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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.
Posted by Martin at January 28, 2010 9:49 PM
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