Never used the Google calendar, but Apple and Microsoft calendars are great for this. I only use the Microsoft one at work, to track shifts, but I get the notifications on my iPhone because I have Outlook on it. I don’t like having work email on a personal phone, but I ignore most of it. I can, however, say that the calendar works as it should. Tells me when I need to leave for work and whatnot — usually, just as I’m leaving (I have a pretty good handle on that). I use Apple stuff at home (Macs and the Watch, plus my iPhone). My main calendar is on that. I get a doctor’s appointment for example, they want to write it down, I say no need, it’s in my iPhone, which means it’s also on my Watch and my Macs. The fuck’s the paper gonna do? It’s just waste.
I’m not knocking Google, I just don’t use it. I’m sure it’s fine. I have an older Android phone (just on WiFi, it’s a backup phone) and I like it, just never used the calendar. Of course the real power move is a calendar that works with both iPhone and Android. There are a few options out there. Most of them are paid, so I’m not even gonna name any. But seriously, digital calendars are fucking awesome. Especially if you have a smart watch.
It’s the fact that you have a calendar you check regularly; whatever service you use is irrelevant. Before smartphones were a thing, paper-based planner books were the go-to. If it wasn’t in the planner, it didn’t exist.
That makes sense. I remember people carrying planners years ago. I suppose some still do. It’s just that the digital one makes it easier.
Bit of a confession: even with tech, and me being technical, digital calendars didn’t do it for me. Until I got into anime and every anime character has a birthday, a blood type, all these details. I don’t even know Captain Picard’s birthday and I’m a lifelong Trekker who started with Next Generation. Maybe he has one, but I never knew it. Anime fans tend to know their characters’ birthdays. So it happened that I started putting the birthdays of characters I like into the calendar. It’s nice to see it’s someone’s birthday, even if they’re a fictional character who doesn’t even age. Like the Simpsons is like 30+ years old and Bart is still in fourth grade? (I don’t know his birthday, either.)
So, that got me into it. Working a weird schedule helped, I’d get my schedule and I’d put it in the calendar, I had a calendar just for shifts and I share it with my wife.
Never used the Google calendar, but Apple and Microsoft calendars are great for this. I only use the Microsoft one at work, to track shifts, but I get the notifications on my iPhone because I have Outlook on it. I don’t like having work email on a personal phone, but I ignore most of it. I can, however, say that the calendar works as it should. Tells me when I need to leave for work and whatnot — usually, just as I’m leaving (I have a pretty good handle on that). I use Apple stuff at home (Macs and the Watch, plus my iPhone). My main calendar is on that. I get a doctor’s appointment for example, they want to write it down, I say no need, it’s in my iPhone, which means it’s also on my Watch and my Macs. The fuck’s the paper gonna do? It’s just waste.
I’m not knocking Google, I just don’t use it. I’m sure it’s fine. I have an older Android phone (just on WiFi, it’s a backup phone) and I like it, just never used the calendar. Of course the real power move is a calendar that works with both iPhone and Android. There are a few options out there. Most of them are paid, so I’m not even gonna name any. But seriously, digital calendars are fucking awesome. Especially if you have a smart watch.
It’s the fact that you have a calendar you check regularly; whatever service you use is irrelevant. Before smartphones were a thing, paper-based planner books were the go-to. If it wasn’t in the planner, it didn’t exist.
That makes sense. I remember people carrying planners years ago. I suppose some still do. It’s just that the digital one makes it easier.
Bit of a confession: even with tech, and me being technical, digital calendars didn’t do it for me. Until I got into anime and every anime character has a birthday, a blood type, all these details. I don’t even know Captain Picard’s birthday and I’m a lifelong Trekker who started with Next Generation. Maybe he has one, but I never knew it. Anime fans tend to know their characters’ birthdays. So it happened that I started putting the birthdays of characters I like into the calendar. It’s nice to see it’s someone’s birthday, even if they’re a fictional character who doesn’t even age. Like the Simpsons is like 30+ years old and Bart is still in fourth grade? (I don’t know his birthday, either.)
So, that got me into it. Working a weird schedule helped, I’d get my schedule and I’d put it in the calendar, I had a calendar just for shifts and I share it with my wife.
I’ve been using Tuta Calander for about a year now, the free version. I like it.