I’m finding myself less eager to use digital calendars. Previously, I had all my planning in Google Calendar. That made sense because I needed to share it with co-workers, but when that need more or less disappeared I found myself wanting something else.

Enter the Mac and iCal, a nice enough calendar that comes pre-loaded in OS X. It’s good, it has a todo-list, something I missed in Google Calendar, having switched from Outlook in the first place. I’ve used iCal for quite some time, but now I want to move on.

I’m thinking analog calendars are better at the moment. Why is that?

Well, for starters, it’s completely portable. While I could use my mobile phone’s calendar, or perhaps obtain a PDA of sorts (aren’t they dead yet?), I just won’t. I want usability as well, and a tiny phone keyboard and screen just won’t get me that.

On the downside, I can’t very well sync it with my computer, address book, or colleagues in any easy way. Also, if I drop it, it’s most likely gone forever - a digital calendar is possible to backup at least.

Still, there’s something with an analog one. I’m thinking a pretty pricey one for 2008 actually. I haven’t completely committed to this yet though, being torn between The New Shit, and The Old School.

How do you handle these things?