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Absolutely I don't understand how people use Google calender or even worse the outlook calender for any meaningful scheduling.
by psychphysic 4y ago
Absolutely I don't understand how people use Google calender or even worse the outlook calender for any meaningful scheduling.
- danuker 4y agoThe notifications are an advantage. Paper can't scream at you.
- Broken_Hippo 4y agoPlus, I always have my calendar with me and everything is in one place. I can simply look. Honestly, it is the same with notes - as in, lists and things to remember later. I always have my phone, so I always have the grocery list and can write down ideas that I have while on the bus or walking.
- john_the_writer 4y agoI have a travelers journal, and a pen. They're with me at all times. I can also put my ids, and a small wallet inside, with some cash.
- Broken_Hippo 4y agoThis is definitely a downgrade, and not something I managed to do do in the pre-phone days. People are less likely to snoop in my phone, but people around me at the time would open up paper and read it. And it most definitely doesn't fit in women's pockets any better than a phone. You see, my phone does all of that except provide an ink pen. Plus more. I generally have a map with me. I have a communication device and a camera (which I use quite often to take pictures of otherwise mundane things like manhole covers). I keep some cash and a non-state-supported ID in there. (Passport doesn't fit). I email stuff to myself quite often because it is a quick way to get things from one device to another. I pay for the bus with my phone, pick up packages from the post office with it, and other small things like that. I'm simply not interested in downgrading to paper for this stuff. I'll use paper for fun (art and stuff) instead.
- kzrdude 4y agoI guess the killer application is the shared scheduling, calendars kept in sync between everyone who is in the same meeting or activity.
- komali2 4y agoWhat do you mean? What do you use? I use google calendar for meaningful scheduling.
- psychphysic 4y agoIn terms of actually plotting my day and week. Electronic calenders for me don't lead to schedules I'm likely to be able to stick to.
- sho_hn 4y agoThe calendar for me is a coordination tool between me and many other people. Other people can see my calendar, too, and see whether I am available or not.
- psychphysic 4y agoI guess it also depends on the office structure, I'm very lucky that our team is just the right size for a single secretary who coordinates our calenders if we ask. And mostly we coordinate with ourselves.
- sho_hn 4y agoI'm working in a project with around 4000 people across 330 teams and quite a few different sites in a comm-heavy role - time blocks on the calendar to get work done can be a necessary survival tactic :-)
- pigsty 4y agoSetting a reminder that’s visible the moment I wake up and see my phone has a better chance of reminding me than something I’ve written on paper. But I personally use both. Paper is for ongoing goals I’m working towards since I’ll glance at it several times a day (unless I forget my notebook), but for events and so on, electronic reminders are a “do this now” sort of thing that I can’t accidentally miss because they’re so distracting.
- whirlwin 4y agoWith wife and 2 kids who have activities now and then I cannot imagine a life without a shared calendar. Not sure how that would work. Perhaps with rigorous phone calls during the day to so sync up, but that's unfeasible for me at least
- psychphysic 4y agoYou literally share a calender it sits on your fridge and it has your shared appointments. If I really want to get work done then I need to make myself a to-do list.
- nottorp 4y agoWhich kind of scheduling? My task list is on paper (and in the issue tracker, sometimes at a far less detailed level). But my dentist's appointments and the rare meetings (we do async text comms 99%) are on my phone because it can SCREAM at me when neededd.