Worldwide Meeting Planner: “Oh, did I wake you up AGAIN?”
This isn’t a strictly Mac-specific tool but, if you have the need it is designed to meet, it will prove remarkably helpful. Basically, the World Meeting Planner is an online tool you can use to schedule meetings in different time zones to make sure that nobody is roused out of bed at three in the morning.
The WMP is part of the services offered by timeanddate.com, which is worth checking out if you ever have need to concern yourself with what goes on in different parts of the world. You pick a number of cities all over the world and the site builds you a table which shows the hours at which everyone in those cities will be simultaneously available. In this screenshot, the hours at which people are usually asleep are shaded red.
I know, this isn’t an earth-shattering idea but, like I said, if you have the need, this service is the bee’s knees, AND it’s free. I love free stuff. For example, here at MacApper we have contributors and editors all over the world. When we have our next meeting of the Macintosh Enlightenment and Taking Over the World Society, if we used this tool, Nick wouldn’t have to wake me at 3:30 AM, which is 6:30 PM for him down under. (Of course, he probably will anyway, but that’s just Nick.) In a more pedestrian example, if you have relatives overseas and you want to arrange a video-conference via iChat or Skype, this would be a great way to find a time that works for everyone.
By the way, that clock image above is from the SwissRailwayClock widget.
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