Google Calendar

I am sure most are aware of Google Calendar right? if you are not, then take my advise, take the time to have a good look. Create a google account (you can use your existing private email address, you don't need to use gmail) and navigate to the calendar.

The key feature here is the fact you can "subscribe" to 'other calendars', performing googles famous text search for events in your local area - in my case Perth, and locking this it to highlight all the activities running throughout the week, and more importantly for my young family, the weekend!



The screen shot above is an example. From here I can very quickly plot out a weekend of cheap and fun activities for the kids.

Combined with google maps, google calendar is a fantastic example of simple to use, fast and accessible social computing services.