OK.

I am, fucking great!

I needed a way to integrate my web office environment with my PDA - a Palm Tungsten E2. The main ingredients?

Google Calendar - my online calendar
Remember The Milk - my online Todo list

I am not worried about using the PDA as a means of inputting these things, but as a means of checking on where I am meant to be, what is happening and what I have planned. If I need to add a new calendar item, I add a note on the PDA and do it next time I am online.

What am I using?

2 pieces of software. 1 free, 1 paid for.

Go and get the following:
remotecalendars
Chapura PocketMirror

And here is what you do:
Install remotecalendars on your PC. Click on "Subscribe a remote calendar". Enter the iCal details from the RememberTheMilk site and ensure it is going to the default Calendar. You should now get an updated Tasklist from RTM.

Click on "Subscribe a remote calendar" again. Enter the iCal details from your Google Calendar and ensure it is going to the default Calendar. You should now get your entries from your Google calendar (with a couple of oddities).
So far, so good.

Now you need some commercial software and for this I chose Chapura PocketMirror Professional XT 4.1.4. However, they have other options depending on what model of PDA you have and what functionality you need. They even have a while new PIM system that integrates with Outlook, if you need that much!

Install PMPXT, ensure you have the correct settings for what you need to achieve - having Outlook overwrite the PDA calendar makes most sense to me as all my data is coming to Outlook from elsewhere. Same with the todo lists.

When I get a little more time, I shall wrote a clearer page about how to do this, with screenshots and full instructions. Until then, I am off to find more things I can do with my web office environment :D

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