From BI: SAI:

Microsoft announced today that it will allow buyers of the all-new Outlook for Mac to import old messages and calendar events from Outlook for Windows, in the form of .PST files.

This is not a huge deal, and seems like an obvious feature. But for some, it — combined with the fact that Outlook for Mac will finally exist in the first place — could be enough to get them to switch platforms. Or at least to give them one less reason to stick with Windows.

Previously, Mac owners who wanted to use Exchange email — or other features Outlook does better than anything else — had to use Microsoft’s unpopular Entourage app, or more recently, the Mail app built into the latest Mac operating system. But only when Office 2011 ships later this year will Mac users finally get a — decent, we hope — version of Outlook.

No word yet on whether Office 2011 fixes another big Mac disadvantage that Microsoft has savored for years — the relatively lousy edition of Excel it offers Mac users.

What do you think about the change?  I don’t do ‘many’ conversions from PC to Mac, but I do about 5 or 6 a year, and this will make it much much easier.

Originally posted on jtGraphic.net: Outlook for Mac Will Be Able to Import PST Files

Here are some of the more popular blog posts that I made in 2008:

Hands down, the most popular post I made was How to Make Fire in Photoshop.

In March, I made a controversial post about Macs, PCs, and Linux.  I should probably do a follow up on this.

I found a solution to my Outlook / Google Calendar synchronization issues.  Actually Google found a solution.  Thanks Google.

I listed my top ten free applications.  I plan to do another version of this post in 2009.

I made a few submissions to shirt.woot derbies, but never won.  I have no problem admitting that the competition over there is pretty stiff, and the technical ability of some of the artists surpasses my own by quite a bit.

In December, I started doing contests for shirt.woot shirts.  I’ll probably change this up in the future to offer other things.  This just seemed like a great place to start.

I know I also did some things wrong.

By far the biggest thing I regret doing in 2008 was taking a break from blogging from May to September.  I think that really hurt my readership, and I’m going to try and refrain from doing that at all this year.  My blog also lacked focus.  I’m still having trouble breaking my topics apart.  Right now I think my lack of focus leaves readers wondering what I’m talking about half the time.  I’m really passionate about Woot, but a lot of internet marketers probably don’t care, and when I’m talking about internet marketing and programming, Wooters probably get bored.  Interesting perplexity.  I will try to address this in 2009 as well.

I have some pretty exciting plans for 2009 that I will follow up on later.

Originally posted on jtGraphic.net: A review of 2008.

I’ve been looking for a way to sync my Google / Outlook 2007 calendar for a bit (2 ways), and the built in Outlook features allow you to add an internet calendar, but it needs to be public and doesn’t show in your calendar view on your email page. it’s also one way. I found a solution that worked, but it was sort of a hack job, so I didn’t really stand behind it.

THEN! I noticed “Sync with Microsoft Outlook™ calendarNew!” in the top right area of my calendar. It took me about 2 seconds to decide to click the link and download the application. This thing is great! If you can’t see the URL on your Google Calendar, go here:

http://www.google.com…answer.py?answer=89955

Let me know if you have any issues in the comments.  I’m interested in what they might be.

-JKT

Update: If you’re using Windows Vista and Outlook 2007, for some reason, sometimes the application cannot connect and sync for the first time if you have Outlook open. Just close Outlook and sync for the first time. Voila!

Originally posted on jtGraphic.net: Google Calendar / Outlook Sync