A significant amount of my work involves phone conferences, as well as txt messages from colleagues. I also need to keep a close eye on missed calls. Corresponding notes are sometimes desired. To pull all of this together, within ONE area-- my preferred gCal--, I use
PhoneLogger. Once configured, it immediately dumps all phone calls and SMS to that specific gCal. Using
Calendar Pad, set to native view, a tap or two shows me the running list of communications, with appropriate timestamps (and call duration). It's then a cinch to make whatever notes I desire. Most helpfully, PhoneLogger expressly/uniquely includes "
Missed call from xyz <555-123-4567>" within the cal event title itself, further enhancing productive quick-glance views.
For tasks/projects, I use freebie
Shuffle, which includes a very helpful "Add to Google Calendar" option per item.
Shuffle for Android - AndroidZoom.com
Since my assorted gCals already include appointments, this setup essentially integrates the other essential matters into gCal as well. It perfectly accommodates my need for auto-syncing for safety's sake, as well as working from my Big Boy laptop & netbook with the same info. Since I use Outlook to change gmail subject lines for a more useful header,
OggSync handles mirroring gCal (and Contacts). This ensures I'm always seeing the same info, no matter what machine I'm using at the moment.
Finally, to keep it all together on my Droid screen, I use a two-fold widget combo:
Executive Assistant+ and
Pure Messenger. EA's tabbed interface is a marvel. The body shows missed calls' basic info, SMS, gmail headers, calendar items, and more-- you decide what to include. You can configure each tab to open a preferred app. Example: I use
Google Voice, so tapping my SMS tab dumps me into the GV app, while tapping the calendar tab takes me to Calendar Pad. Pure Messenger, on the other hand, gives me the full body of gmail and SMS withOUT leaving that home screen. (Note for GV folks:
SMS Popup is the only other 3rd party app which allows configuring "reply (to number)" to dump you directly into the GV app.)
To be sure I can get to everything quickly from one home screen, I use
More Icons Widget, 4x1.
The folks behind
Pocket Informant are working on an Android version. That will eliminate this sort of piece-it-together setup. But until that stellar app materializes, I've basically worked things so that the native calendar is my base.
Screenies and descriptive blurbs of mentioned apps
(note:
dxtop = my home replacement app-- no lag or instability)
Executive Assistant+ $2.99
Executive Assistant + for Android - AndroidZoom.com
PhoneLogger: a little over a buck
PhoneLogger for Android - AndroidZoom.com
Shuffle
Shuffle for Android - AndroidZoom.com
Calendar Pad
Free:
Calendar Pad for Android - AndroidZoom.com
About $2:
Calendar Pad Pro for Android - AndroidZoom.com
Pure Messenger: under $2
Pure messenger widget for Android - AndroidZoom.com
More Icons Widget: $1.99
More Icons Widget for Android - AndroidZoom.com
Your Other Items
I'm with you regarding journaling choice:
MyDay.
Passwords: After using RoboForm for years (decade+ ?), I discovered that I needed to escape their lock-in via "only html export". Freebie
KeePass saved me, pulling that html export in and converting it to csv. It also grabbed my Firefox passwords. That process leaves me free to use virtually any app, but I'm still working thru several to make a final choice.
As regards video and pics,
G-Backup handles pushing those items to gmail, in an intelligent and hands-off fashion. I don't care that it's not in gCal, as they seldom concern true work matters.
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Non-work-related:
There are assorted proximity-related task apps, but I've found most of them to be too cumbersome to deal with on a day-to-day basis, or I simply disliked the UI. That ultimately prompted my $7.99 purchase of
List Plus, which lets me EASILY set one OR MORE locations per item. Look for the trial version in the Market. No screenies here, since the ones posted at websites are unhelpful.
