Does Google Calendar Sync work and help?

I’m going to see what happens when I sync my work calendar (Outlook 2003 via a Sun Connector to our Sun Java Communication Suite) to my Google calendar. Then see if I can get my missus to do same with her work calendar. Then see if this helps us co-ordinate on picking up the kids and the occasions when we work odd shifts.

Google Calendar: How to Sync Any Desktop Calendar with Google Calendar

Exciting stuff I know, but it’s crazy how much time we have to spend each evening coordinating our lives.

I’ll update this post with progress. As I type, the first sync from my Outlook to Google is happening…

10.09 - the outlook-to-google sync has done 99% of it’s job with 910 out of 913 events synchronised. But the last few are taking a long time. I wonder what type of event is causing it to slow down?

10.13 - 911 out of 913

10.46 - I’m back. The icon tells me it completed at 10.26. I don’t think it’s worked entirely. Ah, hang on - just a refresh needed (I clicked Agenda and there it all was).