Re: Household calendar automation

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The obvious answer would be to use individual Palms / Treos synchronised
via iCal on a 'Mac network ...

Chris



rb_ziggy wrote:

> I wondering if anyone has suggestions for the following...
>
> We would like to setup and share calendar info for the family (HA
> integrated by way of the central pc screen in the kitchen).  (Frankly,
> I'm fed up with the diary on the side of the fridge - there must be a
> better way!)
>
> At the moment we use Outlook 2003 (no Exchange of course) for email.
> Calendars in Outlook are not being used at all although I have a
> heavily used / managed calendar at work on a corporate Exchange
server.
>
> So options:
>
> 1. Some software to link Outlook 2003 separate accounts (not Exchange
> though please). I've Googled and found a number of things but they
> seem to be aimed at businesses (e.g. owner / small businesses) and are
> so priced.
>
> 2. Another non-outlook calendar system (i.e. free-standing).
>
> 3. Hosted Web based system (is there such a thing).
>
> Also... if anyone knows if there is a way of downloading / exporting
> from a corporate Exchange diary to anything like the above, it would
> be great (this is the ideal, integrate work and home diaries!!!)
>
> I'm sure someone has an elegant solution but there is too much on
> Google to make much sense so recomendations sought!
>
> Thanks
>
> Richard