Thing #16

First of all, I am in constant need of organizational tools. In fact, this "thing" might be one of the most helpful tools that I get out of this class. I am constantly looking for information or dates/times of events. An Internet-based organizer looks like the answer for me.

I have been using a "My Yahoo" customized start-up page for years. I like it because I can customize its layout and content so that I can get all of the information that I like to get in a glance. After spending so much time in this class using Google tools, I decided to create an "IGoogle" start-up page. I like it way better than the "My Yahoo page". I like the customizable layout for appearance and content. I really like the "gadgets" available for the page. Especially the weather gadget and the google translator. It is also very convenient that I can glance at my gmail on my start-up page without having to go to a separate link. There are so many options for content that I am going to use google as my home page.

I like the google calendar very much and plan to use it from here out. It is easy to use and efficiently organized my important dates. As far as the "to-do lists", I can't say that I will be using them too often. By nature, I am not a list maker (my wife is endlessly making list).

One tool that I am going to give a trial run at home is Remember the Milk. This tool links to google calender and gmail to provide a notification service that reminds you of upcoming events and tasks. It appears to be easy to use but I am going to use it for a month before I really decide.