Google Calendar has become my calendar app of choice. Because it is web-based, there is no client, or OS dependencies. It does a fantastic job of sharing and displaying multiple calendars. It also worked very well for me on the iPhone until, well, Macworld. It turns out the Google mobile crew updated the Google Calendar GUI for Macworld, giving it a monthly view option, and a slicker look and feel, but at the cost of removing what I consider one of its strongest features–view multiple calendars. Fortunately, I uncovered a work around: From the iphone, tap the “mobile” link at the bottom of the Google Calendar page. Once the Google Mobile page loads, tap “Calendar.” Voila, the old multi-calendar page loads.

I’ve had an idea in my personal vision for about 6 months now of creating some means for like-minded geeks to connect and collaborate casually across the niche industry that Zing IT is in. I’d define that as restaurant/specialty food with a strong focus on quality of food and quality of customer experience. The latter is the outcome of excellent service.

In our IT department within Zing we’ve worked really hard to be strong contributers to the positive culture that our business has created and it’s been powerfully rewarding. We consistently receive the highest service rating for our work within our organization and providing that level of service is inherently personally rewarding - it’s a great feedback circuit.

Our challenge is to continue to provide knowledgable IT support in a rising tide of higher expectations, more complex offerings from vendors, increased security concerns and compliance standards, all within an industry that is traditionally not inclined to embrace technology.

For that reason it would be great to share with other geeks in our world.