Organization, Collaboration, Angst
There are much larger concerns in the world, so I realize how silly the following is in certain contexts. Still ...
I wonder how long it will take for the necessary online collaboration
to line up and give us what most of us want: an easy way to keep tasks,
calendars, contacts, and email organized and connected on multiple
platforms. You know, so you don't have to create a separate task when
an email comes in that involves something "to do" ... or create a
separate calendar entry for tasks with due dates so it will show up on
all the places you access your calendar ... or keep birthdays and
anniversaries tied to both the contact and the calendar (and maybe the
to-do list) ... and be able to access all of that through one interface
(or a reasonable number of mobile apps).
Just wondering.
As is, I keep dates on Google Calendar, tasks on Toodledo (so they'll
sync with my iPhone through an app that isn't network-dependent),
contacts in Google (but without calendar connections yet), and email
living in a separate world entirely. And I'll only mention the far-off
dream about being able to connect contacts, events, and media in some
meaningfully useful way.
I mean, I love many of the "new" toys and tools that keep popping up,
but I don't get why no one has figured out how to get these basics
working well together. Not even the "dead simple" cult of Mac has
figured this one out, judging by the critiques of MobileMe. And as cool
as Google Wave looks, it still doesn't look like the answer.
Can you tell I've been upgrading my iPhone this morning?
</rant>
