So what do you do when you want to setup an online meeting with a person on another part of the world? Scheduling sucks. I just found this little gem: It's the online meeting planner. It lets you enter 2 or more places around the world where the meeting is to take place, and set the required meeting date. I put in Los Angeles and Tel Aviv. You then get this (partial paste).
| Thursday, February 3, 2005 at 14:00:00 | Thu 6:00 AM | Thu 4:00 PM |
| Thursday, February 3, 2005 at 15:00:00 | Thu 7:00 AM | Thu 5:00 PM |
| Thursday, February 3, 2005 at 16:00:00 | Thu 8:00 AM | Thu 6:00 PM |
| Thursday, February 3, 2005 at 17:00:00 | Thu 9:00 AM | Thu 7:00 PM |
| Thursday, February 3, 2005 at 18:00:00 | Thu 10:00 AM | Thu 8:00 PM |
| Thursday, February 3, 2005 at 19:00:00 | Thu 11:00 AM | Thu 9:00 PM |
| Thursday, February 3, 2005 at 20:00:00 | Thu Noon | Thu 10:00 PM |
| Thursday, February 3, 2005 at 21:00:00 | Thu 1:00 PM | Thu 11:00 PM |
| | This color represents the night time or normal sleeping hours | |
| | This color represents the first half of day when most people are at work | |
| | This color represents the second half of day when people are awake but not necessarily at work |
Obviously from this table I can deduct that the best time for both parties would be around 8 AM LA time(if I were a regular working man). However, since I'm self employed, this could easily move into the 9-10 AM time slot where I can sit back and relax with a nice cup of coffee in front of my machine having my important chat.
Ain't that cool?