Mayday

Mayday was an AI-assisted calendar application designed for macOS, iOS, and iPadOS, launched with the mission of helping users reclaim control over their time. It integrated calendar, task management, and scheduling assistance into a single platform, leveraging artificial intelligence to automate and optimize daily planning. The core functionality revolved around three interconnected features: auto-scheduling of meetings, intelligent task prioritization, and dynamic schedule protection. The auto-scheduling capability allowed users to find mutual availability with others without manually cross-referencing calendars. By analyzing participants' existing commitments and time zone differences, Mayday proposed optimal meeting slots, reducing the back-and-forth often required in traditional scheduling. For personal tasks, the system continuously re-evaluated priorities based on deadlines, urgency, and user behavior patterns, automatically rescheduling items when new events or shifting priorities demanded attention. This meant that if a high-importance task suddenly became due, Mayday would find a free block in the user's day and slot it in, displacing lower-priority items. The platform also emphasized time protection—helping users guard against calendar fragmentation. It could suggest blocking off focused work periods, lunch breaks, or personal time, and would resist outside meeting requests that conflicted with those protected blocks unless explicitly overridden. The AI learned from user preferences over time: it recognized which types of meetings were typically accepted or declined, what times of day a user preferred for deep work, and how much buffer time was needed between events. This learning process was continuous and passive, requiring no manual configuration beyond in