Synchronized!
For a long time I was using Outlook to track my meetings and tasks using the default calendar. Then I started using the Google calendar as well, mostly to track personal items. And then some birthdays and reminders on my mobile. While all this worked, there were obvious limitations:
- I couldn’t access all my calendar items at one place.
- The only thing I always had access to was my Mobile.
So the goal was to at least have everything on my Mobile, irrespective of where they were created. Of course the wish was to have all three synchronized.
The task was 10 times easier than it sounds. The fact that the Outlook and the Mobile calendar were localized to the devices (the laptop and the mobile), I just needed a hinge to link the two. And as always, Google came to the rescue.
Outlook <-> Google
Google have released the Google Calendar Sync which performs a two way sync between Outlook and a Google calendar. It installs in seconds and synchronizes in seconds as well. So one step conquered !
Google <-> Mobile
Now I needed to sync my Google online calendar with the Mobile. Since I have a Nokia E series which supports Mail for Exchange it was quite a easy task. Thanks to this link for the additional help.
Note that you can actually synchronize other stuff like contacts etc. using Mail for Exchange. But I need to organize my contacts first, which I am too lazy to do now. May be next time.
We’ll that was just one of the numerous solutions which exist. Following are some additional links which will help achieve the same on a wide variety/platform of Mobiles:
- Google Sync
- GCalSync
- CalSync60 (For Symbian s60 3 edition)
Another useful article for the entire process:
There are tons of other options available. Just Google!
If you go through the archives on my blog, you will notice that there are a couple of instances where I haven’t written for an entire month or so. I thought that I am one of the *few* turning sluggish at times. However, I was shocked to know that 95% of the blogs which are tracked on technorati, a blog search engine, have not been updated in the last 120 days!
So what is the reason? Well primarily it is the same old human tendency I guess. We start a lot of things enthusiastically but do not take them forward with the same passion. It dies out with time. However, Facebook and Twitter too seem to be eating away into the blogging space.
Wanna read more about this? Read this:
Just to clarify before we proceed, the title of the post can explain:
- Personality ‘on’ the web
- Personality ‘of’ web
I am going to talk about the second one, i.e. personality ‘of’ the web.
We all use some or the other social networking sites. In fact we now use multiple social networking sites to connect to each other. Let’s take examples:
- LinkedIn: <Professional>: As we all know, LinkedIn was always meant to be a professional networking portal. If you are caught browsing LinkedIn at your workplace? Ah, everyone will look with due respect. It is so professional.
- Facebook: <Decent and Sober>: Well, I am not sure if Facebook had a pre-determined character, but to me it has always given an impression of a decently designed portal. It looks neat and to some extent, professional. If you are caught browsing Facebook at your workplace? Well you may not get the same respect as LinkedIn, but no regrets. It’ll still be acceptable.
- Orkut:<Kiddish and Sidey>: While Orkut is more popular in India, I’ve always found it sidey and kiddish. So what if you are caught browsing Orkut at your workplace? Ah, I can bet, it is embarrassing. You tend either close it or switch to a different window/application. Don’t you?
So 3 different applications built on the same concept have radically different personalities. While some were deliberately made with such personalities, some got their personalities from usage over the years.
We can similarly look at portals targetting other stuff. For example, I find Cleartrip a very clean travel portal, whereas, MakeMyTrip looks so cluttered and clumsy.
What about Twitter? What personality would you associate with it? Hmmmm… Whatever it is, it is impressive. It has already made a big impact.
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