Why is it that almost every device I own, wants to manage my life?
My Windows Vista machine has a built in free-standing calendar, my Gmail account supplies me with an online calendar, I have a calendar on my work PC and on my home PC (supplied via Microsoft Outlook), my phone has a calendar – even my MP3 has a built in calendar. When did calendars become so important that they needed to be included on every device and which users are using their MP3 players as a method to store their appointments?
Annoyingly, it seems that all of these different calendars are able to communicate with an Outlook client (my phone syncs with my Outlook calendar, which in turn updates my work calendar and vice-versa). I’ve yet to set up my MP3 player to synchronise with Outlook and I have yet to see the point in an online calendar as supplied via Google, MSN/Hotmail, Yahoo!, etc. I’m sure people do use them (otherwise why would they be offered as services), but I fail to see how the online calendar can alert you when your not logged in online to that service?
Do you use your MP3 player as your calendar?
My Windows Vista machine has a built in free-standing calendar, my Gmail account supplies me with an online calendar, I have a calendar on my work PC and on my home PC (supplied via Microsoft Outlook), my phone has a calendar – even my MP3 has a built in calendar. When did calendars become so important that they needed to be included on every device and which users are using their MP3 players as a method to store their appointments?
Annoyingly, it seems that all of these different calendars are able to communicate with an Outlook client (my phone syncs with my Outlook calendar, which in turn updates my work calendar and vice-versa). I’ve yet to set up my MP3 player to synchronise with Outlook and I have yet to see the point in an online calendar as supplied via Google, MSN/Hotmail, Yahoo!, etc. I’m sure people do use them (otherwise why would they be offered as services), but I fail to see how the online calendar can alert you when your not logged in online to that service?
Do you use your MP3 player as your calendar?
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