Advisor Calendar!

I thought of another thing I'd like to do when I'm a professor. As a grad student, there are plenty of times where I just need a small thing or a signature from my advisor but I don't know when he'll be around. Or, there are other times when he's locked away for days (or weeks) on end working on a grant before the deadline. I can appreciate that he's very busy most of the time and it isn't his responsibility to be at my beck and call. But, it would be nice to have an idea of when he might be around or be available. Occasionally we'll get this info, during a lab meeting when we ask about an upcoming week or he gives us a heads-up about a deadline. I like what a professor that I TA'ed for does. He syncs his calendar schedule with the campus online calendar (I think some other labs here may make use of Google calendars). So, any Case person can look him up and see when he is booked or even double booked. It made it easy for him to agree on a meeting - just tell me to find an open time in his schedule. The contents of each slot were, of course, not available to me. But, I really liked having an easy access to this information. I think most students would appreciate having this extra bit of knowledge, and if I'm using the right software it shouldn't require any extra work on my part. As a fan of Office, I use Outlook and keep the calendar updated (which synchronizes nicely with my smartphone). I'll just continue doing this in the future, integrating something like Google calendar or the school calendar - whatever syncs up with the minimal involvement from me.