iCalendar

My Army re-enlistment bonus (for the Reserves) arrived recently, and after paying off our bills, we spent a little bit first before putting the rest away into savings. When it arrives in about a month, we will be the proud owners of our very own iPad. It will even have an orange cover!

One feature of the iPad which I am excited about is the use of a Calendar App, especially because we plan on getting iPhones when our contracts run out this August (with a 2-year plan, we can get them for not too much, and we don't even necessarily need to have an internet plan to get use of this Calendar feature). We just signed up for a Google Calendar and are really happy with the features. We each have several calendars (work, school, personal, etc), and we joinly hold a family calendar, and the program lets us view any or all of the Calendars that we choose to view. Enter: the awesomeness of the iPad/iPhone. Using an App which uses a Google Calendar, on our iWhatever we can edit our calendar, and even if we are not connected to the internet, once we are, it automatically updates on the internet version as well. Basically, we can update our calendar no matter where we are, letting us keep our schedules entirely digital, even when we are not physically with each other.

The reason this is exciting for us is that on numerous occasions, we have had issues with our schedules due to miscommunication and other similar factors. Work shifts end up getting cancelled because one of us signed up without knowing the other's schedule, etc. Having this system will go a long ways towards preventing future conflicts.