Comments on: Google Calendar reviewed http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-calendar-reviewed/ Tom Raftery, social media consultant, speaker, blogger and podcaster Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:36:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: bernard http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-calendar-reviewed/#comment-10658 bernard Mon, 22 May 2006 09:21:26 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-calendar-reviewed/#comment-10658 My gripes: 1. You have to be connected to the Internet to use it. I am sorry, but sometimes I am not connected to the Internet (this is Ireland afterall!) and sometimes I want to create a task/calendar entry on ical/outlook whatever, and I cannot. Why? Because Google will not allow me to update my google calendar from anywhere else other than google.com. 2. Why can't Google turn off the "make my calendar public" feature by default. On a quick look around google calendars with a search term of "dublin ireland", I managed to find: 1. A guys name, address, and when he was going on holiday for two weeks 2. A guys name, passport number, his flight confirmation number with Aer Lingus, the flight destination, origin, time, date of the flight. I have to say I firmly believe that Google don't want to offer inbuilt privacy of users information. Of course, I could be completely wrong, but from the outset thats what it looks like to me. I'll be sticking with ical and icalx for my calendaring. b My gripes:

1. You have to be connected to the Internet to use it. I am sorry, but sometimes I am not connected to the Internet (this is Ireland afterall!) and sometimes I want to create a task/calendar entry on ical/outlook whatever, and I cannot.

Why? Because Google will not allow me to update my google calendar from anywhere else other than google.com.

2. Why can’t Google turn off the “make my calendar public” feature by default.
On a quick look around google calendars with a search term of “dublin ireland”, I managed to find:

1. A guys name, address, and when he was going on holiday for two weeks
2. A guys name, passport number, his flight confirmation number with Aer Lingus, the flight destination, origin, time, date of the flight.

I have to say I firmly believe that Google don’t want to offer inbuilt privacy of users information.

Of course, I could be completely wrong, but from the outset thats what it looks like to me.

I’ll be sticking with ical and icalx for my calendaring.

b

]]> By: Tabit http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-calendar-reviewed/#comment-9120 Tabit Tue, 09 May 2006 07:07:53 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-calendar-reviewed/#comment-9120 Like always google offers a good product with basics intact but other functionalities scattered, issues like integration with outlook and sms reminders for US only and no synhronisation with mobile devices. there are a few other services that are doing better in some ways, like <a href="http://zyb.com">zyb</a> who have an calendar & phonebook sharing feature for many mobiles and the interface is simple like google. I just wonder why does google leaves things a little untidy??? Like always google offers a good product with basics intact but other functionalities scattered, issues like integration with outlook and sms reminders for US only and no synhronisation with mobile devices. there are a few other services that are doing better in some ways, like zyb who have an calendar & phonebook sharing feature for many mobiles and the interface is simple like google. I just wonder why does google leaves things a little untidy???

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]]> By: adam http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-calendar-reviewed/#comment-9076 adam Sun, 07 May 2006 17:26:51 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-calendar-reviewed/#comment-9076 Calendar has a lot of faults, particular with regard to integration with things like Outlook and Thunderbird, but it's not a bad first effort. Google is responsive to feedback in my experience, so... try feeding back. When Google released Calendar, I moved all my Google bookmarks into a single folder (called Goo!) on my toolbar. They really are mounting up! Calendar has a lot of faults, particular with regard to integration with things like Outlook and Thunderbird, but it’s not a bad first effort. Google is responsive to feedback in my experience, so… try feeding back.

When Google released Calendar, I moved all my Google bookmarks into a single folder (called Goo!) on my toolbar. They really are mounting up!

]]> By: Dennis Howlett http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-calendar-reviewed/#comment-8992 Dennis Howlett Sat, 06 May 2006 02:53:05 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-calendar-reviewed/#comment-8992 This is the kind of information I need to encourage my community to see that relatively simple services lie at the heart of the business. Now where can I find a mashup that brings Google calendar together with JotSpot project management? This is much more than IT...architects, lawyers, accountants - anyone that needs to track time. And then onwards to a mashup into accounting systems that are RSS/XML based or what about loosely coupled to Sugar CRM? Pity the payroll agencies aren't alive to this sort of extrapolated thinking? This is the kind of information I need to encourage my community to see that relatively simple services lie at the heart of the business. Now where can I find a mashup that brings Google calendar together with JotSpot project management?

This is much more than IT…architects, lawyers, accountants - anyone that needs to track time. And then onwards to a mashup into accounting systems that are RSS/XML based or what about loosely coupled to Sugar CRM?

Pity the payroll agencies aren’t alive to this sort of extrapolated thinking?

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