How to maintain list of pending works

[chow choppe]

Hi all

 

Nothing related to 3dsmax. just wanted to have ideas on how do u guys maintain record of these things in your CG profession

 

1.) List of pending works that need to be done. not with hand but some software maybe for desktop that u can see on ur desktop wallpaper something like active desktop calender ( which is too complicated ). Any other option for that

2.) How do you keep record of your payments that come to you or go from you and that come from a specific client always. Is there any software for that

 

 

Any help wud be appreciated from you professionals

 

Thanks

[Matt Clementson]

1) Nothing complicated here - we have a whiteboard in the office that we write our tasks on - that way everyone knows what everyone else is/should be doing.

 

2) Invest in some accounting software. I can recommend Sage but there are cheaper options such as Quicken or QuickBooks.

[kippu]

i usually write it down in a diary ..works better than a computer

[chow choppe]

cool

[Limbus]

Almost every morning when I come into the Office I make a small list on paper with the tasks that need to be done this day. During the day I check the list and strike thing I did. For long term projects I use my Palm and some Project management software.

 

Florian

[Phabz]

You can use Outlook to keep track of your tasks. You can categorize, set reminders... it is pretty cool.

For keeping track of $$$, I would agree with Matt and invest on a good software package, such as Quickbooks.

Hope it helps

[rotten42]

I use a daytimer for daily notes and Oulook for scheduling. I use Quickbooks for the payments.

[Ernest Burden III]

Almost every morning when I come into the Office I make a small list on paper with the tasks that need to be done this day. During the day I check the list and strike thing I did.

 

Paper rules! Write a list, cross things off. It feels great, so make a list with a lot of detail and you have more things to cross off.

[Crazy Homeless Guy]

we use the tasks area of Outlook. it works well because you can add detailed notes, hot links to directories, and send tasks notifications to project coordinators that have the same information that you do. we have the task list shared so that anyone on our team can modify it, and check things off as the are completed.

[Dave Buchhofer]

for tasks I use this free todolist tool daily for my own personal (programming) work, and occasionally to divvy up work in a small team (visualization) http://www.codeproject.com/tools/ToDoList2.asp

 

can be pretty well customized to many things, and is GREAT for me as a hierarchical 'notepad' sort of thing where i can expand on related ideas in outline form really fast... the main downside is printing is pretty programmer centric right now by default and it takes a bit of xml/xsl scripting to get truly usable output on paper currently. If theres interest i could share a few of the transforms i have that clean up the output data (contact at dbuchhofer@REMOVEgmail.com) if you want.

[Sawyer]

I have tried many different note taking systems but I like paper the best its just so easy. And I use Quickbooks which is a necessity AFAIK.

[chow choppe]

we use the tasks area of Outlook. it works well because you can add detailed notes, hot links to directories, and send tasks notifications to project coordinators that have the same information that you do. we have the task list shared so that anyone on our team can modify it, and check things off as the are completed.

 

Thanks travis

 

had been using outlook express instead of microsoft outlook for my emails

so have shifted to oulook now

 

Thanks everyone

[shaneis]

If you use Thunderbird for your email client, there is a GREAT plugin called Lightning...If you don't use Thunderbird, you should. There are also many other plugins for Thunderbird at the Mozilla site, and they're FREE I tell you, FREE!

 

Lightning - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/2313

 

Again, it's free, and much more secure than microshaft's hack/ virus/ spyware magnet - Outlook.