Scoble writes this piece about Google calendar. I totally agree. Until today I’m not clear how one could switch to an application that lives only online without any offline representation. Since I’m travelling a lot, these situations occur where I’m not online but need a bunch of applications:
- in the train
- in the car (on the backseat, of course)
- in any cafe that does not have wifi access
- on site at companies that don’t have internet access (this happens quite often because you either can’t access their network or they don’t have wifi or the only use isolated internet PCs out of fear for viruses)
So my criticism is not specific for Google but for all applications that exist only online. Another reason, btw, why I’m totally happy with Windows Live Writer – finally I can really comfortably post offline without having to save my posts to files like in w.bloggar.
Update: Calgoo know presents a first draft of an offline application that syncs with Google calendar. Promising. True Web 2.0 style.
