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by octobus2021 913 days ago
Nice job, creator. I was working on starting up something similar, went through 3 prototypes but never finished it :(

A few ideas for your consideration:

- 7 inch is waaaay too small, should be at least 10/11 inch.

- Touchscreen is a must. To switch between views, scroll to next/previous day/week, and even insert/update events.

- Voice control is really nice to have, eg to read back events for today/this week etc. Maybe to wake up so that the screen does not stay on all the time.

- Would be cool to have it running off internal power source. I used LCDs which are power-hungry, but with e-paper you are constrained only by the controller which I think is much less draining (voice control would not be an option in this case I think).

- Consider offline mode. Yes it does introduce difficulties but allows people to own the data instead of renting it and sharing with others.

Again, great job!