Hintonblogger

This is, for me, the "Ultimate Syncing Solution" and I've found it. It allows me to do the following things:

1. Have a work calendar
2. Have a personal calendar
3. See both my work and my personal calendar in Outlook
4. My work colleagues only see my work events
5. My contacts are on my phone, in Outlook, and in my Windows Live Hotmail account and they are always in Sync
6. My calendar is available in Outlook, on my phone, and in Google Calendar and they are always in sync.

This represents "Sync Nirvana" for me. While the solution isn't overly hard, it certainly could have been a little bit easier.

To accomplish it I use Plaxo in Outlook to sync my contacts with Windows Live and ActiveSync my contacts to my phone. My tasks and notes also ActiveSync to my device.

The calendar is a bit more complex. For this I had to purchase a product called OggSync, but it now allows me to have my calendar auto-update (using the "calendar in the cloud" capability of Google Calendar) from my phone, Outlook, and Google Calendar. Here is the article that explains the details. I did experience a duplicate events blip, but since then it has been smooth sailing.

On the bus, at home, work, or wherever I'm at my information is right there at my fingertips.