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Re: Basecamp Personal

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Post by revorad »

napoleond wrote: post #37

I want Highrise Personal. There are so many CRMs for every different size of business, but I want a contact list where I can fill in information about people as I go (ie. start with "big guy with red hair at Mark's Dec. 17 party, discussed quantum tunnelling" and then add in his name and contact info if/when I learn it) and add arbitrary notes about everyone. I know I could just use a regular CRM but those always get…

Have you tried using a spreadsheet for this? If not, why not? And if yes, then what problems did you face?

Re: Basecamp Personal

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Post by michokest »

sergiotapia wrote: post #25

I STRONGLY recommend Asana: http://www.asana.com It's like using a smart piece of paper that just gets out of your way and let's you create, assign, toggle, set dates, etc really intuitively. I'm a freelancer - and for my usage I typically have a Workspace called Freelance Projects. In that workspace I have many projects, each for each freelance gig I land. I then invite my client (YOU CAN INVITE UP TO 30 PEOPLE PER…

Related: Teambox offers tasks, conversations, notes and files in a similar experience to Asana or Trello, just a broader feature-set.

http://teambox.com

Strong points vs others are All Tasks view to filter by users or tags (#p1, #pull-request, etc).

Free for 5 users, and integrated with Dropbox, GDocs, etc.

Re: Basecamp Personal

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Post by jlmendezbonini »

revorad wrote: post #41
napoleond wrote: post #37

I want Highrise Personal. There are so many CRMs for every different size of business, but I want a contact list where I can fill in information about people as I go (ie. start with "big guy with red hair at Mark's Dec. 17 party, discussed quantum tunnelling" and then add in his name and contact info if/when I learn it) and add arbitrary notes about everyone. I know I could just use a regular CRM but those always get…

Have you tried using a spreadsheet for this? If not, why not? And if yes, then what problems did you face?

I did. The biggest problem for me was the lack of email reminders.

Re: Basecamp Personal

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Post by revorad »

jlmendezbonini wrote: post #44
revorad wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you tried using a spreadsheet for this? If not, why not? And if yes, then what problems did you face?

I did. The biggest problem for me was the lack of email reminders.

Thanks Jim. So would you use a spreadsheet app if it had email reminders?

Re: Basecamp Personal

#47

Post by smiler »

blissofbeing wrote: post #38

$25 is too much for something you can get for free with asana or trello. I guess you pay for the brand more than anything else, like the apple tax.

free can't stay free forever without someway to collect money

Re: Basecamp Personal

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Post by brads84 »

whichdan wrote: post #28
sergiotapia wrote: post #25

I STRONGLY recommend Asana: http://www.asana.com It's like using a smart piece of paper that just gets out of your way and let's you create, assign, toggle, set dates, etc really intuitively. I'm a freelancer - and for my usage I typically have a Workspace called Freelance Projects. In that workspace I have many projects, each for each freelance gig I land. I then invite my client (YOU CAN INVITE UP TO 30 PEOPLE PER…

Asana is fantastic software. I've been using it for several months now, and the interface is really, really smooth. I like that it feels like an evolving todo list, whereas most apps focus on archival and bug tracking.

100% Agree. Asana is awesome.

Re: Basecamp Personal

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Post by ddon »

sergiotapia wrote: post #25

I STRONGLY recommend Asana: http://www.asana.com It's like using a smart piece of paper that just gets out of your way and let's you create, assign, toggle, set dates, etc really intuitively. I'm a freelancer - and for my usage I typically have a Workspace called Freelance Projects. In that workspace I have many projects, each for each freelance gig I land. I then invite my client (YOU CAN INVITE UP TO 30 PEOPLE PER…

+1 for asana. Started using it few weeks ago, and so far so good! Love that you can reply to emails from asana and replies will be recorded in comments for particular task.

But how do you upload files there? Is this available only for premium users?

Re: Basecamp Personal

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Post by thoughtcriminal »

aviswanathan wrote: post #34

Trello is absolutely incredible (and they have a really receptive development team). I've used them for development, marketing, HR, etc and have yet to be disappointed. Mobile version is also kickass.

Trello takes a bit of getting used to (it helps to know the various phases of a project beforehand), but yeah, once you get into it, it's sheer joy.
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