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Re: noob Android Windows Gmail calendar

From	The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.mobile.android
Subject	Re: noob Android Windows Gmail calendar
Date	2018-09-18 13:38 -0700
Organization	None, as usual
Message-ID	<pnrnoq$7ok$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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On 09/18/2018 06:14 AM, Keith Keith wrote:
> Hello Jim,
>
>> The Real Bev wrote:
>>
>>> On 09/13/2018 02:55 PM, Chris wrote:
>>>
>>>> Philip Herlihy <thiswillbounceback@you.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm probably a dinosaur (I remember using punched cards!)
>>>>>
>>> Me too!
>>>
>>>>> and I guess basing your personal data primarily on local
>>>>> files is pretty much old- school.  If you use one of the
>>>>> major cloud services (hotmail, gmail) then you'll likely find
>>>>> more problems are already solved for you.
>>>> Yep. I used to have a rather convoluted system via thunderbird
>>>> + lightning + gcal plugin to access my Google calendar and a
>>>> manual import to outlook. Now I use outlook and office365 for
>>>> work, and Google calendar for everything else. It's just easier
>>>> to embrace the cloud :)
>>>>
>>> I've used tkremind since 1994.  It's my diary.  I don't see how I
>>> can convert the data to something more modern without a lot of
>>> typing.  I keep future appointments in Jorte so I can see them on
>>> my phone as a practical matter, but I don' t really like the
>>> format.  And I have a paper pocket calendar too.
>>>
>>> Dinosaurs R Us.
>>>
>> Have you tried signing into your gmail account with the Chrome
>> browser on a PC and bring up the calendar?

It looks OK now (I like month-at-a-glance format, which I don't believe
was available when I last looked years ago), but I don't want to make
stuff -- like my or my friends' birthdays, anniversaries, etc. -- as
public as I believe letting google store the information to be.

>> Also I use a program Outlook4Gmail to sync the two calendars.

> I use Jorte on phone, Kindle and two laptops (one at home, the 11" as
> a mobile super tablet); SWMBO, who has phone and desktop, won't
> upgrade from a paper diary.

It's easier to write stuff on paper and then type it on a REAL keyboard
when I get home than it is to use a virtual keyboard.

-- 
Cheers, Bev
    "If you see me running, try to keep up."
          ...Back of bomb technician's shirt

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  Re: noob Android Windows Gmail calendar Big Al <Big_Al@invalid.com> - 2018-09-05 11:35 -0400
    Re: noob Android Windows Gmail calendar Drago Giambattista Esposito <dragoesposito@Infostrada.it> - 2018-09-06 16:06 +0200
      Re: noob Android Windows Gmail calendar Big Al <Big_Al@invalid.com> - 2018-09-06 16:14 -0400
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    Re: noob Android Windows Gmail calendar Drago Giambattista Esposito <dragoesposito@Infostrada.it> - 2018-09-06 16:13 +0200
      Re: noob Android Windows Gmail calendar "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-09-10 10:01 -0400
  Re: noob Android Windows Gmail calendar Philip Herlihy <thiswillbounceback@you.com> - 2018-09-06 11:52 +0100
    Re: noob Android Windows Gmail calendar Drago Giambattista Esposito <dragoesposito@Infostrada.it> - 2018-09-06 16:16 +0200
  Re: noob Android Windows Gmail calendar Philip Herlihy <thiswillbounceback@you.com> - 2018-09-10 13:59 +0100
    Re: noob Android Windows Gmail calendar Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2018-09-13 14:21 +0000
      Re: noob Android Windows Gmail calendar Philip Herlihy <thiswillbounceback@you.com> - 2018-09-13 17:52 +0100
        Re: noob Android Windows Gmail calendar Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2018-09-13 21:55 +0000
          Re: noob Android Windows Gmail calendar The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2018-09-13 22:48 -0700
            Re: noob Android Windows Gmail calendar Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2018-09-14 09:53 +0000
            Re: noob Android Windows Gmail calendar Jim Dell <James.Dell@SBCGlobal.net> - 2018-09-18 08:37 -0400
              Re: noob Android Windows Gmail calendar Keith Keith <noddy@noddyland.com> - 2018-09-18 13:14 +0000
                Re: noob Android Windows Gmail calendar The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2018-09-18 13:38 -0700

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