The End of Tungle

Ari M September 20, 2012 Posts 4 Comments

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I’ve often recommended Tungle as way of getting rid of the headaches of scheduling meetings. The service allows you to take the normal 7 emails it takes to schedule an appointment all the way down to one. Tungle started out several years ago and then was bought by RIM. They didn’t kill the service but they also didn’t do anything with it. They sent an email out to users today informing them that the service would be shut down in early December. There are several alternatives but I want to recommend ScheduleOnce as the most comparable and possibly even better replacement.

Tungle – Scheduleing made easy! (Photo credit: SMBMSP)

Like Tungle, ScheduleOnce provides you with a public facing appointment page where people can request meetings with you. You get a lot more control and automated features with ScheduleOnce like buffers between appointments to allow for travel and automated email reminders to meeting participants (something I usually have my virtual assistant do).

This is my official recommendation, feel free to make other suggestions in the comments.

About The Author

Ari M

In 2006, I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease. Crohn's is an incurable disease of the digestive tract. My case was severe, and required over a dozen daily medications and several hospital visits. After reaching a personal low point in hospital, I decided he would do everything in my power to strengthen my by then weak body. Through a combination of yoga, nutrition, natural supplements and rigorous exercise (Ironman and Crossfit) i was able to fight back the symptoms of Crohn's until I was finally able to suspend my medication. Eventually I was declared free of all traces of the 'incurable' disease, and competed in Ironman France in June of 2011. I has since spoken at seminars and at a regional TED Talk about my struggle against a seemingly insurmountable opponent. Through the process of data collection, self tracking, and analysis, I helped develop Less Doing. This was a way of dealing with the daily stresses of life by optimizing, automating, and outsourcing all of my tasks in life and business. Now I focus on Achievement Architecture, helping individuals be more effective at everything.

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