We were told that it couldn't be done, so we did it anyway. Boomerang for Gmail now brings your Google Calendar into your inbox. Save time, eliminate double booking, and schedule meetings from inside your Gmail.
I am kind of geekily excited about this new feature from @boomerang - share your calendar IN your email.
Suggest Times lets you find when to meet without the back and forth. Choose a set of times that are good for you and email it to your guest. It's like having a scheduling assistant inside your inbox.
With Share Free/Busy you can share a live snapshot of your Google calendar for three days, five days, or the whole of next week. You choose the times you want to show, and your guest only sees whether you're free or busy. The details stay private. If a meeting slot gets filled, it will show in the Magic Live Calendar that you sent, so you eliminate double booking forever.
We all get a lot of email, and it's hard to keep track of who said what. Boomerang for Gmail looks for key phrases ("Tuesday at 10am") and then gives you one-click access to turn that email into an invitation. We'll even fill out the details including links, location, time, and more.
With Boomerang for iOS you not only get the best email client you've ever used, now you also get scheduling tools to use when you need them.
Boomerang! Where have you been all my life?
Sam Grobart, The New York Times
Boomerang for Gmail. First off, if you don’t have it, stop reading this and go get it. Right now. There’s absolutely no other extension that will add this level of function to your Gmail.
Brad McCarty, TheNextWeb
The nice thing about this compared to other scheduling tools is that it feels very much like a native part of the regular Gmail interface instead of revolving around its own standalone app and a series of plain-text links.
JR Raphael, Computer World