There are a lot of options when it comes to calendars and similar software. Microsoft has their version, Google has theirs, and there are other calendars and meeting scheduler software out there that may be useful depending on your needs. Microsoft Outlook, for example, can be a pretty complex piece of software. While Google keeps […]
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When I first started working from home I was super excited. I spent the last year working 60-70 hours per week between my full-time job and side business. I figured if I was able to become successful and profitable with only part-time hours, I’d have a much better work-life balance once I quit my job […]
The purpose of a work schedule is self-explanatory. It’s simply the dates and times when a person is supposed to work. Because of the type of work you do, the holidays you take, or the laws in your state, or country — there are different types of work schedules. Different Types of Work Schedules The […]
Calendars are supposed to help us plan the future and prepare our schedules. The future though tends to have its own ideas. Plans can change and when they do, we need to be able to change the events we’ve put in our calendars. To be able to add what you need to in your calendar, […]
Creating an account on Google Calendar is simple enough. If you have a Google account—and anyone with a Gmail address or an Android device has one—then you already have a Google calendar. Using the calendar, though, is a little more complex. One of the first hurdles you’ll have to leap is importing the events currently […]
Grabbing your Outlook Calendar and fleeing to Google Calendar should feel liberating. You’re ditching Microsoft’s complex email and calendar software, and moving to something much simpler, more accessible and easier to use on mobile devices. As you’d expect from Microsoft, the process of exporting and importing isn’t entirely straightforward. The first step is to export […]
Google used to have a pretty neat sync utility that automatically matched anything added to Google Calendar to Outlook. It meant that if you decided to turn your back on Google and switch to everything Microsoft, you could shut down Google Calendar and find a history of your life and future waiting for you in […]
One of the great benefits of using a digital calendar in general and Google Calendar, in particular, is that you can use it anywhere. You can enter an event while you’re sitting at your work desk, and you can call it up on your mobile phone while you’re sitting in a café. The syncing is […]
One of Google Calendar’s biggest advantages is the ability to add multiple calendars to the same platform. You can create separate calendars for your sports events, for your work events, for your family events, and for any other events. Google Calendar’s biggest disadvantage is that you can create as many calendars as you want. If […]
If you thought Microsoft Word was all about word processing and writing business reports and checking your spelling, you’d be right. But the program actually does do a little more than that. It’s also a powerful publishing design tool, and you can even use it to make your own calendar. Here’s how to do it. Start by […]