[roadie7]

Good morning

I was wondering how many of you use a "daily Planner" of some type and also use the OUTLOOK Calander. If you have the OUTLOOK calander, why do you need a daily planner? I know that many daily planners also include empty pages for notes but why not use a notebook or Journal, such as those you can buy from Rhodia?

Thanks for your insights.

[donwinn]

roadie7, on 07 November 2009 - 09:03 AM, said:

Good morning

I was wondering how many of you use a "daily Planner" of some type and also use the OUTLOOK Calander. If you have the OUTLOOK calander, why do you need a daily planner? I know that many daily planners also include empty pages for notes but why not use a notebook or Journal, such as those you can buy from Rhodia?

Thanks for your insights.

I use both. The reason I use a paper planner in addition to Look Out! is several fold. I prefer the structure of the Planner Pad (I think it is a registered trademark, but I am not sure, and I am not affiliated) and the battery life on the paper model is infinite. If I am out and about, I don't even have to worry about finding a plug to check my calendar. Even worse, for the to-do's, I use the Planner Pad brand Notes on the Run, which are FP friendly 3 x 5 cards, formatted for to-do lists and call lists, and transfer the day's tasks to it, so if I am out without my planner, I at least have my to do's. Sort of like suspenders and a belt.

Donnie

[Ghost Plane]

Assorted computers with Outlook have crashed on me over the years. Outlook continues to have interface problems with AT&T after the Yahoo fiasco. I hate the Yahoo servers and that Mailer-Daemon that only lets spam thru, blocks all my important mail, and tells me that .gov and .edu servers can't be found.

Planners slide into bags and go places in the world that batteries are NOT comfortable in. Planners don't have to be booted up or take extended periods of time. Planners are compatible with everything and can be borrowed and annotated by someone using another language. Planners have a sensual feel to them. Planners can still be accessed decades and OS upgrades later when it's vitally important to find historical data.

I keep journals as well, but for different purposes.

[kwood]

I previously used a Palm PDA, for six years actually. It recently died and I changed to a planner. I love the planner. One thing I realized was how much I hated syncing my PDA to the computer and ensuring the battery was always charged. Much happier with the planner.

[mooshisho]

kwood, on 07 November 2009 - 03:30 PM, said:

I previously used a Palm PDA, for six years actually. It recently died and I changed to a planner. I love the planner. One thing I realized was how much I hated syncing my PDA to the computer and ensuring the battery was always charged. Much happier with the planner.

+1 for that! I love being able to just whip out my little planner and not wait for anything to load or take ages trying to find my entry, then entering and syncing new entires later on. I had a Palm Tungsten E2 as well as a Palm TX later on, and both ended up getting digital drift (wouldn't calibrate correctly), then wouldn't sync correctly, and ended up just dying on me on a weekly basis. After a while, I just gave up and went analogue with the help of DIYplanner. :)

-- Moo

**ETA: ;) Oh yeah, and it gives me an excuse to use my fountain pens even more. :P

This post has been edited by mooshisho: 07 November 2009 - 04:15 PM

[jmkeuning]

Why use outlook it you have Jott, et al.

[gregamckinney]

I use Outlook, synched with my blackberry. I also use a small pocket planner for notes/todo's that don't require any reminders.
The one main drawback to a paper planner is no reminders. That said, I keep most of my personal stuff in the notebook and mostly work stuff in outlook.

Regards, greg

[ajcoleman]

The main reason I use a paper pocket calendar is that I have to have a calendar I can take with me. I would go nuts trying to use different calendars for work and personal/family activities. For years I used my Palm, but I currently cannot not use a PDA where I work, so I am using a small pocket notebook, a moleskine cahier style clone from Target, with about 3 months worth of calendar pages I draw in the back. Another few pages are for phone numbers, and the rest is for notes and to-dos. It is small enough I can carry it everywhere.

[pmsalty]

Outlook is used for my work plans and I transfer those to my paper planner. I have had my Treo (I now use a Que) crash multiple times. I do not trust electronic devices without having a paper backup because of the time to get the failed system back on line. I like the ability to take notes etc. which is much easier than viewing the abbreviations on a tiny screen on my hand held. Electronic devices are a handy tool but I have been burned too many times by them to fully entrust my business to them.
PMS

[txinsk]

How do I get to write with my nice pens in Outlook? Watching pixels form on screen is not as much fun as watching the ink lay down on the paper and dry.

Rick

[orangeaurora]

I used a Palm VX for a couple of years with Palm Desktop. The Palm Desktop program crashed, and I bought a DayRunner planner and haven't looked back.

[Mary A]

I have tried numerous times to use an electronic device. I really like the Franklin Covey system, but the size I like, Classic, is kind of large to carry around. Every time I try, though, I just can't stick with it. Early in 09, I had computer trouble and then accidentally erased my Outlook profile and lost everything. A few months ago, I tried putting everything on my new Blackberry, but I still needed to be able to see everything at one time and write things down, so I was practically doing everything twice.

Well, forget it, I thought. I dug out my Franklin binder, printed up some pages for the rest of this year, and bought a refill for next year. It has been great. I wonder if perhaps people who appreciate good paper and pens tend to think better with a pen. I know I do.

[jniforat]

i might drop my cellphone, then i'm screwed. my computer may blow up, then i'm screwed. my moleskine is always in my back pocket :)

[bphollin]

I like keeping iCal as a master schedule and syncing that with my iPod. I'd much rather jot down an appointment time in a pocket notebook when I'm on the go, though. That's so much faster for me than trying to plug it in on the calendar iPod app.

[Bookman]

I have the Outlook calendar. I've seen it. It's one of these buttons here somewhere ...