Tungle

To schedule meetings, I have been using Timebridge as my tool of choice. The downside of Timebridge, however, is that when you send your calendar for someone to view your availability, they have to know to change the time zone view to their own time zone. If they don't know to do that, then there's a mixup in the meeting times.

Now I've discovered a new tool that takes care of that problem, and more!  Tungle is an online schedule manager that couldn't be easier to use.

With Tungle you can send dynamic meeting invitations through the online Tungle interface that are synced with your existing e-calendar and make meetings happen efficiently, with no email ping-pong or phone tag. You can propose multiple times to one or many people for them to choose from. People you invite don't have to sign up for the service to reply to your invitations. All they need is an email address and a browser.

My two favorite features are the following:

• Tungle automatically manages time zones. Invitees see proposed times in their own time zone.
• Tungle will dynamically update your pending meeting invitations if you add new events to your calendar that overlap proposed times.

Once the meeting has been booked, everyone gets a confirmation and their calendars are updated. You can synchronize your Tungle calendar with Outlook, Google calendar, iCal/Entourage, or Lotus Notes.

You can make meetings much easier to schedule with the Tungle Me feature. Create your personal link to display your availability and let others schedule meetings with you without them having to sign up. When synced with your calendar, your link always shows your most up-to-date availability (free/busy only – not your calendar details). And, you can place a Tungle Me button on your social networking profiles, as well as your website and blog. A Tungle app for the iPhone has just been added, as well. Visitors to your link don't have to sign up, but they will have to confirm who they are by verifying their email address. You get the final say over if and when you meet.

If you're on a team and having to manage a meeting, you can connect to your network with cross-calendar sharing. Easily share your free/busy or details calendar with anyone, inside or outside your company, independent of their platform. You choose, on a person-by-person basis, whether you want to share your full details or free/busy calendar. Start or stop sharing with anyone, at any time. See your sharing buddies' schedules overlaid on yours.

Schedule your meetings with others  here.