Time blocks and customizable time blocks

A computer-implemented method for creating an electronic calendar event, the computer-implemented method comprising the steps of:

• receiving and storing user input comprising at least one characteristic describing an electronic calendar event, wherein said calendar event comprises a plurality of characteristics, and wherein said user input comprises a subset of said plurality of characteristics;
• associating said user input with a graphical element;
• receiving user input activating said graphical element, wherein said activation causes to be displayed a graphical element in which a plurality of characteristics of an electronic calendar event may be entered in predefined blank data entry fields;
• automatically populating at least one of said predefined blank data entry fields with said user input;
• receiving user input populating at least one of said predefined blank data entry fields with said user input;
• and
• causing to be saved said electronic calendar event.

A computer-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform the steps of:

• displaying a plurality of graphical elements, each of which is independent of any calendar locations, wherein each graphical element of the plurality of graphical elements is associated with a distinct set of one or more user-specified calendar event characteristics;
• in response to user input associated with a particular graphical element of the plurality of graphical elements, generating a proposed calendar event that has a first set of one or more calendar event characteristics that are based on the set of user-specified calendar event characteristics associated with the particular graphical element;
• receiving user input defining a second set of one or more calendar event characteristics, wherein the second set of one or more calendar event characteristics are not associated with the particular graphical element;
• and
• causing to be saved the proposed calendar event in association with a particular calendar location.