Some think it’s gone too far, eliminating any spontaneity and reducing life to slots on a grid. Others say that some GCal superusers just want the world to know how busy they are.
Kaitlin Martin, a senior at Georgetown University, estimates that events in GCal cover about 10 to 12 hours of her average day.
“It’s probably from an hour before class to when I’m finishing my last assignment or activity of the day,” she said. Martin uses the app to schedule her classes, her meals, her daily tasks and hangouts with friends. When she makes plans with a friend at Georgetown, one of them sends the other a calendar invite.