Comments on: Make your friends think you’re caring and organised - Birthdays http://thecunningcode.com/2008/make-your-friends-think-youre-caring-and-organised-birthdays/ Thoughts that are Cunning Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:35:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Simon Taylor http://thecunningcode.com/2008/make-your-friends-think-youre-caring-and-organised-birthdays/#comment-14 Simon Taylor Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:15:06 +0000 http://thecunningcode.com/?p=11#comment-14 Hmmm... I'm with Guarav on this one. iCal is great, syncs with my iPhone (obviously), and you can see those birthdays creeping up on you. And, I really have to say, if this is your "favourite website", you need to stay in more! ;) Hmmm… I’m with Guarav on this one. iCal is great, syncs with my iPhone (obviously), and you can see those birthdays creeping up on you.

And, I really have to say, if this is your “favourite website”, you need to stay in more! ;)

]]> By: Gaurav http://thecunningcode.com/2008/make-your-friends-think-youre-caring-and-organised-birthdays/#comment-11 Gaurav Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:09:51 +0000 http://thecunningcode.com/?p=11#comment-11 Great tip, I think and do the exact same, although I do not use a website to notify me nor do I really see the need. I use iCal (calendar application for Mac OS X) which is integrated into Address Book (funnily enough, an address book application for Mac OS X) which I have all my contacts in. I just add the dates for people in my address book and use iCal to notify me as iCal automatically picks up the fact that my contacts have birthdays. I then use iSync to sync across all my contacts and calendar entries to my mobile phone (Sony Ericsson K850i) which notifies me of birthdays because they're now in the phone calendar. I then sync my iPod Touch with the exact same, blah blah, this comment is already way too long. Get my drift?! Great tip, I think and do the exact same, although I do not use a website to notify me nor do I really see the need.

I use iCal (calendar application for Mac OS X) which is integrated into Address Book (funnily enough, an address book application for Mac OS X) which I have all my contacts in. I just add the dates for people in my address book and use iCal to notify me as iCal automatically picks up the fact that my contacts have birthdays.

I then use iSync to sync across all my contacts and calendar entries to my mobile phone (Sony Ericsson K850i) which notifies me of birthdays because they’re now in the phone calendar.

I then sync my iPod Touch with the exact same, blah blah, this comment is already way too long.

Get my drift?!

]]> By: Amy http://thecunningcode.com/2008/make-your-friends-think-youre-caring-and-organised-birthdays/#comment-10 Amy Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:10:18 +0000 http://thecunningcode.com/?p=11#comment-10 Which is why I like the fact that they only have my email address and not my family's one :-) Agreed, there are too many invites flying around the internet these days Which is why I like the fact that they only have my email address and not my family’s one :-)

Agreed, there are too many invites flying around the internet these days

]]> By: Anthony Howe http://thecunningcode.com/2008/make-your-friends-think-youre-caring-and-organised-birthdays/#comment-9 Anthony Howe Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:19:45 +0000 http://thecunningcode.com/?p=11#comment-9 I despise and simply don't trust these sites. I can easily remember birthdays with my Nokia cell phone calendar or using Thunderbird's Lightening add-on. I avoid giving such info to any 3rd party as I simply don't trust them to NOT to spam me or my family/friends directly or via some seedy "partner". For the same reason I always refuse LinkedIn and Plaxo requests; gone as far to just blacklist them on the mail server. Sometimes it is better to use private tools over some web service that claims to be honest. I despise and simply don’t trust these sites. I can easily remember birthdays with my Nokia cell phone calendar or using Thunderbird’s Lightening add-on. I avoid giving such info to any 3rd party as I simply don’t trust them to NOT to spam me or my family/friends directly or via some seedy “partner”. For the same reason I always refuse LinkedIn and Plaxo requests; gone as far to just blacklist them on the mail server. Sometimes it is better to use private tools over some web service that claims to be honest.

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