Another in the line of excellent Google products is their Google Calendar, which I just discovered today. If you have an account with Google or Gmail, you’re already set up. This has got to be one of the best calendar programs I’ve worked with!
It can export and import to/from almost any other program using .CSV files. You’ve got all the regular calendar functions, plus you can share calendars if you like, having all the results displayed in the one view but color-coded to signify which calendar they’re from. And if you only want SOME of the items in that calendar, you can copy the individual events to your calendar and then turn the other one off. Another VERY cool function is that you can select a range of dates on the mini calendar in the sidebar and that’s what will be displayed on the main screen.
It’s a very easy way to share calendars without having to purchase Outlook or any other program. And it’s all web based, so it’s not tied to one machine. You can even send invitations along with calendar entries. Your friends don’t use Google calendar? No problem, they can still RSVP to your invitations by email!
Reminders for events can be set up to notify you via email, popup, or text-message your cell phone.
Overall, it’s one of the simplest, most logical and easy-to-use interfaces I’ve ever seen on a calendar program. And, of course, you can Google-search your calendar entries just like you Google-search your email or the Internet.
(It’s kind of funny, because I was just thinking this last week how Google seemed to have almost everything, but I was wanting a To-Do List and figured it would have to be tied into a date-sensitive application like a calendar. And HERE IT IS!)
Go to http://www.google.com/calendar to check it out, or maybe take their tour.
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