Oops. Somehow May Week happened, which means that I spent much of last week's free time in an alcoholic haze (that wasn't me. I genuinely believe that walking around Cambridge there was a cloud of evaporated Pimms hanging over the city). So it's been a while since I last checked anything out. Having done Doodle, I was filled with confidence for the next thing.
Google Calendar. In all its sparse, minimalist glory. I followed the instructions and created a few events. This was very simple and straightforward, and I liked it a lot. I chose to put two weeks in at a time, and it still looks pretty empty, but work simply doesn't revolve around meetings and events: I come in, I work, I go home again.On the other hand, if I can get my colleagues to use Google Calendar too, then we would be able to keep a diary on there of all the times we're on holiday. Now
that would be useful; much simpler than writing in two different diaries, and a lot less scribbling out!
I do like the flexibility - I like to customise my internet experience as far as humanly possible, and aside from the bland colour scheme, I was able to do a lot with setting the page up how I liked it. It's useful being able to add one-off and regular events - not to mention being able to decide whether you want weekends visible or not.
Ultimately, I think there are few flaws. One is that unless you share this with others, you might just as well keep a diary. In that context, it doesn't really do anything new that your pocket diary doesn't, except for the reminders. The other is my own problem, in that I have a personal persona on the internet, and a professional persona on the internet. It's hard to keep everything together when you have (at last count) 4 different Google accounts, since you only really want one single calendar for everything!
Well, yes. The whole point of an online calendar is to share it w. others. It was the need for a shared calendar that sent me, first to Mosuki in 2006, & then to Google when Mosuki packed up earlier this year.
ReplyDeleteMosuki had the answer to the problem of multiple personas. In Mosuki, you didn't set up multiple calendars, but decided, event by event, what events were to be shared w. whom.
I miss Mosuki a lot.
I'm glad there's someone else with multiple online identities!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure there's a way to share your various Google calendars (personal/professional, etc) with each other so you can view them all regardless of how you are logged in. I know someone added a comment about this but haven't been able to find it again.