Here's my number one problem with this approach: It's not obvious right away which day which day of the week a day is since the columns of the days of the week keep rotating. This is an absolutely critical feature for me. Maybe it's just me, but I think it's easier to remember something as "on next Tuesday" than "on the seventeenth".
i did look into reinventing the calendar with socialhelix.<p>the problems with calendar design don't stop there, for one, time is not metric, it's actually really messy.<p>did you know that GMT time and UTC time are not second -> second equal?<p>time varies based on geography, different locations have different rules.<p>politically - time changes when political will needs it to, so ... the rules can change from year to year.<p>time varies with history, over time the rules have changed and so, the dates when those rules change must be tracked.<p>the importance of a calendar item can change drastically based on emotional reasons, physical ones like traffic, or even cost.<p>events are a very hard thing to quantify.
I like the idea of the Today view in a calendar as an addition to the standard week/month view. I'd like this along with a view of recent history to see my deadlines whizz right past me!