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Calendar Programs
Aug 20, 2007
Peter Hirsch
[email protected]
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Why use calendars?
 Plan schedule for the
day/week/month/year
 Coordinate schedules
 Allow other to update or
add to your schedule
 Reminder of events,
trips, birthdates,
holidays, anniversaries
 Alarm some minutes
before an event
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Computer
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Paper
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Microsoft Outlook
BigDates
Google Calendar
Yahoo Calendar
Paper calendar (hung on
wall or on desks)
Day-timer information
pages
Cell phones
Others
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Microsoft Outlook Calendar
 Part of Microsoft Office
 Desktop calendar
 Can be shared
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Within a company, department or office
Interfaces to other hand held devices
 Audible Alarms/reminders
 Integrated with Outlook (e-mail)
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Always open, if you use Outlook for e-mail?
 Daily/weekly/Monthly calendars
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BigDates Calendar
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http://www.bigdates.com/
Desktop wallpaper calendar
Always in front of you
Enter birthdates, anniversaries on their
web site
Can be used on multiple computers
Can see all 12 months
Reminders
Can interfere with overlapping icons
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Need to show the desktop to access
overlaid icons
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BigDates Calendar
Wall Paper
 Wallpaper reminders
 E-mail reminders
 Phone reminders
 No audible alarms
 Cards
 E-greetings
 Gifts
 Monthly view only
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BigDates Calendar
Cost
 First 6 months of BigDates membership is
free
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No credit card required to join
 After 6 months $5.95 a year
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About 50 cents a month
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Google Calendar
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Web based calendar
http://calendar.google.com
View month/day/week/next 4 days
Merge and share calendars over the web
Accessible to update and view on more than one
computer
 Can put calendar on your computer as a Google
widget
 Alarms, but you must have the calendar open for pop
ups.
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E-mail or Cell phone text message
No audible alarms
 Free to Google members
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Yahoo Calendar
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Http://Calendar.yahoo.com
Day/Week/Month/Year
Web based
Synch with other calendars/devices?
Sharing of calendars over the web
Accessible from multiple computers
Reminders (to cell phones, e-mail, Yahoo
messenger)
 Free to Yahoo members
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Other calendar programs
 Discussion
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Take your pick of these excellent
Calendars
1. Microsoft Outlook
2. BigDates
3. Google Calendar
4. Yahoo Calendar
5. Paper
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Wall Calendars
Day-timer
 Others
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