7 Reasons to Use Google Calendar - Comments Page 2

I'm in a real quandary! You are certainly correct regarding Google calendar's ease of use. My wife and I stay in sync easily with a family calendar (shared), my personal work calendar (shared with her and my assistant), and and I stay in sync with work with a company work calendar (shared.)

My quandary is simply that IT IS GOOGLE...which means that although it might not be made "public" I HAVE to assume that even my calendar data is being stored, viewed and probably bundled and sold to the highest bidder.

Because of my paranoia (real or contrived) I've been researching ways to move AWAY from Google. The problem? Not much out there that matches the user-friendly, multi-platform, all-in-one utilitarianism that Google has hooked everyone with.

As they say, there's no such thing as free. But, I am starting to feel like my privacy has just a bit more value than the convenience Google offers.

google calendar is great. i have it synced with my blackberry and a calendar that is on my main screen of my pc. when i wake up in the morning and go on my computer it is right there in front of me and as i update the calendar on my phone it automatically updates online and on the pc.

Small correction. My comment above should have read www.cozi.com not www.cozy.com.

Last time I used Google's calendar, I couldn't find a way to specify how long an event should last or when it should end.
But my main reason for not using it is that I don't want to let Google know my plans.
So now I'm happy enough using a spreadsheet but I'll take a look at Calendar Creator and cozy.com.

Wow! I'm surprised at the number of responses to this - both on point and off point!

I've used several calendar programs over the years and keep coming back to google. It's easy & efficient as many commenters have noted. I like that when making reservations it's so easy to post them to my calendar with a simple click.

I use Microsoft Outlook for my calendar and regularly print out the next two months on the front and back of a sheet of paper, to have it handy when I'm not at my computer. But that's only because I need to meld my personal activities with my business meetings, and my company uses Outlook for all its employees.

Meanwhile my daughter, who runs her own business, uses Google Calendar exclusively. I can share it with her, to see when her appointments are, and I also include my own trips and other major activities which she can see. Some day if/when I retire I'll probably switch over exclusively to using Google Calendar.

One nice feature that you didn't mention is that I can automatically import the game days and times for my favorite football team (the Green Bay Packers) into Google Calendar. That helps me work around them when I'm trying to schedule other things (which by definition are less important).

I'm not too concerned about the risk that the NSA will track me via Google Calendar. This is not to downplay the very serious and illegal violations of our privacy by the NSA and other government agencies, nor the danger that they are tapping into Google's computers and communications. But if government agencies really want to track me personally, I very much doubt that my avoiding Google Calendar would significantly crimp their efforts.

Charlene, check out this article on setting up text (SMS) messages for calendar reminders. https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/45351?hl=en

It's a great feature.

I have used Google Calendar for years and think it's great, specially the way it syncs from PC to tablet to phone. I just wish it had been available when I was still working and switched from a paper daytimer to a PDA before I even knew what a smart phone is. I still had a clamshell cell phone in those days.

I love the Outlook calendar and use it extensively. Yes, I need to be home to make an entry and there's no sharing but that's fine for me. I'd be lost without Outlook!

I have installed google calendar on my Samsung note3 and it will sync with the samsung calendar on the phone but wont sync with the google calendar on my laptop. Any suggestions. I tried to post this before but the post wouldnt go through??

Why don't you let your readers know how much Google paid you to push this TRACKING MONSTER calendar on them. Funny how this article went out at the same time another article called 'Why Google is the New Evil Empire' hit the internet.

“We don’t need you to type at all because we know where you are. We know where you’ve been. We can more or less guess what you’re thinking about … Is that over the line?” – Google Chairman Eric Schmidt

EDITOR'S NOTE: $0.00

One qualm that I have with Google Calendars is that "all day" means GMT midnight to GMT midnight. If you are not in the GMT timezone, your times will be skewed.

Thanks again Bob. Another thing I've been looking for. I checked out some of the Calendar apps that others suggested but I went for Google because it seems easier since I have Gmail already and I don't have to install anything. I really appreciate your emails.

I have zero interest in providing Google with even more information than they have already sucked away. The handiest calendar I have is a paper one because it doesn't depend on batteries or electricity for me to view it, I can take it anywhere without annoying other people with noise and lights, and I only need to share what I choose to share without needing Google to decide for me what will appear. No Google, especially as a verb, for me.

Oh for Christ’s sake Grant, take a chill pill or other medication for your delusional paranoia.
My closest friend also harbour's a mindset close or identical to yours and has done for years.
I blithely put it down to his early Uni days when he frequently partook of 'happy baccy'.
To accuse Bob of what you have is totally unacceptable if not insulting to me and I'm pretty sure many of his subscribers - Bob is a totally good bloke as his long term and outstanding contributions have clearly demonstrated.
And on point – I have been using Google’s calendar for yonks and find it the best thing since sliced bread – though I’m a little leery of that black SUV full of guys in similarly coloured suits that seem to be trailing me.