Is there a way to add Google Calendar notifications to the indicator message applet?

Is there a way to have Google Calendar notifications through the message indicator applet without using Evolution? Something similar perhaps to "Gmailwatcher"?
Or
Is there a way to integrate Google Calendar with reminders into the calendar in ubuntu without evolution?
Thanks in advance!

Solution 1:

You can try typing this in a terminal:

/usr/lib/evolution-webcal/evolution-webcal ICAL_PRIVATE_ADDRESS

(where ICAL_PRIVATE_ADDRESS is the Private URL of the Google Calendar you want to add)

It only opens a dialog to confirm you want to add this calendar without opening the whole Evolution window, nor the first-run dialog which forces you to add your e-mail account even if you don't intend to use it.

This works with the Gnome 2 calendar applet and I guess it works also for natty's calendar indicator, as it is based on Evolution's calendars. Let me know if it works or not.

Solution 2:

I couldn't find anything pre-made to do what you ask.

It should be easy enough to program something using python-gdata and python-pyosd, I'd say this would be a good project for an amateur computer programmer getting into some of these technologies.

Of course if you get in touch with an independent developer (like me), we'd be happy to exchange code for money too. Never underestimate paying for things to be made.