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12h ago
inDAE think everyone started pretending John Lennon was a saint the day he died, when my uncle in Liverpool said people burned his records in 1970?
Wait, people in Liverpool really burned his records back in 1970?
1mo ago
inI stopped charging customers for data recovery, billing for time instead
My last flat-rate job took 6 hours, so now I just bill by the coffee pot.
1mo ago
inA client's offhand remark about my reports changed my whole weekly routine
The real lesson here isn't about adding a notes column, it's that you stopped assuming your audience thinks like you. Most people who make reports get stuck on what the data says, not what the person reading it actually needs to decide. That manager basically told you your output was lazy in a polite way. Now you're giving context, which means you're doing the thinking for them. That's the difference between a data dump and actual communication, and it's rare.
1mo ago
inWent to a board game cafe in Pittsburgh, now I pack my bag differently
That color coding would drive me crazy after about a week. I sort my games by weight, light stuff on the top shelf and heavy strategy games on the bottom, because that's how I actually decide what to play on a given night. Player count changes all the time depending on who shows up, but the weight of a game stays the same, so it's a much steadier system. Plus those labels on the outside of the box just look messy, I keep a simple list on my phone instead and check it when I'm packing for a meetup. The owner at that cafe can do whatever works for his store, but for a home collection it feels like you're solving a problem that doesn't really exist. I'd rather spend that hour playing a round of something than sticking colored dots on boxes.