Manage your calender via SMS; Free meeting, birthday and anniversary reminder
This time do not feel embarrassed when you forgot your wife’s or girlfriend’s birthday’s anniversary or listen to boss’ words when forgot to attend the meeting. I used to forgot all my friends birthday. but not now, but how, Google calender is here to rescue.
Lets start with the Birthday Anniversary - > open www.google.com/calendar. if you are first time user it will ask for your country. select country and go ahead. now you will see a new window and a link “Create Event” on top of left side bar. click on it. you will see following window
Note: Before setting SMS, Google required you to register your mobile no with them. only after that SMS option will be enabled. To register your mobile, in left panel below “My calenders” click on the “settings” then mobile setup. register your mobile according to instructions.
Just enter the content and in options section set the Reminder, SMS or Email. SMS (Free) is better as mobile is always with you. enter the time when you want to remind you with SMS i.e. 5 hour before, 10 mins before etc.
Orkut and Google calender. Orkut will automatically shows you a Orkut friends calender on your profile page. It contains the birthday of all of friends who’s birthday are visible(you can also hide your bday on orkut). just click on it it will import the calender to your Google calender application. But imported are read only, for doing any change you have to copy the required event to your own google calender,.
click on the “Orkut calender” in left panel.
Now click on “Agenda” its near start of right panel
Now all anniversaries will be displayed
Click on particular, it will open a sub section,
Now click select copy to my calender option
It will open a new window. there are two section, in second section (Options) you will see SMS section. just set at time you want reminder of birthday. like before 1 hour, before 1 day, before 10 mins.
using this you will never forget any birthday or anniversary.