Budgeting your time, in college it makes or breaks you. As an undergrad my entire life revolved around spending the first week of classes placing every exam, test, and homework assignment carefully into a weekly planner, then going back highlighting key dates on the mini-months for quickie test-checks.
The thing is that planners are great if all you want to do is budget your own time, but these days we’re connected with others in ways never dreamed of even a couple years ago. Our network is key. To succeed as one, we must let fail none. Hey, if I’m going to spend the time to put all my class exams, dates, and assignments down in a calendar, why not share the wealth a bit with the other 30 or so pour souls in my class, right?
This is exactly why I really love Apple iCal. iCal’s so much more than just a planner, it’s also the absolute best way to share the wealth with others, get your classmates in your network, and earn serious brownie points when you’re looking for that ace-in-the-hole study partner come midterms.
To get started, create a new calendar for each class you’re taking this semester. Put in all major exams/assignments. Proceed the same way with each of your classes. When finished, use the FILE -> NEW CALENDAR GROUP to keep all your classes together. Now your secret weapon… use the CALENDAR -> PUBLISH… command to share out each of your class schedules. Send the links provided to each of your classmates. If you don’t have a DotMac account, check with your school to see if you’ve got any web space assigned to you and how to access it. Most schools tie this in with your email account and you can use your email login/pass to post to it via iCal. You won’t get all the great web publishing functions of DotMac, but don’t forget… even Windows users can access the ical file format using Netscape or Mozilla’s Calendar or Sunbird projects.
Get organized, give the best gift: time, and get that Bio 101 geek on your side from day one.
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[Source: Apple Student Blog]
