[SML] RE. Production calendar question

[Jon Lagerquist]

I still use Calendar Creator running under DOSbox-X for some tasks. It 
lacks the connectivity of the online options but is still a solid 
application. I found the windows version less usable.

The amount of detail needed in a production calendar varies. Days or 
half days is as fine as I find a need for. There are too many 
uncontrolled variables to get buried under.

I use Pimlical (http://www.pimlicosoftware.com/) for my personal 
calendar but I do not see it as production calendar. It does have lots 
of features but is for the power user folks.

You could go all out and run MS Project or one of the clones, but most 
folks do not need the dynamic adjustment that a true Gantt chart does. 
After spending a digging into it I find it is more than most need and 
requires significant ongoing maintenance to benefit from it's features.

Jon

On 8/30/2022 7:16 AM, Tom Grabowski via Stagecraft wrote:
> 
> I also used Calendar Creator until it aged out on my computer.  I looked 
> long and hard for a calendaring program that was not month based but 
> week based as was CC.  Also, as at some time most of the production 
> calendars need to be printed and posted, using the monthly calendars 
> with repeated weeks was a problem.  I found PrintableCal  ( 
> https://www.printablecal.com <https://www.printablecal.com> ) which uses 
> excel to create a weekly calendar that allows me to put a 15 week 
> semester on 2 sheets. It allows control over how the calendar looks (I 
> like to start the week on Monday).  You have all the excel formatting 
> options and I share it on Onedrive as that is the platform that the 
> college uses.  It can import data from various calendar programs, but I 
> just use it to create the template that I will fill in with events and 
> information as needed as an excel spreadsheet.  I also work with week 
> numbers as it makes planning from year to year much easier.
> 
> It has various price points but the free version works for me.  It is 
> only PC based but the excel sheet it creates is usable on any platform.
> 
> Sample attached (if it make it to the list)
> 
> 
> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2022 21:14:45 +0000
> From: Bill Potter <bpotter at sps.edu <mailto:bpotter at sps.edu>>
> To: stagecraft Keith Newman via <stagecraft at theatrical.net 
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> Howdy ?Listers,
> 
> Either our new Head of Theater, (who insists that we spell theater with 
> an ?ER? EVERYWHERE!!!), or our new Head of Arts or even possibly our 
> continuing Dance teachers REEEEEAALY want me to start doing a production 
> calendar of some sort this year. (Not completely sure who, not that it 
> matters?) I?ve always known what I?ll be working on for the next week or 
> so but never planned out in detail weeks in advance. I?m hoping they 
> might be satisfied with something that shows ?tape ground plan in 
> rehearsal space?, ?load in platforming? and ?hang lights?, "focus 
> lights?. That kind of thing. I doubt anyone will bother to look at it 
> once it?s created but if it gives them some peace of mind, I?ll be happy 
> with that.
> 
> Anyway, I?ve never done a published calendar since I?m a "Tech 
> Department of Everything except costumes". Anyone have any thoughts or 
> suggestions on a nice clean way to come up with something that I can 
> prep, without spending in inordinate amount of time or getting a 
> graduate degree in Gantt charts?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bill Potter
> Arts Technical Director
> St. Paul?s School
> Concord NH
> 
> 
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> Stay safe
> __
> Tom Grabowski
> 
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