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Re:The New York Times course to teach its reporters data ski... by scarejunba on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @06:56PM (#20170197)
All scheduling software competes with a pen and a piece of paper?
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Re:The New York Times course to teach its reporters data ski... by reaperducer on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @08:05PM (#20170636)
All scheduling software competes with a pen and a piece of paper?

According to the Wall Street Journal, yes.

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Re:The New York Times course to teach its reporters data ski... by smsm42 on Thursday June 13, 2019 @03:40AM (#20172563)
And a corkboard, yes. Or maybe a big wall calendar.
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Re:The New York Times course to teach its reporters data ski... by duxup on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @07:25PM (#20170380)
The old clocking in system with a card and stamp from the clock we're efficient and everyone understood how it worked.
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Re:The New York Times course to teach its reporters data ski... by dragonwriter on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @08:29PM (#20170780)
That's minimal time tracking, not scheduling. It's the difference between retrospective and prospective.
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Re:The New York Times course to teach its reporters data ski... by hef19898 on Thursday June 13, 2019 @08:30AM (#20174098)
Kanban systems with real physical cards work pretty well. And you they are way more resilient than digital stuff.
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Re:The New York Times course to teach its reporters data ski... by duxup on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @08:50PM (#20170896)
Good point.
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Re:The New York Times course to teach its reporters data ski... by dragonwriter on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @08:24PM (#20170747)
Scheduling is a subset of productivity, and, IME, not an exception to the rule about productivity software and Excel.
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Re:The New York Times course to teach its reporters data ski... by toomuchtodo on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @07:15PM (#20170332)
Or a notebook.
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