Req for ideas on schedule design

Question

Hi friends,
I've embarged on a little projekt, to spec and design an "automated schedule" for helpdesk staff. :-)
The background, it's basically: There are two helpdesk seats each day, one to be filled in the morning by somebody and one to be filled in the evening by a different staff member.
One "scheme" that can be used is skew + rotation, like this:
staff initials :  AB : CD  : EF  : GH  : IJ  : KL  : MN  :
Week#  morn    : mon : tue : wed : thu : fri :  -  :  -  :
       even    : wed : thu : fri : mon : tue :  -  :  -  :
Week#  morn    :     : mon : tue : wed : thu : fri :  -  :
       even    :     : wed : thu : fri : mon : tue :  -  :
----------------------------------------------------------But, of course, people could be unavailable or there could be less staff available than weekdays.
This gives something like:
Staff: id, initials, availability
Week: holidays, free mornings or evenings.
It looks quite simple, but I'm thinking it should be somewhat flexible e.g. enabling different schemes and adding "seats".
So, now I'm calling for some ideas etc...
Thanks
Fredrik

Answer 1

Switch your Android phone for an iPhone, leave out the PC and you could use iCloud and various apps. If you watch the WWDC keynote, or read about OS X Yosemite and iOS 8, Healtkit is coming which will allow developers to really expand what they can capture, save and use regarding metrics, etc.