I admit, I spend a lot of time trying out new productivity tools (a good indication of and reason for my lack of productivity perhaps). As there are three "computers" I use during my day -- my home PC, my work laptop, and my iPhone -- I try to ensure that any information I need -- files, contact information, calendars, etc -- is accessible no matter which one I'm using. Consequently, I look for tools that have both a web interface and a mobile application.

I'm in the market for a couple of new tools, as I'm not fully satisfied with the ones I use now for:

1) Calendar/Scheduling

2) To Do Lists

Why not use Google Calendar and Tasks? Well, I do, in part. I also cling to a Remember the Milk subscription that I really only use for (re)scheduling things like haircuts and therapy appointments (it's easy to just edit the entry's "due date" instead of creating a new appointment). But the multiple calendars and apps I use are annoying as... well, as there are multiple apps with multiple versions in multiple places.

This has long been compounded by the fact that the calendar I (am forced to) use for work doesn't integrate with anything other than my work computer. My job has long used Meeting Maker internally for meeting scheduling, which means I have to duplicate entries into my Google Calendar so that I don't inadvertently double-book myself (and I am in a lot of meetings). There's never been a way with Meeting Maker to easily invite those outside our organization to meetings, which has resulted in a lot of back-and-forth via emails, trying to find a suitable time for a conference call or what have you. However, my office is moving to an Exchange Server (I will not blog about IT, I will not blog about IT, I will not blog about IT, I will end this paragraph now), and we'll be using Outlook for meeting scheduling. And so I'm going to give Tungle a try.

Tungle will sync my Google and Outlook calendars (and iCal or Entourage once I make that magical leap to a Mac), and it has an iPhone app. In addition to syncing my various calendars, it serves as a meeting scheduler. While they lose major cool points for having such an awful name, I'm going to see how it works. Expect a review soon!