The Single Girl and Her Mac: iCal Edition
I am a huge fan of Jane Austen novels. I have actually taken an online quiz and discovered I am most like Marianne Dashwood, the heroine in her novel Sense and Sensibility. The trials and tribulations of catching a man’s attention and falling in love is an age-old drama to which I can relate, even at 30-something (although closer to 40-something). The one thing that I possess that Marriane Dashwood lacked is the advantages of modern technology.
Let’s skip the obvious modern advances that help this single girl’s dating experiences (cell phones, caller ID, online prison records for background research) and focus on my Mac. Here are few of my iCal tips and tricks that have really saved my bacon more than once:
Avoid double-booking: I can create new calendars for each of the guys* I am dating and color code them based on the mood they evoke. For example: Fitzwilliam Darcy is blue because he has a mellow and calming personality and John Willoughby is pink because he is somewhat effeminate, etc. At a glance I can check to make sure that I have not already booked dinner with George Knightly for next Friday (his calendar is gray because he is a much older man).
iCal on the go: When syncing your iPhone to your iCal, select which calendars you want to transfer over. You should only sync up the calendar of the guy you are seeing that night. If he accidentally sees the other “calendars” it could jeopardize future dates. When faced with a morning coffee date with one, lunch with another, and dinner with a third remember to change your calendar between.
Outfit planning: When dating multiple men, it’s hard to keep straight which outfit you wore last time you saw him. Take a quick snapshot of yourself right before you leave (because we know that there will be at least three changes of shoes/top/skirt/jeans before you actually make it out the door) and attach it to the date in iCal. Although you haven’t worn your blue dress in two weeks, it may have been with the guy you are seeing tonight. Dreadful mistake.
As Jane Austen wrote in Emma: “Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.”
* Names have been changed to Jane Austen characters in order to protect the innocent.
Tags: Apple, iCal, iPhone, iPod, Mac, Schedules
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