on Bellvue Road, Southampton.

  36. Ned April 6, 2011 at 2:29 pm

    Remove cat from microwave Wed 4pm

    /cc @michaelaranda :)

  37. Brad April 6, 2011 at 2:32 pm

    cal Uninstall this other crappy calendar app at 7pm Friday

  38. Joni Chandra April 6, 2011 at 2:35 pm

    Get some Latte and time to do some killer schedule

  39. Luke April 6, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    Teach Alfred how to make me a sandwich. Thu 5pm.

  40. Mads April 6, 2011 at 2:37 pm

    beat my best running pace fri 5pm

  41. Stephanie April 6, 2011 at 2:39 pm

    Take Holly to her first day at Day Care at 10AM. Bring Grandpa’s video camera!

  42. Jeff James April 6, 2011 at 2:47 pm

    cal Send Alfred team loads of chocolate cake, diet coke, and millions of dollars Thur 4pm

  43. Michael Raphael April 6, 2011 at 3:01 pm

    Don’t forget zip ties to mount microphones in trees for upstate nature recording.

  44. Andrew Coppola April 6, 2011 at 3:05 pm

    cal Lunch & Beers with Marvin and Adam at 11:30am

  45. Mashi April 6, 2011 at 3:06 pm

    cal Make Andrew spit out his Diet Coke. Friday 12:30pm

  46. Aleks April 6, 2011 at 3:10 pm

    cal enough working, go home daily at 5pm

  47. Marco Braglia April 6, 2011 at 3:15 pm

    cal wake up my lazy mac user spanish erasmus corridor mate and tell him I’m faster then him in organizing my dates trough Alfred+Quickcal, even if he’s a computer engineer thu 4pm

  48. Eric Lubow April 6, 2011 at 3:38 pm

    cal remove foot from mouth to make typing easier every weekday at 10am

  49. Bob C. April 6, 2011 at 3:39 pm

    Drink Pepto after dinner at Sally’s

  50. Nick Leith April 6, 2011 at 3:53 pm

    cal Choose a seat, get down and party on Friday

  51. Brian April 6, 2011 at 4:29 pm

    cal 5p Win quickcal license

    cal 5:05p copy/paste to alfred “itunes We Are The Champions”

    cal 5:10p Bask in my newfound glory of natural language productivity @ I’m on a horse

  52. Arthur April 6, 2011 at 4:31 pm

    Celebrate winning QuickCal Fri 5PM

  53. Anchang April 6, 2011 at 4:36 pm

    cal Remind Andrew at 5pm that he shouldn’t drink diet coke, at least not to do it while reading this todo.

  54. Ben S April 6, 2011 at 4:46 pm

    cal todo – send Andrew antidote to poison in his Diet Coke? decide by Thursday

  55. NRHJohn April 6, 2011 at 5:02 pm

    cal set wayback machine to noon april 6th to catch self falling off chair as I see the speed improvements using quickcal and alfred can make. Drat set wayback machine for instant after noon april 6th to help other self who arrived an instant ago prop up self as I am heavier than I thought.

  56. Lee Fuhr April 6, 2011 at 5:20 pm

    I already have QuickCal, so a different comment. And perhaps a silly one. But does QuickCal have to be running for this to work?

    Also: rad!

  57. Adam Simek April 6, 2011 at 5:22 pm

    zjistit, zda umějí používat překladač, nebo jestli umí česky tomorrow at 6pm (tiny hint: its in czech)

  58. Andrew Thorp April 6, 2011 at 5:25 pm

    cal get cat out of fridge. daily 3pm.

  59. Dante April 6, 2011 at 5:34 pm

    Change the world for better place Fri 5pm

  60. Alexey April 6, 2011 at 5:36 pm

    Be best father – this Friday, 6pm-10pm

  61. Mailia April 6, 2011 at 5:49 pm

    OH SHIT UNIX TIME on 19 January, 2038.

  62. linusr April 6, 2011 at 6:09 pm

    Check how to use QucikCal now!!!!!

  63. Lee Theobald April 6, 2011 at 7:17 pm

    Solve third-world hunger, create cheap & efficient hydrogen car and bring about world peace. All before 9am tomorrow :P

  64. Gab April 6, 2011 at 9:02 pm

    Clean up Andrew’s spilled diet coke mess Thursday 4:05pm

  65. Patrick Tulskie April 6, 2011 at 9:31 pm

    Shave Alfred Hat into Back Hair tomorrow at 7am

  66. Ron L. April 6, 2011 at 9:31 pm

    Use Alfred repeat every second

  67. Eskil April 6, 2011 at 9:35 pm

    cal Trash Launchbar at Thursday 17.15

  68. mantra2 April 6, 2011 at 9:36 pm

    cal Go to Monthly Rash Checkup at Local Clinic April 13 5pm

  69. Alex Popescu April 6, 2011 at 9:37 pm

    Take a 5 minutes break repeat every 5 minutes

  70. Michael Quarry April 6, 2011 at 9:37 pm

    Order box.
    Arrange courier.
    Cut off Gwyneth Paltrows head.

  71. Daniel Bergey April 6, 2011 at 9:37 pm

    Leave work at 5:30. ‘Cause sometimes I forget.

  72. Matthew Callier April 6, 2011 at 9:38 pm

    cal Remember to put on pants before making QuickCal license acceptance speech video.

  73. Stephen Oster April 6, 2011 at 9:38 pm

    Tell friends about QuickCal and its glories Today, Tomorrow and the Next

  74. Rob Erskine April 6, 2011 at 9:39 pm

    cal Pay electric bill before city shu

  75. ja'far April 6, 2011 at 9:44 pm

    Start exam revision at 9 am

  76. Andy Jarrett April 6, 2011 at 9:46 pm

    stop getting tattoos every day to remind myself what I am meant to be doing and buy QuickCal

  77. Chad Keck April 6, 2011 at 9:50 pm

    cal Recommend Alfred and QuickCal combo to all friends, followers, colleagues and family 4pm

  78. Alexander de Haas April 6, 2011 at 9:52 pm

    “Become funny enough to win on Alfred’s giveaway!”

  79. Brandon Bigelow April 6, 2011 at 9:56 pm

    cal download QuickCal. Regardless of whether or not Alfred decides to pick me as the free license winner. Then recommend to all my friends & family 4pm

  80. Fukurokujo April 6, 2011 at 9:57 pm

    “Start the countdown of my peaceful world domination tour 2011 fri 7am” as last year’s tour was unsuccesfull due to lack of alfred on my mac.

  81. Neil April 6, 2011 at 10:00 pm

    Get toe by 2pm, don’t forget nail-polish. Dude is freaking out.

  82. Patrick Chen April 6, 2011 at 10:04 pm

    Making Andrew spit out his Diet Coke at 4pm

  83. Dan Hopkins April 6, 2011 at 10:04 pm

    cal make me a sandwich at 5pm

  84. Sahil Desai April 6, 2011 at 10:05 pm

    enter numbers 4 8 15 16 23 42

  85. Nigel Hulls April 6, 2011 at 10:09 pm

    cal 8am why is 42 the meaning of life?

  86. Scott April 6, 2011 at 10:12 pm

    “Feed Ursula, tuesday 7pm”

  87. Robert Evans April 6, 2011 at 10:21 pm

    5am get screaming twins out of their cribs
    5:15am start coffee
    6am fill coffee maker with water that I forgot to add because I am so damn tired
    7am go to work
    7:05 use alfred to open up all my apps
    7:15am Tell east coast clients I can’t have a meeting right now because I’m brain is still recovering (aka need more coffee)
    9am Meet with clients now that I have had 13 cups of coffee
    2pm start caffeine withdraws
    5pm tell clients in earlier timezone we’ll have to meet tomorrow
    6pm give twins a bath
    6:30pm get hit in the head repeatedly with bath toys
    7pm put screaming twins to bed
    7:30pm too tired to make dinner, order chinese
    8:30pm eat chinese
    9pm hack on side projects
    1am go to bed and dread the next day

  88. Mats Hage Eikemo April 6, 2011 at 10:29 pm

    cal Gotta have my bowl, gotta have cereal at Friday, 7:15 am

  89. David Kotaev April 6, 2011 at 11:14 pm

    cal give Andrew Pepperrell a giant hug

  90. kiero April 7, 2011 at 12:14 am

    cal Buy the bowler hat for my girlfriend’s birthday as the best headgear ever! Fri at 3pm

  91. Atlas Wegman April 7, 2011 at 12:23 am

    Visit walrus’ (walri?) at 8am on way to work

    … I am not joking

  92. Andrzej de Virion April 7, 2011 at 1:35 am

    3 pm deliver a lie detector to Nick Clegg. [note to self: don't forget the Pinokio DVD]

  93. Houston W April 7, 2011 at 1:37 am

    Find great sushi place near Moscone West for lunch with Steve on June 6 at 1PM

  94. Ing April 7, 2011 at 2:01 am

    cal daydreaming about my beautiful toes at 4am until 5.55am

  95. Charlie April 7, 2011 at 2:03 am

    3:26pm pick up custom wigs for pet monkeys from the Wiggery

  96. marcos April 7, 2011 at 2:29 am

    mar 17th 8:00pm pick up Lily @ train station

  97. Andrew D April 7, 2011 at 2:39 am

    cal thank Andrew and Jim at 4pm

  98. Greg Miles April 7, 2011 at 2:48 am

    cal do a backup before HD burns out from increase in productivity

  99. Arthur Sabintsev April 7, 2011 at 2:48 am

    cal sudo rm -rf / roommate’s computer as birthday present for forthcoming event.

  100. megan April 7, 2011 at 2:50 am

    Start draining my DVR list Sat 8am
    Start restocking my DVR list Mon 4pm

  101. Richard Bukovansky April 7, 2011 at 5:20 am

    Get a job here http://www.runningwithcrayons.com/ or here http://www.pepsmedia.com/ by tommorow to teach Alfred 1. to play Texas Hold’em, 2. to make a coffee, 3. to solve another world problems.

  102. Hasse Hansen April 7, 2011 at 5:40 am

    Remember to keep on telling everybody how freakin’ awesome Alfredapp Every 5th minutes every day from now on

  103. Nate Legaspi April 7, 2011 at 8:57 am

    cal Go back 3 hours in time using my iPad TimeMachine at 1130PST if I don’t win QuickCal to enter new comment.

  104. Nate Legaspi April 7, 2011 at 8:58 am

    cal Go back 3 hours in time using my iPad TimeMachine at 1130PST if I don’t win QuickCal to enter new comment on 2nd attempt.

  105. Nate Legaspi April 7, 2011 at 9:00 am

    cal Go back 3 hours in time using my iPad TimeMachine at 1130PST if I don’t win QuickCal to enter new comment and stop myself from putting new comment.

  106. Ken Williams April 7, 2011 at 10:53 am

    cal Jump up and down on Oprah’s couch to tell the world how much I love Alfred and QuickCal today 11am

  107. Mo April 7, 2011 at 12:05 pm

    submit funny comment by 4pm

  108. Kumail Rizvi April 7, 2011 at 12:45 pm

    Stop the monkey from entering me in competitions under my name 2pm

  109. Adam April 7, 2011 at 12:46 pm

    Revise :( Tomorrow all day

  110. Nicolas April 7, 2011 at 12:53 pm

    cal get my bowler hat on and cut down that Blacktree once and for all today 4pm

  111. Joe wanja April 7, 2011 at 12:54 pm

    December 20, 2012 – world ends tomorrow make sure you get some today.

  112. flashback April 7, 2011 at 12:55 pm

    go to dream wedding of quickcal and alfred (open bar!) Fri 8pm

  113. Lee Houghton April 7, 2011 at 12:56 pm

    Remind myself to enter this awesome competition!! Phew, almost forgot!!

  114. Brian April 7, 2011 at 12:56 pm

    cal At 5:30pm, research how many people with ADD it actually takes to change a ligh

  115. Trae Castles April 7, 2011 at 12:57 pm

    Wed April 13 coffee 7am w evan and Rick

  116. maba April 7, 2011 at 12:59 pm

    download my (free) QuickCal license at.. now!

  117. Richard Allen April 7, 2011 at 12:59 pm

    Draw a couple of tits for International Draw a Picture of a Bird day 8th April 14:00

  118. Martin Lundberg April 7, 2011 at 12:59 pm

    “Buy the tea app from the app store and make some tea Tonight” … Not sure if it supports tonight, but it should :)

  119. Espen M. Kvalheim April 7, 2011 at 12:59 pm

    cal Last cup of sugar in the coffee, ever, on Fri 11:30am

  120. Simon April 7, 2011 at 12:59 pm

    cal Go to ASOT500 at Brabanthallen, Den Bosch on Saturday 7pm

  121. Jim Sewell April 7, 2011 at 1:00 pm

    Enter Apple Mac App Store reviews and send thank you notes to Quickcal and Alfred developers!

  122. Blaze April 7, 2011 at 1:03 pm

    pick up car from the repair shop and pay $3650 for repairs :( tomorrow 4pm

  123. Nik April 7, 2011 at 1:06 pm

    cal Move over to iCal from gCal for natural text input!

  124. Mitch Lewandowski April 7, 2011 at 1:07 pm

    cal Fly to Cambridge to meet Andrew, Vero, Anna, Ollie & buy them all a pint Fri 9a

  125. Heymo April 7, 2011 at 1:07 pm

    @5 get my butt into gear and go to the gym

  126. Rudra April 7, 2011 at 1:10 pm

    Print and mount campign project on vespa
    Today At 7pm

  127. Claude April 7, 2011 at 1:11 pm

    Remove underwear from clothesline;indisposes Mrs Tartempion

  128. Daniel April 7, 2011 at 1:12 pm

    cal Get out of bed slacker. You’ve got work to do! repeat Monday-Friday

  129. Tony Schneider April 7, 2011 at 1:13 pm

    Thurs April 7th 9pm, Dirty Franks Hotdog Palace with Mitch and Zach

  130. Steve April 7, 2011 at 1:13 pm

    cal Pack up the truck and move across the country.

  131. Keenan Brock April 7, 2011 at 1:20 pm

    Hack on Alfred AppleScript API and streamline life @bliss @soon

  132. Tommy April 7, 2011 at 1:47 pm

    cal Don’t forget to call mom and wish her Happy Birthday

  133. Bernhard Mäser April 7, 2011 at 2:02 pm

    buy twitter, make twitter work 100% / time

  134. godbout April 7, 2011 at 2:04 pm

    pick up Steve’s 37 black turtlenecks from drycleaner Fri 4pm

  135. John Davis April 7, 2011 at 2:06 pm

    Unsubscribe from this list as soon as possible – I’m drowning in emails …

  136. Davis Zanetti Cabral April 7, 2011 at 2:16 pm

    cal Try cook something for my wife @11am at My kitchen (of course)

  137. Deverill April 7, 2011 at 2:22 pm

    Run the following script now
    —
    Alfred, Terminal please.
    chmod 000 /Applications/QuickCal.app
    cd /
    sudo find . -name ‘*cal*’ -type f -delete
    chmod 755 /Applications/QuickCal.app
    echo “Thank you Alfred and QuickCal!”

  138. Crazyhunk April 7, 2011 at 2:23 pm

    “Get the f*** out of the bed”

  139. funkymonkey April 7, 2011 at 2:34 pm

    Invent a time machine made from cornflake boxes, empty washing up liquid bottles, used toilet roll rolls and glitter, yes, lots of GOLD glitter!
    Then travel back in time to a few hours ago so you have enough time to write something witty.
    Repeat alarm until funny.
    P.S. Pick up tub of gloopy glue.

  140. Ștef April 7, 2011 at 2:38 pm

    Rant about college being uncool, chicks not digging us anymore and the fact that teenagers listen only to dub-step on Fri 10pm

  141. Stefan April 7, 2011 at 2:51 pm

    cal perform Scottish Highland dance at 9 am

  142. flo_core April 7, 2011 at 3:14 pm

    Tweet about how great Alfred is every day.

  143. Vero April 7, 2011 at 3:15 pm

    Thanks to everyone who left a comment! We’re now closing comments and will be announcing the winners shortly.

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