Random Organizational Best Practice question

[mu03eng]

Random question....how do people organize their electronic calendars? By that I mean, I have outlook for work, gmail for personal(both wife and I) and it's really getting to the point where I need to have some sort of single calendar that I can see and my wife. Ideally I'd like to be able to feed my work calendar to the merged calendar and then input events/activities/etc to the universal calendar where both my wife and I can see what the hell we are doing.

Thoughts?

[jesmu84]

Random question....how do people organize their electronic calendars? By that I mean, I have outlook for work, gmail for personal(both wife and I) and it's really getting to the point where I need to have some sort of single calendar that I can see and my wife. Ideally I'd like to be able to feed my work calendar to the merged calendar and then input events/activities/etc to the universal calendar where both my wife and I can see what the hell we are doing.

Thoughts?

That's exactly what I do. I have my work outlook on my personal cell where my Gmail calendar is. They automatically merge on my Google calendar app. Wife has access to the Gmail so it's all in 1 place.

Though if I only look at my work outlook calendar (business computer, for example), I miss all the personal stuff.

But 99% of the time, I'm looking at my phone anyway.

[mu03eng]

That's exactly what I do. I have my work outlook on my personal cell where my Gmail calendar is. They automatically merge on my Google calendar app. Wife has access to the Gmail so it's all in 1 place.

Though if I only look at my work outlook calendar (business computer, for example), I miss all the personal stuff.

But 99% of the time, I'm looking at my phone anyway.

OK, so do you have to be logged into the work outlook in the app on the phone? And I had the damnedest time getting my wife's google calendar to sync with mine

[Pakuni]

OK, so do you have to be logged into the work outlook in the app on the phone? And I had the damnedest time getting my wife's google calendar to sync with mine

If I'm understanding your queation, you need to sync your Outlook calendar with your phone app.
Like Jesu, my work (Outlook) calendar syncs with my phone's calendar app, so I see both my work and personal (Google) calendar when I open the app.

[Jon]

Random question....how do people organize their electronic calendars? By that I mean, I have outlook for work, gmail for personal(both wife and I) and it's really getting to the point where I need to have some sort of single calendar that I can see and my wife. Ideally I'd like to be able to feed my work calendar to the merged calendar and then input events/activities/etc to the universal calendar where both my wife and I can see what the hell we are doing.

Thoughts?

I use one calendar - i consolidate everything on Outlook. theBabyDavid's mother is a MSFT person so I have little choice but it works for us. We also get tech support from MSFT (i e she calls the internal help desk and they sort out any issues) so there is zero friction for us as users.

My best possible advice is to use just one calendar.

One important consideration is to make sure that your productivity tools integrate with whatever calendar you use.

Our team switched recently from Skype/Teams to Cisco WebEx and the integration of that tool into Outlook has been seamless. theBabyDavid's mother didn't like us defecting but she recognizes that Teams isn't as robust as WebEx.

The only caution since you are a Naval Aviation puke: if your wife has your calendar credentials and you have a mistress make sure that your extracurricular activities are "coded"

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

I keep everything on my work calendar, I just have personal appointments set to private. Mrs TAMU is also a university employee so I can share my calendar with her.

I also mark all the MU games on my calendar and set them to private. #priorities

[jsglow]

Random question....how do people organize their electronic calendars? By that I mean, I have outlook for work, gmail for personal(both wife and I) and it's really getting to the point where I need to have some sort of single calendar that I can see and my wife. Ideally I'd like to be able to feed my work calendar to the merged calendar and then input events/activities/etc to the universal calendar where both my wife and I can see what the hell we are doing.

Thoughts?

One word.  Retirement.   

[🏀]

Random question....how do people organize their electronic calendars? By that I mean, I have outlook for work, gmail for personal(both wife and I) and it's really getting to the point where I need to have some sort of single calendar that I can see and my wife. Ideally I'd like to be able to feed my work calendar to the merged calendar and then input events/activities/etc to the universal calendar where both my wife and I can see what the hell we are doing.

Thoughts?

Same problem. Jes offers the only solution I’ve used that actually works.

[Dr. Blackheart]

One word.  Retirement.   

So prescient.

Of course, in retirement, we'd like have the reverse problem: We want no family to know where we are.

[4everwarriors]

Go ta yo neighborhood Ace Hardware store 'round da Holidaze. Dey hand out reely nice free paper calendars. Grab a #2 pencil and both y'all rite down yo chit on da month at a glance calendar. Works like a hot nife thru butta, hey?

[mu03eng]

One word.  Retirement.   

All for it if you can float me for the next 30 years

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Just tell the old lady you'll be home when you're home, have dinner ready, and to ignore the perfume and glitter, eh?

[Jon]

Go ta yo neighborhood Ace Hardware store 'round da Holidaze. Dey hand out reely nice free paper calendars. Grab a #2 pencil and both y'all rite down yo chit on da month at a glance calendar. Works like a hot nife thru butta, hey?

The man's in Wisconsin, Doc. Doesn't Milwaukee Power Tools put out a tastefully done wall calendar that any man would be proud to have on the wall, hey?

[Cheeks]

I use one calendar - i consolidate everything on Outlook. theBabyDavid's mother is a MSFT person so I have little choice but it works for us. We also get tech support from MSFT (i e she calls the internal help desk and they sort out any issues) so there is zero friction for us as users.

My best possible advice is to use just one calendar.

One important consideration is to make sure that your productivity tools integrate with whatever calendar you use.

Our team switched recently from Skype/Teams to Cisco WebEx and the integration of that tool into Outlook has been seamless. theBabyDavid's mother didn't like us defecting but she recognizes that Teams isn't as robust as WebEx.

The only caution since you are a Naval Aviation puke: if your wife has your calendar credentials and you have a mistress make sure that your extracurricular activities are "coded"

Skype sucks balls so much....ugh.  We also switched to WebEx, huge improvement

[4everwarriors]

The man's in Wisconsin, Doc. Doesn't Milwaukee Power Tools put out a tastefully done wall calendar that any man would be proud to have on the wall, hey?

They used to, butt wit thin's sew pc, gotta figure dat went da wey of da buffalo, hey?

[Skatastrophy]

Funny to see some organizations are still using Outlook & WebEx. I must live in a tech company bubble.

[Jon]

They used to, butt wit thin's sew pc, gotta figure dat went da wey of da buffalo, hey?

An Air Force fighter squadron hangar used to be a shrine, Doc. No more.

[muwarrior69]

My wife and I use our church calendar fastened to our cork board in the kitchen.

[real chili 83]

Whiteboard calendar in the kitchen!

Technology at it's finest.

[Jon]

My wife and I use our church calendar fastened to our cork board in the kitchen.

Your church gives out power tool calendars?

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Your church gives out power tool calendars?

JC was a carpenter,  aina.

[mu03eng]

Whiteboard calendar in the kitchen!

Technology at it's finest.

Yeah, since we're almost never home whiteboard in the kitchen is......suboptimal.

[Dr. Blackheart]

Yeah, since we're almost never home whiteboard in the kitchen is......suboptimal.

Especially with that hole punched in the middle of it.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Especially with that hole punched in the middle of it.

You win today