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January 28, 2010
Initial thoughts on Tungle
I hate all calendar applications. The best is Outlook/Exchange but only if everyone you are dealing with is on it (like when I was back at microsoft). Today with the mixed environment, everyone on different email clients, there is no good calendar solution. Google is doing a stand-up job of sync with iphone, bbry, outlook, etc. even off-line calendar access.
My #1 need for a calendar application has always been publishing free/busy to the world and allowing people to self-schedule. For many years I have had assistants to manage the multiple do-loops with customers, partners, employees asking the endless question “does this time work? What about this? What time zone?”. Yesterday a friend turned me onto Tungle.me. They have simplified the public access to free/busy in a very elegant way. Check out mine at http://tungle.me/martingtobias. Easy set up, simple sync with Google. Only hic-up was that Tungle choked on my 11,000 contacts. I have added my Tungle page to my email footer. Now whenever the email is “we should meet, have coffee, etc.” I just say “grab a time at tungle.me/martingtobias”. Everyone I have pointed there has gotten it initiatively. They just select a couple times, i get an email with a link, i click through, confirm one, and everyone’s calendar is automagically updated. Here is the brilliant thing in the Tungle.me business model. Everyone gets a Tungle.me invite. Totally viral. I probably gave them 10 new customers the first day from the 10 people scheduling meetings with me.
So far so good. Love it.
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Ok, it is time to recommit to my blog
As I have posted before, Twitter killed my blog. Thankfully frienfeed has kept my off-blog activities updating here. But it is a new year. And I am going to re-commit to publishing more on my blog. More long form thoughts. More than 140 characters.
Lets start with a couple random ones.
1. Obama’s spin city speech was totally weak last night. Unfortunately the Republican response was weak as well. Obama is trying to move with the political winds, but still clinging to his liberal health care, big government is good base. He can’t have both. I am still clinging to my god and guns Mr. Obama.
2. Obama was stupid to attack the Supreme Court right in front of him.
3. I am going to have a VERY big announcement on Feb. 8. Bigger than the iPad. Believe me.
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