Comments on: Unclutter your calendar and your social life — From GenPink

By: Kim

Kim — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:37:49 +0000

Meeting Wizard!!!!

Try it, it’s free:

http://www.meetingwizard.com/

By: organizedwannabe

organizedwannabe — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:40:33 +0000

It’s also nice that when a proposed “date” pops up in your gmail,it’s only a click away to add to your Gcalendar.

Before there was Gcalendar http://www.airset.com was really great but the omnipresence of Google beats it. It has lists though =) (and blogs, and wiki, and playlists…)

For paper addicts I recommend Getting Things Done by David Allen. 43Folders is the website to see.

By: SaveChange

SaveChange — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:11:04 +0000

I am thinking of taking it one step further and utilizing the Google suite for my business when I get it closer to launch time. Everything is integrated. I currently use five different calendars (personal, school, church group commitments, student massage appointments, thereby allowing friends to pick their own massage time slots based around my work and school schedule). I would use it for work, but they force Outlook on us for that, though there IS new Outlook integration, new in the last couple of weeks. The only thing… I still need to tear myself away from my Franklin Covey. I still have a feisty paper addiction as well, but am happy to report that I’ve successfully pared it down by half thus far!

By: wd

wd — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:41:05 +0000

@Willie Mize. Remember The Milk is a free Web-based ToDo list that integrates with Google Calendar and Gmail (the latter via a Firefox extension). Is also integrates with Jott for on-the-go ToDos.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:39:23 +0000

After many frustrating conversations with my husband involving schedules, meetings, missed appointments and double-booking we finally got the bright idea to use google calendar for the two of us. now it’s clear who needs to be where when and he can sync it with his outlook and his blackberry. Amazing.

By: Filio

Filio — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:03:22 +0000

Try this:
http://www.doodle.ch
it’s also quite helpful!

By: Joel Sanda

Joel Sanda — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:24:35 +0000

How about uncluttering by getting rid of stuff so complicated you need a website to keep it straight?

By: Marin

Marin — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:51:40 +0000

Google is amazing! There is also a feature called Google Reader (you can access it the same you access the calendar in the “more” drop down). It keeps track of your blog subscriptions and keeps things centralized and tidy!!

By: Edward

Edward — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:32:13 +0000

My girlfriend and I use Google Calendar for our social events. As long as its in the calendar we don’t miss a beat . Saying yes to an event invite is much easier when you don’t have to worry about scheduling over things because you can quickly see what’s coming up, it also makes for a very busy social life.

By: Larissa

Larissa — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:00:12 +0000

Yes! Google solves ALL of my life’s dilemmas.

Like other commenters, I have found the multiple & shared calendars to be useful with work, family life, and personal organization.

Now if Google could just find a way to do my weekly load of laundry, I’d be set for life.

By: Becky@FamilyandFinances

Becky@FamilyandFinances — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:08:35 +0000

My husband and I recently started using Google Calendar to keep our schedules straight. This way, he doesn’t have to call or email me and say, “Are we free to have dinner with So and So on Friday?” He can just look at the calendar

By: tay

tay — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:20:20 +0000

love this concept.
Any suggestions for the person who loves paper scheduling but has a palm and feels obligated to put it to use? By the way my palm is not a part of my phone…I’m one of those weirdos with tech clutter. I have a phone, a palm, a gps, a zune…I pratically refuse to purchase a treo. I am phobic about always caring around my personal and work schedule; which is what I would be doing with a treo. Any suggestions???

By: Erin Doland

Erin Doland — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:05:53 +0000

@Parth — Log into your gmail account and then click “Calendar” in the upper left hand corner of the page. You’ll be able to set up your calendar from there. The reason the link isn’t working for you is because you already have a gmail account and access to the calendar through it.

By: Parth

Parth — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:09:26 +0000

How do I go about setting up an account? When I log in, it says I already have a google calendar account for that particular email, but I can’t access the calendar.

By: Neil Cocker

Neil Cocker — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:26:45 +0000

Google Calendar’s been a godsend for me too. The free texts an hour before have saved me from missing a couple of meetings, and being able to access my girlfriend’s calendar is fantastic, as is being able to add public calendars so I can keep track of sports events, networking events etc etc. And a simplified version I can access from my phone makes life easy when I’m away from my laptop. I’m totally converted to it!

In fact, I recently blogged about how totally (and scarily) dependant I had become on Google as a whole….

http://dizzyjam.blogspot.com/2.....erous.html

http://www.neilcocker.co.uk