Google calendar

I've now set up my Google calendar. Much like Doodle, it's dead easy to use and I can completely understand why people use it. But again (and I think I'm starting to sound like a right killjoy...) I can't see myself making much use of it. Certainly not on a personal level anyway - I've got a paper calendar at home that's well used and if I'm out of the house I tend to use the calendar on my phone.

However I think this could be very useful for libraries, and the fact that lots of other libraries make use of it on their web pages shows that it has some very practical applications. It's nice to have events and opening hours in one place. And I guess that if you have a lot of meetings to go to (which I don't) then it can be very handy to have it on the web instead of a diary that you have to carry round.

Doodle

I've now had a go at scheduling a meeting in Doodle (might be a bit of a non-existent meeting though because I kind of made it up as I went along - I'll try to schedule a real one at a later date!). Doodle is really easy to use and I can see why some would find it useful. It can even email people about your meeting for you which could be handy! In a library context I can see that it could be quite useful, especially if you have lots of staff or lots of meetings to attend.

However I've always thought of myself as a fairly organised person anyway so I think using something like Doodle would just get in the way.