As I’ve said before, and as, I’m sure, many of you already know, one of the keys to success in academics and really just life is organization.  The problem is, the life of a college student has just become too freaking hectic.  On top of readings, homework, papers studying and the rest of the huge pile of schoolwork in your life, you have to find time for greek functions, parties, extra-curriculars and all kinds of crap.  Well, I’m savvy to what I believe is the best way to keep your schedule tidy.  It’s called iscrybe and it’s awesome.  I’ll run through my favorite features with you and tel you how you can have your own scrybe calendar at the end of the article.

At first glance, iscrybe looks like any other calendar no different than google’s organizer or one that may have come with your computer.  I assure you though, it is superior.

If you watch the video above, you can pretty much just skip what I’m going to tell you but I’m going to keep typing anyways and you should keep reading.  I am going to skip the basic details about the program though, so you should probably watch the video after you read what I have to say.

After you input items into your calendar(s), you’re all set to go.  You can have the website automatically email you reminders or even have them send texts to your phone (you’ll have to find out what your phone’s text e-mail address, nothing a quick google search can’t solve).  You can share calendars with other scrybe members, which is excellent for group projects or organizations.  You can share lists and notes too.  You can even view your scrybe account when your computer is disconnected to the internet.  Sounds awesome huh?  Well, I haven’t mentioned my favorite part.

My favorite feature of this program is the printing functionality.  I love that you can print your calendars and lists onto easy to fold (they give you instructions) paper so that you can carry your todo’s and calendars with you.  This one feature makes navigating a hectic day so great.  I always walk around with a small scrybe calendar in my pocket.

Now watch the video.  I’ll wait.  Ok, good.  Now, how do you get an account?  Well, the program is in beta right now so you can’t just waltz on up and sign up, but it’s not hard to get an invitation.  First, you can send e an e-mail (Jason@thecollegiatestyle.com) asking for an account.  I won’t do this for very long but I’ll do it for a while so go ahead and ask away.  The other way to get an invite is to go to the website iscrybe.com, and ask for an invite in their invite forum.  You’ll get a response pretty quickly.  Just be sure to scramble up your e-mail a little bit.  Posting your e-mail on a public forum is usually an invitation for spam.  Just type it out like example [at] gmail [dot] com or something like that.

Seriously, you should give this program a chance.  It’s really great.