{"id":1041,"date":"2011-09-23T10:00:20","date_gmt":"2011-09-23T10:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1041"},"modified":"2011-09-23T10:05:50","modified_gmt":"2011-09-23T10:05:50","slug":"useful-productivity-website-trello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2011\/09\/23\/useful-productivity-website-trello\/","title":{"rendered":"Useful Productivity Website: Trello"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m really enjoying Trello.com<\/a><\/strong> at the moment.<\/p>\n

The story behind the site is that the people at FogCreek<\/a> built a tool so the people in their teams can see at a glance what everyone is working on. They then decided it would be a good idea to make it available to everyone else!<\/p>\n

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The basic idea is the system is made up of three things.<\/p>\n

Boards<\/strong> \u2013 a collection of lists \u2013 a board can be an abstraction of a specific project. A project folder if you were doing this without a computer. <\/p>\n

Lists<\/strong> \u2013 a collection of cards \u2013 imagine a stage in a process (e.g To-Do, In Progress, Complete) -  Think of it as a piece of paper if you were doing this without a computer. <\/p>\n

Cards<\/strong> \u2013 an activity of work \u2013 a specific something that needs to be done \u2013 an entry on your piece of paper if you were doing this without a computer. What\u2019s really good about cards is they start as just a title but if you drill down you can add as many or as little details as needed (comments, work complete, embed pictures and videos)<\/p>\n

Sounds simple enough? Hope that makes sense!<\/p>\n

You create a series of lists \u2013 add some cards and then you can shift those cards between lists as work gets done. <\/p>\n

So here\u2019s a simple example of how I\u2019ve been using it. <\/p>\n

I\u2019ve got a board called WORK<\/p>\n

On this board I\u2019ve got three lists.<\/p>\n

To Do   -   Doing   – Done<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I add things I need to do into the \u201cTo-Do\u201d list. If i need to add extra details I can but generally the title is enough.<\/p>\n

\"image\"<\/a>Initial card creation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"image\"<\/a>Card in more detail. You can add pictures, video, text. Assign team members or categorise with colour labels.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

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As I start to work on a specific item I drag it into the \u201cDoing\u201d list. I update the list if needed if it\u2019s a work in process and I\u2019m not completing it straight away. Obviously once the task is complete it\u2019s dragged into the \u201cDone\u201d list.<\/p>\n

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Dragging to the Doing list.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Nice and simple. It\u2019s just me using these but I can see it getting really powerful when a group of people get involved. Especially when assigning a task to someone is as simple as dragging their avatar onto the card. <\/p>\n

So how\u2019s this different to other collaboration applications? <\/p>\n

Everything is so easy. Data entry consists of typing and pressing enter. You can fire off a series of new entries really quickly. There is no constant clicking ok \/ save every time you do anything. You can enter a little or as much detail as you feel like. Very importantly \u2013 it just works.<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n

Finally you can use it on just about any device you like. I\u2019ve been using it on my TouchPad<\/a> in the office instead of keeping lots of paper lists hanging around my desk. Also because it\u2019s web based if I think of something I need to do it only takes a second to get onto the site and add something new. It\u2019s then available everywhere I\u2019ve got a web browser. <\/p>\n

Sign up is really easy too. You can either create an account on the site or sign in with an existing Google account. <\/p>\n

The Trello homepage gives some really good usage examples.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s honestly worth spending ten minutes taking a look \u2013 it\u2019s free!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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