In Part 1 of this series, we looked at Gmail - now, we turn our attention to Google Calendar
Google Calendar is a very simple yet feature rich web based calendar. It makes tracking, adding, editing, and sharing events quite easy to do.
There are two elements in particular that make Google Calendar a winner in my book - multiple calendars and sharing calendars.
I've actually setup different calendars for the different parts of my life. I have one for work and personal but then more specifically a calendar for particular clients and certain personal activities (e.g., I work with the college students at my church and have a calendar dedicated to that).
I also have the ability to subscribe to other public calendars (e.g., there was one for the World Cup) and uncheck a calendar if I don't want to see it.
For some of the calendars I mentioned above, I've shared them with specific people. Google Calendar offers several shared options, including making it view only. The sharing option is particularly helpful if your team is remotely distributed.
If you are a small business without an IT department or Outlook Exchange Server up and running, GMail plus Google Calendar is a very nice alternative (and from my perspective, it's actually preferable).
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