Companion Link for Google Calendar is here

by | Jun 24, 2006 | Uncategorized

Looks like this news is a couple of weeks old, but I just found out about it, so perhaps you missed it as well. Via Shazbot:

CompanionLink for Google Calendarâ„¢ is a two-way synchronization solution for people that want to extend their Google Calendar onto their desktop calendar systems or mobile devices. It can synchronize Google Calendar with all the latest Pocket PC, Windows Mobile, Palm, and BlackBerry devices in addition to Outlook, Lotus Notes, Palm Desktop, and Groupwise applications.

Well that’s half of the ideal solution for Pocket PC users like myself who no longer want to use Outlook but still want to use a Pocket PC. Ideally I’d like a Pocket PC application which can run offline but synch with Google Calendar once I dock it (or via the web, but at the rates mobileco’s in Australia charge for mobile internet…).

I’ve installed the 14-day trial of CompanionLink but I’m having trouble getting it to connect to Google Calendar. It keeps telling me my email address or password is wrong, and I’m pretty sure it isn’t. So I’ll keep trying. If anyone else gives this a try, please pop over to the Productivity forum and let me know what you think of the product.

TPN mentioned in today’s AFR

by | Jun 24, 2006 | Uncategorized

For those of you living in Australia, TPN gets a small but worthy mention in an article of page 16 of the Weekend Australian Financial Review today in a story about radio networks and their podcasting strategies. I’d like to thank Mark Jones, the IT Editor of the Fin for making sure we got a mention.

Tim Berners-Lee comes out on Net Neutrality

by | Jun 22, 2006 | Uncategorized

“When I invented the Web…..”

Isn’t that the best frakkin opening line to a blog post EVAH? Come on. If you can come up with a better opening blog post, I’ll put $5 into your paypal account.

TimBL talks about why NN is good, as you would expect, but he closes with this statement:

I hope that Congress can protect net neutrality, so I can continue to innovate in the internet space.

Did I miss something? Didn’t Congress vote against it? Aren’t we now relying on the Senate to save the net? US politics confuses the hell outta me. And I thought watching West Wing was going to make it all crystal. Ah, if only I had Leo here to help me grok the whole situation…

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one of those days

by | Jun 22, 2006 | Uncategorized

Ever have one of those days when you suspect you should have stayed in bed?

It started off as a busy day. Lots of important meetings to have, lots of important work to do. A full day.

Then one of my kids broke his wrist at school and I spent the next four hours getting it x-rayed and set in plaster.

Then I slipped on the top stair and slid down the entire flight on my back and I’m bruised to all hell.

So I’ve got a broken foot, devil red right eye, bruised back, and a 5 year old in a sling.

Is this day over yet? Â