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lcat - Sep 06, 2015 8:42:17 am PDT #24581 of 25496
I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.

For task management, I have been using Todoist for daily workload but just added Trello and I'm liking the combination. Trello essentially lets you create multiple whiteboards for each project (mine are - ideas, to-do, working and completed) and move items from one to the next. For a project with stages, Trello lets me see at a glance where I am plus the ideas board lets me write down all of my random thoughts and ideas before I forget them and then decide later if they are at all reasonable and where they should go in the project plans.


NoiseDesign - Sep 06, 2015 12:13:34 pm PDT #24582 of 25496
Our wings are not tired

Ran into some extra money so I bought an Apple Watch. I'm in the store getting it set up now.

I got one a few weeks ago and I'm really liking it.


tommyrot - Sep 07, 2015 4:20:29 pm PDT #24583 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

So I set up my Apple Watch to give me health alerts, such as telling me to stand up at least once every hour. Today I was sitting on the toilet when it vibrated and chirped and said, "Stand Up now!" I was all, "Dude, let me wipe first!"


tommyrot - Sep 09, 2015 8:47:12 am PDT #24584 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

The new iPad Pro looks pretty sweet but I so don't need one. Looks like it'd be great for graphics professionals.


Sue - Sep 09, 2015 8:52:07 am PDT #24585 of 25496
hip deep in pie

I so would love a new ipad, my OG one is pretty long in the tooth. But that's going to have to wait until finances calm down. Maybe in a year.


tommyrot - Sep 09, 2015 9:02:24 am PDT #24586 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I think I need a new Apple TV.


Sophia Brooks - Sep 09, 2015 9:15:08 am PDT #24587 of 25496
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

They just got me an iPad for my theatre job, and I am afraid I am going to hate it. I need it to shop online and to make spreadsheets, and I feel like it is not best suited to that. They did get me a keyboard.

Do you guys think it will be OK? I have typed things on my kindle and my iphone and I HATE IT for spreadsheets.


-t - Sep 09, 2015 9:31:29 am PDT #24588 of 25496
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Will you be using Numbers for the spreadsheets or Excel? I have used Numbers some on the iPad and it's okay, has some adaptations that make it not so terrible. Excel I have not tried.


Sophia Brooks - Sep 09, 2015 9:37:09 am PDT #24589 of 25496
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Google Sheets or Excel. I do a lot of typeing of words, and only minor formulas, but I connect things throughout sheets to make various lists (costumes by character, costumes by scene, costumes by laundry instructions, and budgeting) without retyping the same info 100 million times.


-t - Sep 09, 2015 9:55:55 am PDT #24590 of 25496
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Yeah, I don't know, I haven't edited those types of spreadsheets on my iPad, only viewed. I don't love typing on it, but a keyboard would probably make a big difference.

t /thought I could help, but not so much