So I got into an argument at work for using my phone...

**tony bag o donuts** · 03-16-2012, 08:36 AM

I was entering an event that my son's principal scheduled into my phone yesterday when my manager went on a tangent that all I do all day is text.
I slammed the phone on his desk and said check the log butthole, I wasn't texting.

Since internet usage is restricted to our generous 15 min break times, I need a way to either sync outlook to my device or even better, use an app on the pc side that lets me have access to my calendar and contacts, make changes, all the while being offline and then at the end of the day have it go online and sync?

will google offline work for what I want to do?

**7stringer** · 03-16-2012, 09:06 AM

As long as you use Gmail/Google as your main contacts and calendar account, everything should sync properly on any device.

I make changes to my gmail calendar all day, and they are instantaneously on my phone once I've added them.

As for using outlook, just make sure your calendar and contacts on your phone are set to accept outlook, and they should sync like gmail. I have hotmail/outlook on my phone calendar as well, so adding/changing events to those calendars on my computer also updates my phone.

**tony bag o donuts** · 03-16-2012, 09:17 AM

7stringer,

are you talking about using google offline services or their sync to outlook client?
I just can't have a browswer open all day connected to the internet.

**7stringer** · 03-16-2012, 09:23 AM

If you can add stuff offline, once it goes online it should sync up properly - so yes, in a way, using offline services.

**sicario666** · 03-16-2012, 10:18 AM

Tony. I had the same problem where I used to work. Even though I was working harder and finishing way more work than my lead. He constantly screwed up on countless projects. All in all I told him to f@ck himself and pay attention to what he was doing. Not watch me all the time.

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**bworley50** · 03-16-2012, 10:24 AM

You guys realize there's a thing called 4g/3g, right?

**yosteve** · 03-17-2012, 01:04 AM

Ahhhhh the ole good work makes up for the ty angry attitude...

**tony bag o donuts** · 03-17-2012, 06:52 AM

Originally Posted by bworley50

You guys realize there's a thing called 4g/3g, right?

What does that have to do with it?

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**pool_shark** · 03-17-2012, 07:59 AM

Originally Posted by tony bag o donuts

What does that have to do with it?

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I think he's trying to say you don't have to use your employers internet.

**davidnc** · 03-17-2012, 09:05 AM

Thats why Im glad Im my own boss.I can allow myself time to check my phone

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**JoeNM84** · 03-17-2012, 09:44 AM

While at work, if I absolutely need to do something like that on my phone I just go to the bathroom with it. It doesn't take very long to enter in a calendar event. Or do they have a bathroom usage policy too? Stalls?

**TabGuy** · 03-17-2012, 10:12 AM

Originally Posted by davidnc

Thats why Im glad Im my own boss.I can allow myself time to check my phone

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If your breaks are too long do you write yourself up?

**ShinyTop** · 03-17-2012, 10:23 AM

Let's look at this from an employer's/manager's perspective. If they walk by and see you on your phone odds are you are not doing what you are paid to do. Do you really believe they know how often you on using it. No, not unless they are directly observing you all day. So the policy is usually no use of cell phone on work's time, the only sensible policy they can have. So you are more productive than the average employee? Good for you. But the employer cannot have two policies. When they fire the less productive a good lawyer can talk about how they discriminated because they allowed you to use the phone as you wish and their poor fellow was fired for using his.

Remember, most bosses know that people have plans that allow texts in the 1000's and anybody doing the math can figure that some are on the job. They have to have policies that emphasize work time is his and that your personal messages and conversations should be on your time. And the larger a work force is the less lenient bosses can be.

**Evil Hamster** · 03-17-2012, 10:51 AM

Originally Posted by ShinyTop

Let's look at this from an employer's/manager's perspective. If they walk by and see you on your phone odds are you are not doing what you are paid to do. Do you really believe they know how often you on using it. No, not unless they are directly observing you all day. So the policy is usually no use of cell phone on work's time, the only sensible policy they can have. So you are more productive than the average employee? Good for you. But the employer cannot have two policies. When they fire the less productive a good lawyer can talk about how they discriminated because they allowed you to use the phone as you wish and their poor fellow was fired for using his.

Remember, most bosses know that people have plans that allow texts in the 1000's and anybody doing the math can figure that some are on the job. They have to have policies that emphasize work time is his and that your personal messages and conversations should be on your time. And the larger a work force is the less lenient bosses can be.

Hey, that all makes sense.

It doesn't answer the OP question though. He wants a way that he can continue to take care of his personal business on work time without the appearance of using his phone.

Although if he really called his boss a butthole, I seriously doubt texting at work is an issue for him anymore.

**DenverRalphy** · 03-17-2012, 11:02 AM

Have you tried utilizing a Funambol server? I haven't used Funambol in a while, but it served my needs pretty well at the time.

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**pool_shark** · 03-17-2012, 12:26 PM

Originally Posted by ShinyTop

Let's look at this from an employer's/manager's perspective. If they walk by and see you on your phone odds are you are not doing what you are paid to do. Do you really believe they know how often you on using it. No, not unless they are directly observing you all day. So the policy is usually no use of cell phone on work's time, the only sensible policy they can have. So you are more productive than the average employee? Good for you. But the employer cannot have two policies. When they fire the less productive a good lawyer can talk about how they discriminated because they allowed you to use the phone as you wish and their poor fellow was fired for using his.

Remember, most bosses know that people have plans that allow texts in the 1000's and anybody doing the math can figure that some are on the job. They have to have policies that emphasize work time is his and that your personal messages and conversations should be on your time. And the larger a work force is the less lenient bosses can be.

Recent studies have shown that you get more production out of workers when they are given some latitude when it comes to allowing personal time on the computer.

My company allows personal web surfing but not for social networking and no youtube.

**ShinyTop** · 03-17-2012, 01:25 PM

I totally agree and my company has no published rules about either cell phone use or computer use. But as we grow there will be somebody who abuses it to such an extreme that rules will be necessary. I now see FB posts, after I get home, from fellow employees made while at work and while our call load was extremely heavy. I don't complain as I don't want to see draconian rules but resentment does build.

**davidnc** · 03-17-2012, 01:55 PM

Originally Posted by TabGuy

If your breaks are too long do you write yourself up?

lol,.....maybe lol.

But coincidently enough I havent had "too long " a break yet

Seriously ,tho I limit my time because everyone watches me I kinda set an example.If they were to see me using phone alot then it opens up a whole bunch of fairness issues .You got to treat employee's fairly I feel.Phone use on the shop floor isn't suppose to occur too often tho.

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**davidnc** · 03-17-2012, 02:00 PM

Originally Posted by pool_shark

My company allows personal web surfing but not for social networking and no youtube.

similar here.... facebook , and social sites arent permited on company computers .But people are free to use company WiFi's and connect to those sites from their phones during breaks,lunch,or restroom breaks .
This is a small company( 15 employees) everyone knows everyone and no one really has been abusing it ,that still works here .The ones that did abuse it where not fired for using their phones btw it was other issues that got them canned.I havent fired anyone personally ,thats someone else's job

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**tony bag o donuts** · 03-17-2012, 04:49 PM

Originally Posted by pool_shark

I think he's trying to say you don't have to use your employers internet.

can't be on own phone either

I get to be on the phone for 2 fifeteen minute breaks and a half hour lunch during a 10 hr work day. sucks but them's the rules......of course I use their wifi lol, but if I play pandora on my phone I get reprimanded because they think I am texting.

**pool_shark** · 03-17-2012, 05:02 PM

Originally Posted by tony bag o donuts

can't be on own phone either

I get to be on the phone for 2 fifeteen minute breaks and a half hour lunch during a 10 hr work day. sucks but them's the rules......of course I use their wifi lol, but if I play pandora on my phone I get reprimanded because they think I am texting.

I understand your dilemma, I was just trying to assist with the translation.

**tony bag o donuts** · 03-17-2012, 05:19 PM

I appreciate it.

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**Gawain** · 03-17-2012, 09:39 PM

This will kind rub against the whole "google solution", and I don't know how much disposable income you have, but you might consider using an outsourced solution like hosted MS Exchange. Usually, a mailbox costs $10/month, and if you already have your own domain, you might as well use it. Then, link your device using active-sync. You won't have to manually sync anything, and you can sync your contacts as well - essentially never need to back-up again.

That is an extreme option though. I'm pretty sure that gmail can "accept" calendar activities/invites from others and put it on your google calendar. If it can't though, Exchange is a good idea. I have it for my tiny business and won't drop Exchange even after I go "out of business"...just some ideas out of left field.

**masaokun** · 03-19-2012, 11:57 AM

To address your original question, have you looked at ? It runs on a client PC running outlook (it is a plugin for the outlook client), and it will mirror calendar entries with your google calendar (either one way or bi directional).

I've been using it, and it works great for me. The main thing to keep in mind with it, though, is that it can only sync calendars while the client PC is on (and possibly only while running outlook? not sure about that, as I *always* have outlook running on the pc in question).

Hope this helps!