#when to work software

[tjalexandernyc]

if you're subscribed to Microsoft word, you probably received an email recently saying they're upping their prices. Like, a lot. ($9.99/month instead of $6.99)

guess what though? you can log into your account, click Cancel Subscription, and get the option to continue your subscription at the same price WITHOUT their bullshit AI.

That's right, the new, higher price is actually a different subscription that includes AI that everyone is being opted into by force! What a cool and fun product that clearly everyone wants.

you can also choose to buy Word 2024 without AI for a single lump sum that will be yours in perpetuity, with no updates, for one computer.

Check your subscription if you need Word for work! Don't get duped into paying for something you might not even want

[softwarereviewforall]

Asana vs. ClickUp vs. Monday.com: Choosing the Right Project Management Tool

Project management is a critical aspect of any business or organization. To streamline tasks, collaborate effectively, and ensure projects stay on track, businesses often turn to project management software. Asana, ClickUp, and Monday.com are three popular options in the market, each with its own strengths and weaknesses. In this article, we will compare these three tools based on various criteria to help you make an informed decision.

Overview:

G2 Rating is a reliable metric to gauge user satisfaction and performance. In terms of star ratings, Monday.com takes a slight lead with 4.7, followed closely by Asana and ClickUp with 4.3 and 4.7, respectively.

Market Segment tells you where these tools are most commonly used. ClickUp is preferred in the small-business segment (79.8% of reviews), followed by Monday.com (65.4%) and Asana (55.1%). Monday.com also has a strong presence in the mid-market (42.8%).

Entry Level Price varies significantly, with Asana offering a free plan, ClickUp at $0 per member per month, and Monday.com starting at $8.00 per user per month.

Total Number of Reviews indicates the overall popularity and user base. Monday.com leads with a substantial 14,775 reviews, while Asana and ClickUp follow with 9,346 and 8,889 reviews, respectively.

General Ratings:

Meets Requirements: Monday.com leads with a rating of 9.1, closely followed by ClickUp at 9.0. Asana and ClickUp also perform well, with 8.7 and 9.1 ratings, respectively.

Ease of Use: Monday.com has the highest ease of use rating at 9.0, while Asana and ClickUp both score 8.6. These scores suggest that all three platforms are relatively user-friendly.

Ease of Setup: ClickUp stands out with a rating of 8.8, while Asana and Monday.com both score 8.7 and 8.2, respectively.

Ease of Admin: Monday.com takes the lead with a rating of 9.1, while Asana, ClickUp, and ClickUp follow closely with scores ranging from 8.6 to 9.1.

Quality of Support: Monday.com has the highest support rating at 9.0, followed by ClickUp and Asana at 8.9 and 8.4, respectively.

Business Partnership: Monday.com excels with a 9.2 rating, while Asana, ClickUp, and ClickUp trail with ratings between 8.7 and 9.2.

Product Direction: ClickUp leads with 9.5, closely followed by Monday.com at 9.4. Asana and ClickUp also score well, with ratings ranging from 8.4 to 9.4.

Tasks:

Creation & Assignment: All three tools excel in this category, with ratings above 8.7.

Due Dates: Again, all three tools perform well, with ratings above 9.0.

Task Prioritization: ClickUp leads with a rating of 9.3, while Asana and Monday.com score between 8.7 and 9.3.

To-Do Lists: All three platforms score well, with ratings above 8.7.

Dependencies: All three tools offer decent dependency management, with ratings around 8.6.

Mass Updates: ClickUp and Monday.com lead in this category, with scores above 8.6, while Asana lags behind with a rating of 8.3.

Drag & Drop: ClickUp and Monday.com are preferred for their drag and drop functionality, scoring above 8.9, while Asana scores 8.5.

Recurring Tasks: ClickUp and Asana excel in this category, scoring above 8.8, while Monday.com lags slightly with a rating of 8.5.

Setup:

Activities and Flows: Monday.com stands out in activities and flows with a rating of 9.1, while ClickUp and Asana score between 8.5 and 9.1.

Dependencies and Notifications: Monday.com leads with 9.0, while Asana and ClickUp score between 8.5 and 9.0.

Task Creation:

Creation & Assignment and Due Dates: All three tools score above 9.0 in these aspects.

Drag & Drop and Mass Updates: ClickUp leads in drag & drop and mass updates, scoring above 9.0, while Asana and Monday.com score slightly lower.

Automation:

Workflows and Customization: Monday.com and ClickUp lead in these categories, with ratings above 8.8, while Asana lags slightly.

Data Repository: All three platforms offer decent data repository functionality, with ratings around 8.4 to 8.8.

Communication:

Chat and Discussions: All three tools perform well, with ratings above 7.5.

External, Feedback, and Announcements: Monday.com and ClickUp lead in external communication, while Asana lags behind. In feedback and announcements, all three tools score well.

Projects:

Planning and Project Map: Monday.com leads with ratings of 9.3 and 9.0, while ClickUp and Asana score between 8.6 and 9.3.

GANTT and Calendar View: Monday.com and Asana lead in these categories, while ClickUp lags slightly.

Project Budgeting: All three tools offer decent project budgeting features, with ratings around 8.0 to 8.7.

Issue Tracking: All three platforms perform well in issue tracking.

Templates and Critical Path: Monday.com and ClickUp excel in templates, while Asana lags slightly. In the critical path category, all three tools offer decent functionality.

Time & Expense: Monday.com and ClickUp lead in time and expense management, while Asana scores slightly lower.

Methodologies: ClickUp leads in methodologies, while Monday.com and Asana score slightly lower.

Management:

Updates and Audit Trail: Monday.com leads in updates and audit trails, while Asana and ClickUp score slightly lower.

Integration: Monday.com and ClickUp excel in integration capabilities, while Asana lags slightly.

Task Management:

Task Prioritization and To-Do Lists: All three tools excel in these aspects.

Dependencies and Recurring Tasks: ClickUp and Monday.com lead in dependency management, while Asana scores slightly lower.

Administration:

Permissions and Procedures: All three tools offer strong administration features.

Remote Work: ClickUp excels in remote work capabilities, while Monday.com and Asana score slightly lower.

Content & Documents:

File Sharing and Notes: All three platforms offer strong document management and collaboration features.

Search and Versioning: Monday.com and ClickUp lead in search and versioning capabilities, while Asana lags slightly.

Resource Management:

Resource Definition and Capacity: Monday.com

Resource Scheduling: All three tools offer solid resource scheduling features, with ratings above 8.6.

Project Management:

Task Prioritization and Planning: All three platforms excel in these aspects.

Views and Scheduling: Monday.com and ClickUp lead in views and scheduling, while Asana scores slightly lower.

Critical Path and Dashboards: Monday.com leads in critical path and dashboards, while Asana and ClickUp score slightly lower.

Controls:

Custom Views and User Management: All three tools offer strong control features.

Calendars and Public Sharing: Monday.com excels in calendars, while Asana and ClickUp score slightly lower. In public sharing, all three tools offer decent functionality.

Generative AI:

Text Generation and Text Summarization: All three platforms offer generative AI capabilities, with Monday.com leading in text generation.

Project Monitoring:

Baselining / KPIs and Resource Allocation: All three tools perform well in project monitoring, with Monday.com and ClickUp leading in KPIs and resource allocation.

Workload: ClickUp excels in workload management, while Asana and Monday.com score slightly lower.

Workspace:

Configuration and Insights: All three platforms offer strong workspace management features.

Project Management:

Task Management: All three tools excel in task management, with ClickUp taking a slight lead.

Planning, Visibility, and Integration: All three platforms offer robust project management capabilities, with Monday.com leading in visibility and ClickUp excelling in integration.

Communication & Collaboration:

Communication Channels: All three platforms provide strong communication channel options.

Document Management: Monday.com and ClickUp lead in document management, while Asana scores slightly lower.

Collaboration: All three tools excel in collaboration features.

Remote Collaboration:

Alignment and Accountability: All three platforms offer strong remote collaboration features.

Connectivity and Offline Mode: Monday.com leads in connectivity, while Asana and ClickUp score slightly lower. In offline mode, all three tools offer decent functionality.

Cost Management:

Project Budgeting and Time & Expense: All three platforms offer decent cost management capabilities, with Monday.com and ClickUp leading in project budgeting and time & expense management.

Profitability: All three platforms provide robust profitability tracking features.

Integration:

Front Office and Back Office: All three tools offer strong integration options.

External Data: All three platforms offer good external data integration capabilities.

In conclusion, Asana, ClickUp, and Monday.com are all strong contenders in the project management software market. The choice between them largely depends on your specific business needs, preferences, and budget. ClickUp is ideal for small businesses and offers extensive customization options. Monday.com stands out in terms of user satisfaction, making it a reliable choice for small and mid-market businesses. Asana, on the other hand, offers a free plan and is a well-rounded choice with a focus on task management and collaboration. Consider your unique requirements and user preferences to make an informed decision for your project management needs.

[linddzz]

(regular disclaimer that I will exaggerate big feelings for effect but at the end of the day this is fandom and in the grand scheme of things Just Ain't That Serious good? good)

okok look while I am obviously SOOO into where Arcane went with the Machine/Arcane Herald, I can get why gamers who liked og LoL Viktor would be Big Annoyed at him being totally retconned and overhauled in game. That is undeniably a totally different guy there and yeah it would be shitty to have the guy you like completely swapped out. I can especially get it if they liked the mechanical cyborg engineering aspects of his character!

BU T I keep seeing iterations of "he didn't choose anything for himself he just had things happen to him" or "he just went mystic. he used to be someone who used his genius to remake himself and now he just meditated himself into a wizard" and I am so so down to meet in the pit on those takes!! I get people not liking the less mechanical aspects of him but hhhhhhohmygod do not be taking my guys agency and genius down like that

Yes the initial full fusing with the hexcore is something that happened to him, that someone who loved him maybe too much did to him (almost like Arcane has themes of people being launched down dark paths by things that happen to them beyond their control hMmMmmmmmm!!!) And btw I still hold that while his brain got changed by trauma (bc trauma DOES THAT) and the hexcore helped amplify and empower him leaning into his worst traits, after Jayce forced that initial fusion everything Viktor did was a choice.

But also!! Jayce used Viktor's notes. Viktor was the one who went down and got shimmer, who lied and experimented in secret. He stumbled into noticing the hexcore responding to biological material but then he pursued that avenue (because LIFE is a lot of stumbling into things and then deciding what to do from there), figured out what interdisciplinary collaborations he needed to make, figured out on his FIRST TRY what runes he would need to put where.

And while they don't lean into the mechanical engineering genius as much as the OG Viktor like...guys that's a software engineer with a big scoop of magic theorist on top of it (who then started a pivot into biomechanical arcane theory like THAT). He made a magic AI! Don't go telling me he didn't use his genius to become the Arcane Herald when he made a magic AI and then I got to watch the hexclaw grabbing and programming runes into spells like the coolest shit ever!!

That man figured out how to make Jayce's ideas into reality. He then used the scant knowledge of the arcane that still exists to figure out and recreate, using technology, what mages do by instinct. He made a MAGIC AI HOLY SHIT. Jayce is STILL referencing Viktor's rune theories to figure out the anomaly!!

He did not use the same type of genius to become the same type of Herald, but my guy invented being a technomancer so hard that he turned himself into a magical supercomputer and was so good at THAT that he made himself a robowizard god and I will not be hearing anything belittling how nuts that is!!

[averlym]

misc. watt quotes that live in my mind rent free + bonus spread

[clumsypuppy]

my stardew farmer ^_^ he doesnt have a green thumb for shit so he keeps animals and does mining

some tidbits i came up with while playing hehe

reclusive and doesnt really go out of his way to talk or visit people unless its an errand. but he also doesnt try to befriend others to get something out of it, so he has a very easygoing approach to making friends. on good terms with linus and sebastian since he runs into them most often.

if he respects or takes a liking to someone, he'll greet them with miss/mister (name). if you get close to him he starts using first name basis. if he doesn't like you, he'll refer to you by your title without using your name. only a few people have caught on to this.

the farm he inherited, Milky Way Farm, was the site of a meteorite crash and sometimes you can find shards of meteor debris littered around the farm (i picked the hilltop farm bc of this lol)

lost his sweater and pants a long ass time ago and doesnt have the time to look for them, so hes been working in his sleep clothes ever since

isnt actually grandpa's real heir to the farm... ;)

[fogwitchoftheevermore]

The second part of my Life Series/PUNCH by Authoheart series is done! This time, we’ve got Factories and the Bad Boys. I hope you enjoy!

[tj-crochets]

So much of this switch to new software at work is me desperately going "let me teach you how to do this. Please. Please I don't want to be the only one who knows how to do this please let me share this knowledge please I don't want to have to fix everything myself" It is only just now occurring to me that the reason I can figure out how to fix a lot of the issues people are running into might be because when we were in the testing phase of the new software I deliberately set out to break it as many ways as I could. Like. I thought that's just what you do when stress-testing new software? You input the wrong data in the wrong places and add dates that don't make sense and you set things to pay without ever putting a name it's paying and anything else you can think of someone accidentally doing so that IT can either fix the holes or tell you how to undo it if you make a mistake. You don't just test how it works when everything is going perfectly, because everything won't go perfectly every time

[eleventhsister]

why are they so hard to draw

[bravenot]

❤️‍🔥mini compilation of all the caleb & veth moments in c3e115 (plus some other mighty nein fuckery)❤️‍🔥

[an-ruraiocht]

i am all for alternative operating systems but can the Just Install Linux people please realise that many people need to use specific software for their actual jobs/careers which is not compatible with linux and it is not lack of awareness of the existence of linux that is at the root of their windows usage

[mariana-oconnor]

How do you design your patterns for knitting?? They are so pretty! 😍

In Excel (or the spreadsheet program of your choice*). First I set the ratio of the cells so each cell is one stitch. Double knitting, like for the blanket is a 2:3 ratio, roughly, which means that every two stitches across is about the same length as three stitches upwards. So I set the width of each column to 0.3 cm and the height of each cell to 0.2 cm. (For contrast, standard colourwork is usually closer to a 4:5 ratio, so don't use double knitting diagrams for single knitting or vice versa)

(Weirdly, in Excel you only seem to be able to adjust in centimetres if you put the spreadsheet in print view first, so it looks like different pages, idk why. Excel sucks like that I guess.)

*Not Google Sheets, because last time I checked it doesn't allow background images. This may have changed since.

Then I put a thick black border around the limits of my pattern. For the baby blankets it's about 176 columns by 264 rows, though the width is subject to change a little based on the pattern (if I decide on a repeating border it has to be divisible by the right number), and if I change that, I might adjust the length as well because I want the blankets to be roughly square.

Once that's done, I decide on a theme and a rough idea of what I want it to look like. For my most recent blanket I knew I wanted mountains because my friends like to hike. I knew I wanted space because one of them is really into space stuff. And I knew I wanted chickens because the other has chickens that she loves.

When I know roughly what elements I want to include, I do an image search for silhouettes of that thing. This is one of the reasons I haven't made any of the patterns available, because copyright. I do transform the images I find, and some of the elements (borders, patterns) are entirely from my own mind, but there's a lot that's based off images I find. I don't specifically go searching for creative commons images because it's personal use and the only place I even show pictures of them is here on Tumblr. Like I said, I transform them, and it's personal use, so I'm pretty sure I'm clear just making my blankets for my friends, but any further might be questionable. Idk. Copyright is a thorny sort of a thing.

ANYWAY. I get a silhouette image (silhouettes because they're clearer, although one of the chickens on the latest blanket is from a photograph, but that's trickier to work with). Then I set it as the background of my Excel spreadsheet.

One interesting thing about Excel is that the zooming in and out doesn't affect the background image like it does the cells, so I zoom in or out until the image is about the size I want in relation to the size of the whole blanket. Then I colour in the cells on top of it. At first it's just the cells that are completely filled in in the image below, then it's the ones that are half filled in or more.

Once that's done, I remove the background image and I fuck around with what's left (essentially a pixel art version of the silhouette). This is the stage that takes a lot of time, because there's often a lot of tweaking to do to make it look good. Fine lines and curves are difficult, and sometimes things just need to be changed. For instance, the owl on my most recent blanket started out life as a long-eared owl and I changed it into a barn owl because that suited my aesthetic more. The mouse I adjusted the size of multiple times and the shape of the back and the ears and the nose... and the tail... to make it fit the space I wanted it in and also to make it look more mouse-like. Literally changing one cell can make a huge difference to how something looks, it's crazy.

For borders and decorative bits, I tend to just mess around with colouring in the cells in swirly patterns until I come up with a shape I like. Repeating patterns are a lot easier to do, but do require you to do maths to make sure they fit properly. This probably requires patience, but I find it strangely addictive and zen-like.

For the ivy on my last one, I used silhouettes for the leaves, then used the transform tools in excel to mirror the five or six different leaf silhouettes I had vertically and horizontally, then moved them around and connected them with twisting lines to create the impression of vines.

Once I've got all the separate pieces, I copy them all into the outline I have of the blanket and move them around (it's important to keep the originals separate, because when you move things in excel you can often copy over something and chop off an ear or a tail or half a bird).

But yeah, then I move stuff around until the layout works for me. Sometimes at this point I have to resize things, which is annoying.

Then, when I've got things roughly in place, I mess around with them some more until they look right. It's a lot of trial and error at this stage

For example, in the dragon and unicorn blanket I did, the dragon's tail was messed around with a lot at this point. I had it curling one way, then the other way. I made it really long. I made it really short. I had it end with spikes. I had it end with the spade.

As a final touch, I then add the more random details that don't need as much work, like the stars or the snowflakes, which are fairly easy to just design on the spot. I move those around as well, until I'm happy with them.

Then I start knitting.

The design does often evolve as I'm knitting. For instance, after seeing how the tension worked on the mouse in my most recent blanket, I realised that the planet was going to be stretched thin the way I had initially designed it, so I tweaked it to be fatter so it would appear more round in the finished product. Similarly I added some more leaves to the tree and moved the top branch down a bit for better framing.

That got kind of long, but I hope it helps.

[knaveofmogadore]

Imagine you're a robot girl (stay with me) and you're made by a corporation right like you're made by a company for other people but like. You're made by a company. At any moment that company could decide that your line isn't profitable enough and they could cut software updates and support as soon as tomorrow. In the blink of an eye the very things keeping you alive stop coming and you've become terminally ill overnight, your only chance of salvation being the thin hope that in the future a niche group of data hoarders or software engineers become obsessed with getting you to work again. You're an object with sentience and a brain and wants and needs and at any moment the Google news feed of the crusty computer nerd you live with could spit an alert across your eyes telling you that you have months to live.

What even happens when the time runs out? Does life continue as normal, but you're sick more and more often? Do the viruses take more and more processing power to fight off as your security protocols fall out of date? Does the world become muted and distant as your compatibility fails? Do you one day just lose your Internet connection forever, a loss so profound that you can't explain it to your human companions? It's worse than a limb, but not quite like losing your mind.

Do you lose function bit by bit, or are you able to scrape by on second hand parts? Bit by bit replacing the pieces of you that fail, all the while living a muted, disorienting existence without the ability to right yourself? Are you more or less of a person now that you've lost touch with the network? Lost your connection to the metaphysical, to you, the divine? Are you eventually bricked after falling behind one too many software patches? Do you fry after trying to take on an update you're not able to even contain, a piece of software so complex and unfathomable that it burns you to a crisp from the inside out

[insert-game]

in a lot of ways i feel like i should have gotten a different degree because i feel as an adult my interests are much more creatively driven. but the culture insists that you decide your fate at age 17-19 and then have to stick with it for the rest of your life

[deathlywounded]

Duuuuude, I worked my arse off to gain my sweet epilogue with teacher Gale Dekarios and there is a damn bug now that doesn’t allow you to convince him of not becoming a megalomaniac ass, even after the 30 check before kicking the netherbrain.

LARIAN FIX IT ILL SERIOUSLY CRY.

[leveragehunters]

An alternative to google docs

To paraphrase a recent post: google docs is pants as a writing tool.

I'm suggesting MS Word as an alternative. Yeah, I know, it's not perfect, but it is (IMO), better than google docs.

But I'm not just suggesting Word when I suggest Word. I'm suggesting a free Microsoft account, which gives you Word and OneDrive.

It only takes a minute or two and a free account gets you:

Word in the browser

A OneDrive with 5gb of storage - now, 5gb might not be much holistically but in terms of text based documents, it's decent. My entire 'Fic' folder is 2.11gb. That's everything I've ever written and all their drafts, wips and their multiple drafts, betaed fics, ideas, writing refs and guidance, archived drafts/fics, AND the 500+ fics I've downloaded as epubs from AO3).

Excel, Outlook, Teams, OneNote - basically the whole Microsoft365 suite - in the browser

I use Word exclusively, both for fic and for work (where I write extensively), and the online version does everything I need. It autosaves, has version control/reversion, and sharing (if that's what you're into), and you can seamlessly copy and paste from Word into AO3's rich text editor - no formatting adjustments required.

Anyway, it's something to think about. If you want to give it a try, the simplest way is to create a new OneDrive account, which will also give you everything else.

Go here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/microsoft-365/onedrive/online-cloud-storage (clickable link)

Click 'Create a free account'.

Click 'get a new email address' and follow the prompts (recommended but not required) or use an existing email address. If you create a new email address, don't actually use it for email. It's just the umbrella the account sits under.

That's it; you're done.

[itmeblog]

IT HAS TAKEN ME FUCKING DAYS OKAY? D.A.Y.S. Multiple. Pulling my hair out fucking days.

AND I HAVE FINALLY

FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!

FIGURED OUT HOW TO GET MY REAPER PLUGINS TO WORK ON LINUX

Please for the love of god clap.