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There are two kinds of people: those who can--and do--maintain an organiser, and others who can't because of a genetic disability. I've been a long-suffering specimen of the second type.
No leather-bound volume with name embossed in gold could ever persuade me to fill more than three pages of appointments or other details. The Lotus organiser, MS Outlook or Google Calendar didn't help either.
Reason? The organisers help organise things, which is an extra step to doing things.
I couldn't make an appointment and remember to it look up in a leather binder. And while the electronic versions offer an alarm, one still has to key in the appointment.
But as you can guess, I've overcome my incapacity. Consider this:
My secretary schedules a meeting, after checking with your office, and it magically appears on my phone. Without GPRS and on my basic Nokia N72.
How?
She creates the appointment in her own Google Calendar and invites me to the meeting. You could do that too, if you knew my email address.
The rest happens automatically, if you set up things as I explain below.
You need Google Calendar (free with Gmail or an independent Google Account) and MS Outlook to make it work.
Download and install the following software:
Both are easy to set up. Just follow the instructions.
Fill in your Gmail address and password and Set Google Sync for a two-way sync as shown:
Now Google Sync runs silently in the notification area to keep MS Outlook and Google Calendar synchronized.
And the PC Suite keeps Outlook synchronized with the N72, with just a double click on the rightmost icon shown below (also found in the notification area):
The other two icons in the screen capture above are Bluetooth and Nokia PC Suite, identifying from right to left.
If you don't have Bluetooth on your desktop or laptop, you can connect the N72 with a cable that came in the box.
About Nokia PC Suite in general, from their web site:
Nokia PC Suite is a free PC software product that allows you to connect your Nokia device to a PC and access mobile content as if the device and the PC were one.
Nokia Europe - Nokia PC Suite - Support
What could be your reason for not being organised now?
Before a story becomes news, it must be distinguished from other stories in the feedstock.
Digg or Reddit do this separation of news from noise with machines worked by user communities; Google News or TechMeme, with algorithms.
"A" list bloggers, like Scoble, do much the same by hand. Like sifting through gravel for diamonds, it is hard work, but could be profitable.
I like the noise. Why? Because I can see patterns before anyone else. I saw the Chinese earthquake happening 45 minutes before Google News reported it. Why? Because I was watching the noise, not the news.
Scobleizer — Tech geek blogger » Blog Archive Why Google News has no noise «
However, what is news for Scoble is noise for many others. That's why all his stories don't hit the Digg front page. And, perhaps, the Digg front page itself is noise for most net users.
In this ecosystem where bloggers pick each other's stories, book mark them or share them, everyone is a linked as both a producer and a consumer.
Who are the winners in this ecosystem?
Don't know. For now, I'm thinking whether the question itself makes sense.
In last 9 months it's been watched more than half a million times! Most of the over 2000 comments are like:
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Why do moms (and sometimes dad) behave like this?
Mom doesn't want you to eat Tuna against your wishes. This conversation isn't about fish, nutrition, mercury poisoning or anything.
It's a little drama fuelled by loneliness and guilt.
There are attempts to end the conversation: Mom, I don't like fish! (Please, can we stop talking ... er about fish and such other stuff?)
And attempts to keep it going: Fish doesn't have as much mercury anymore. (Yes, you don't like fish for some reason. But I want to talk to you, and fish is about the only thing I can think of at the moment. Besides, I can't discuss your career or your children or your love life, without feeling so much like an outsider.)
Sometimes an emotional scene over fish is better than emotionless silence between individuals.
On most days it's only five minutes, right after I wake up:
| 00:30 | Stretch. Straighten the spine, persuade muscles to wake up. Ah, that feels heavenly! |
| 00:45 | Flop back. |
| 00:45 | Feel Happy. Recall the last day. Or contemplate life in general. |
| 01:15 | Focus. Now what was it that I'd decided to do? For the day or with my life? |
| 00:30 | Open eyes. Keep them open. Look around. Feel the morning. |
| 00:45 | Nudge my wife to see, if she responds. |
| 00:20 | Now what it that I had to do, again? |
| 00:10 | Sit up. Reach for the glasses. Switch off the alarm. |
All right, let's get on with it!
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Go ahead and write about your 5 minutes. I shall be happy if you win.
