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Originally Posted by jussik
The exchange format problem is pretty much already solved by iCal (used by everyone else but Outlook, at least the last time I checked)
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I don't know as much as you do about it, but I was thinking of iCal, even though Outlook doesn't use it. Frankly, I could pass on Outlook, although I keep getting MS Office and PPCs/PDA phones with Windows Mobile, so Outlook ends up being the default PIM, even though I don't use 90% of its advanced features.
In response to the post about not being online all the time, and therefore not benefiting from an online calendar or PIM: I think of the web-based PIM (whenever it's put together) as serving only a few critical functions:
1. data access from any networked computer
2. data sharing
3. data synchronization
There are a few apps taking advantage of this basic functional model. Like, there's a new Firefox plugin that allows you to synchronize your bookmarks and access them online from a web-based server. I think there's a move in RSS feed readers towards the same model, although it's not as far developed from what I can tell. And services like Box.net just allow file storage and sharing.
Now that I own a few PCs, the time I'm spending trying to sort through data archives and synchronizing data is increasing. I'm hoping that the internet can take over and provide some of the benfits of setting up a local server for this sort of thing with better efficiency. |
