Dawn ,'Storyteller'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
My dream was Supernatural badfic where the writer was totally mangling canon and hadn't called it an AU. I woke up disproportionately pissed. If I'm going to dream Winchesters, I want quality, and maybe crossovers.
I had a dream the other night that the Winchesters were fighting a giant roach creature -- I mean giant like Men in Black, not flukebaby.
I've never seen Supernatural, not even one minute, so I don't know where that came from.
I've never seen Supernatural, not even one minute, so I don't know where that came from.
Osmosis, babe. Just go with it.
Does anyone use Outlook to keep track of tasks and To-Do lists? Or have another recommendation? I need some way to deal with low-priority things, things that don't have a specific due date, and other miscellaneous stuff, in addition to straightforward tasks.
I use it, Dana. What's your question?
You seriously need to write that, TB.
I agree!
Does it work for you? Is it useful without requiring a lot of time put into it?
I think so, Dana- it's been both useful and easy to use.
My current method is Post-It note, which is actually fairly useful, but has its disadvantages.
It's totally useful and awesome for me, and prevents a ton of follow-up questions because I can send status reports on each task.
Setting a task is as simple as setting a calendar event, and you can invite people to view your tasks just like you can invite them to view your calendar.
I use it for things like host/hire package for a foreign national, where i have to get a butt ton of approvals, several pieces of paperwork, and I'm on a strict schedule to get them in. So I can just put in something like:
4/7/10 Task: Hire ita, citizenship Jamaica. Due Date: 6/21/2010
And then I can just open the task and put in all the notes as they happen:
4/9: Received passport and CV. Informed host of J1 visa. 4/12: Sent memo for signature 4/12: Package sent to NASA 5/12: Approval received. Travel in process. J1 in process. 6/14: Ports activated. Technology Transfer Control Plan in place. Computer and phone ordered; delivery by 6/16.
And at any point, if someone walks into my office in a state of panic about whether ita's hire package is on schedule, I can click "status report" and send it all to the Chicken Little so they can clearly see that I wasn't posting at Buffistas all day and got my shit done.
Okay, sounds good. Thanks, Allyson and Nora.