Color coded calendar appointments
Something I stumbled upon quite accidentally.
We know that in the calendar app every appointment shows in a different colour provided it is associated with a unique email account. Now I wanted to make my meetings with different clients show in different colours even though they are associated with the same work email account. To do this all you need to do is create an "empty" BBM group (with no members except the Admin - yourself) and this BBM group will start showing in your calendar as a "group calendar ". So when you create an appointment, in the calendar drop down you will find an option to save it as that particular BBM group calendar. Ofcourse you name that BBM group as "client name" and assign a specific color to it and voila you have a fully color coded calendar.
And now with a quick glance I can see how much time am I giving to which client (or family - as I have created a family group in BBM too) in any month. Just be aware that if there are members in the group you create, your calendar is shared and visible to all of them.
Ofcourse this is limited to the 20 odd colors available in calendar colours but trust me you will find it difficult to remember which color means which client with more than 5-6 colours. I have created 6 such color codes (BBM groups) like Client1, Client2, Family etc. Beyond which the colours start getting indiscernible.