Showing posts with label calendaring organization. Show all posts
Showing posts with label calendaring organization. Show all posts

Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook

Of extreme interest today is the fact that Google has finally come out with MS Outlook syncronization--for FREE. It only supports you main Google Calendar, but it will sync one way or two ways if you want it to.

Other useful tidbits:

Microsoft Outlook Tip: Access Google Calendar Directly From Outlook
Very useful if you're looking to integrate the Google Calendar directly into the Outlook suite. It's not a sync, but it's an additional page or item in your list.

OggSync
A yearly pay-for service (~$30) will literally do all of the syncronization between MS Outlook 2003 and 2007 and any/all of your Google Calendars as you like. The setup is easy, and the service is worth shelling out the measly $30 for, although the free version will sync up to 3 days back and 3 days ahead. You can choose to sync one-way (either Google-->Outlook or Outlook-->Google) or two-ways. You can also select how often it will happen. There are only two drawbacks: Outlook will need to be open and running OggSync to complete the sync tasks, and if your Google Account password happens to have an ampersand (&) in it, the OggSync login screen in the configuration screens WILL FAIL. (Be sure that your Google Account password does not have an ampersand (&) in it and everything will go smoothly.) Truly a great product for those of us who have to coordinate multiple calendaring accounts and devices.

Airset (Your Whole Life. Organized.)

AirSet is social networking for the busy and techno-savvy family and school.

http://www.airset.com/AirSet.jsp#app.Home_p.home

I'm impressed that it sychronizes with both Palm Desktop/PDAs and MS Outlook. I may switch to it if I could get my friends and family on board. Hmmmmmmmmmmm.

Vicki Davis does another great job of hashing out the pros and cons of AirSet.