Why I Don't Use a Calendar

An online calendar like Outlook, that is. Actually, I use a bunch of calendars, but all paper. Don't look at me like that. After attending the When 2.0 workshop yesterday at Stanford, I already know most of you in corporateland can't imagine how I get anything done without some kind of online calendar.

But as folks at When 2.0--mostly entrepreneurs who are pitching some kind of online calendar service--admitted, I'm hardly alone. "Most 'normal' people don't keep their schedules on a computer," noted Esther Dyson, who presented the workshop. While I would never consider myself representative of "most normal people," the reasons for my reticence probably aren't unique. And they suggest some potential solutions--though it looks like it still could take awhile for online calendars to become as commonly used as, say, email or search engines. ...