Comments on: Business Time http://www.contenthere.net/2008/10/business-time.html Enter Content Here Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:28:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Seth http://www.contenthere.net/2008/10/business-time.html/comment-page-1#comment-727 Seth Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:20:00 +0000 http://www1.contenthere.net/2008/10/business-time.html#comment-727 I wish I had a PA too :( I wish I had a PA too :(

]]> By: fruey http://www.contenthere.net/2008/10/business-time.html/comment-page-1#comment-726 fruey Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:15:00 +0000 http://www1.contenthere.net/2008/10/business-time.html#comment-726 A bit anti-tech perhaps, but most people with that kind of requirement probably have a PA - or should have.<br/><br/>A computer is great at a certain number of things, and I can see many ways with custom code and/or hackery you could get iCal, Google and Outlook to play nice. At the end of the day though, in my experience, people who might well be able see the usefulness a system of an open calendar as you describe may not actually be able to use it.<br/><br/>Typical conversations I have go like this:<br/><br/>- When are you free?<br/>- Whenever Outlook says I am<br/>- Can you send me an invite?<br/><br/>or I get invites that are at times when I'm not free anyway...<br/><br/>So I basically go for the "send me an invite whenever" and use the "propose new time" functionality, which works.<br/><br/>Having a PA is great though, wish I had one, I'd be way more productive. A bit anti-tech perhaps, but most people with that kind of requirement probably have a PA – or should have.

A computer is great at a certain number of things, and I can see many ways with custom code and/or hackery you could get iCal, Google and Outlook to play nice. At the end of the day though, in my experience, people who might well be able see the usefulness a system of an open calendar as you describe may not actually be able to use it.

Typical conversations I have go like this:

- When are you free?
- Whenever Outlook says I am
- Can you send me an invite?

or I get invites that are at times when I’m not free anyway…

So I basically go for the “send me an invite whenever” and use the “propose new time” functionality, which works.

Having a PA is great though, wish I had one, I’d be way more productive.

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