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howsta

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About howsta

Founder of Airtable. Previously Etacts (YC w2010), products @ Salesforce. Reach me at howie [AT] airtable.com

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    Comment #23241350

    Founder of Airtable here--we did look at Lotus Notes as an interesting historical precedent, though of course we've also invented from scratch in many cases, and being web-based an…

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    Comment #14064288

    Also this page links to some in-depth case studies about how it's used: https://airtable.com?try=videoproduction

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    Comment #14064241

    Cofounder of Airtable here. Video production is a common use case for us! Here's some relevant community-generated templates: https://airtable.com/universe/category/creative-produc…

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    Comment #13741663

    Thanks for the feedback!

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    Comment #13741655

    Thanks for all the feedback! These are all things that we're considering : ). In particular #1 is actually in private beta right now!

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    Comment #13741652

    Thanks for the kind words! We love Zapier and use it extensively ourselves : ). Here's some example workflows Zapier wrote about: https://zapier.com/blog/airtable-automations/ http…

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    Comment #13730200

    Fwiw Airtable has often been compared with DabbleDB :). https://mobile.twitter.com/patrickc/status/51568968982347366...

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    Comment #13730191

    Founder of Airtable here--Airtable is actually a relational database with foreign key relationships (the technicalities of which are abstracted away from the user). It's designed s…

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    Comment #13672559

    To be honest, I haven't spent a lot of time using Fieldbook or Ragic. That being said, we spend an insane amount of time/effort making sure that Airtable delivers a first-class pro…

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    Comment #13672353

    In addition to native mobile apps, we do have a desktop app. It does require internet connectivity though (similar to Slack's app, it's built on electron). Airtable.com/downloads

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    Comment #13670300

    Cofounder of Airtable here, I hear you and that's on the roadmap :).

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    Comment #11532751

    For starters, 1) File attachments 2) Better mobile UI (Airtable's database records can be displayed as cards on touch devices, whereas a traditional spreadsheet is always a 2d grid…

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    Comment #11531932

    I've amended the guide to more strongly recommend the reader consult with a startup attorney, even if they plan on filing the paperwork themselves to reduce costs. FWIW, I actually…

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    Comment #11531894

    Author here, for the sake of constructive criticism, would love to hear why you don't find it useful? The disclaimer is there because, while I tried my best to make sure all info i…

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    Comment #11531723

    You can expand the long text cells by clicking the expansion arrows that appear in the top right corner of the cell. I would also highly recommend using the full-screen version rat…

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    Comment #10496195

    Thanks : )

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    Comment #9799749

    A bit late to the punch, but we also let you copy and paste from most other spreadsheet programs directly into Airtable

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    Comment #9649473

    Hi, author of the post here. Apologies if the format of the article was confusing or misleading. I will note that this article was posted under InfoWorld's "New Tech Forum", which …