Steve Flinter

Last week Google released two very important pieces of technology:

• Google Contacts API
• Google Calendar Sync

These two developments will hugely help to break Google-stored data out of the locked silo. Given that I have two laptops (Windows XP for work and a MacBook for personal use) and two smart-phones (Blackberry Pearl for work and Nokia N70 for personal use), keeping everything in sync is a nightmare. Ideally, I’d like Google Calendar and GMail to be the ultimate repository of my contacts and calendar, and that everything else would sync with that.

These developments will hopefully get us one step closer to that nirvana.

Related Posts:

• New google group

I’ve created a Google Group called Ideas/ERC Ireland to share and disseminate information relating to the national programme of education and assistance in applying for ERC funding within Ireland.

If you’re a member of the Irish research community (either an active researcher or a member of a University/IT staff) and have not received an invite, please feel free to contact me on stephen[dot]flinter[at]sfi[dot]ie to request an invite. If you’re not from within the Irish system at present, but are considering applying for ERC funding through an Irish institution, you’re also welcome to contact me.

There’s not much there at present, but we will be fleshing it out in due course as information and documentation is issued by the ERC.

Related Posts:

• Google contacts API & calendar sync