The role of digital calendars
I spoke about my love for Outlook Calendar earlier. It’s a nice interface that keeps me in control of what lies ahead in my day, such as the emails that I need to respond to and any meetings planned throughout the day.
I remember the old days of life without mobile phones when we used to have desk phones. Yes, we had emails, but mobile phones were still not widespread back then. I used to remember around 20 or 30 landline numbers of my friends, my home, and my office – key numbers to call in case I needed any help. Most of us were able to rattle them out in seconds from our memory.
Today, for most of us, it’s difficult to remember the mobile number of more than two or three friends or family members. It’s so easy to save a contact on your phone, just taking note of the person’s name and letting the phone handle the mapping of name to number when you choose to call them. Contacts are a really simple feature on our...