tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post4682927991390806259..comments2024-03-28T08:28:46.548-04:00Comments on Philofaxy: Free For All Friday No. 282Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550291806241735598noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-41493713078253058942014-04-22T08:58:07.419-04:002014-04-22T08:58:07.419-04:00OK, well an update for everyone on the address boo...OK, well an update for everyone on the address book side of the data extraction from Google...<br /><br />As mentioned earlier, Google make the contacts listing available as a CSV download. This is a comma delimited spreadsheet format, with more columns than than a mad librarian could come up with, so importing it into the spreadsheet of your choice, and then merging / deleting / combining the Rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17773910041947142728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-6346169720872765352014-04-13T17:20:26.391-04:002014-04-13T17:20:26.391-04:00Hi Roger. Thanks for your tip. I think I have seen...Hi Roger. Thanks for your tip. I think I have seen some people clip the pen inside the binder rings as you said. I will try that method. So far I am clipping both pens on the pen loop in my compact Luxe and it works well. When I close my binder the pens do not touch the dividers because the loop is on the outside. As you said it depends on how stuffed your planner is though. Behttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10482495677635690573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-25566850302412019222014-04-13T12:50:56.274-04:002014-04-13T12:50:56.274-04:00David -
Good point. Email on the way shortly :-)
...David -<br /><br />Good point. Email on the way shortly :-)<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />RogerRogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17773910041947142728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-20593821544119212002014-04-13T12:47:46.879-04:002014-04-13T12:47:46.879-04:00So as not to clutter the list with personal corres...So as not to clutter the list with personal correspondence, drop me a line at davidpopely (at) googlemail (dot) come and we'll sort something out for Wednesday/Thursday. Whereabouts in S London are you, and which garage? I used to live in Lewisham, Catford garage was just down the road.....Might be able to meet you closer to your base.....<br /><br />USP = Unique Selling Proposition/Point!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-17069687803437510322014-04-13T12:39:03.181-04:002014-04-13T12:39:03.181-04:00David -
Having "done the weeding", I kn...David -<br /><br />Having "done the weeding", I know exactly what you mean there!<br /><br />Regards your train trip, I found a couple of years back that FGW at least tend to put power points in the carriages for customers use; they're either located at or under the tables, or between the seats on the rear central chair leg of seat pairs. They can be a right so-and-so to get to for Rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17773910041947142728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-40509472263954494962014-04-13T12:17:14.030-04:002014-04-13T12:17:14.030-04:00Hi Roger
I'd always assumed it would be easie...Hi Roger<br /><br />I'd always assumed it would be easier to manipulate the CSV file in either Excel or OO Write - they are designed for that purpose. Doing such an exercise, even though possibly time-consuming, would enable me to 'weed' my address book (something which is very much overdue), and then get a copy into my Filofax format (size) of choice, which at the moment is Personal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-61410284591773569142014-04-13T11:59:57.281-04:002014-04-13T11:59:57.281-04:00Hiya David,
Part two...
So, anyhow, after a LOT ...Hiya David,<br /><br />Part two...<br /><br />So, anyhow, after a LOT of paring down, I've deleted well over half of the records as either being out of date, redundant duplicates, or people/businesses/organisations that I only ever contacted once, and have thus got it to a slightly more manageable number of fields, ready to be properly formatted down to a page per record.<br /><br />All I Rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17773910041947142728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-11715624307980465782014-04-13T11:58:45.509-04:002014-04-13T11:58:45.509-04:00Hiya David -
LONG reply in two parts follows...
...Hiya David -<br /><br />LONG reply in two parts follows...<br /><br />Glad you had a good visit there, in both cases :-)<br /><br />OK, on mammoth tasks first... yep, you guessed it, I'm on about Google CSV files; Big surprise, it turns out there's a wrinkle. Nay, a whole (censored) raft of wrinkles...<br /><br />I did some more work on it, and found after my eyes threatened to fall out, Rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17773910041947142728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-49335555487394173042014-04-13T11:10:09.695-04:002014-04-13T11:10:09.695-04:00Hi Roger
Have just deposited Lovely Daughter back...Hi Roger<br /><br />Have just deposited Lovely Daughter back at Crewkerne station for onward transmission to London, so am now re-entering the real world!<br /><br />Thanks so much for the reply - very interesting stuff. Do your garage use a shared Google calendar for shifts etc? Otherwise, why not just enter them straight into a paper system? indeed, it wouldn't take that long to do so (in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-35748993323800944702014-04-13T10:59:31.611-04:002014-04-13T10:59:31.611-04:00Nice tip :-) Also, if the binder isn't too hea...Nice tip :-) Also, if the binder isn't too heavily loaded (always a bit of a problem here!), I've found in the past - and currently on my duplex binder, that carrying one pen in the pen loop, and the other, if it's got a big enough clip and ring set, inside the rings, clipped to the top ring itself, a handy way of carrying two pens/pencils as well. Hope this helps :-)Rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17773910041947142728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-70829379413664182282014-04-12T02:04:03.595-04:002014-04-12T02:04:03.595-04:00I wanted to mention a simple way to carry two pens...I wanted to mention a simple way to carry two pens in a planner with one pen loop. First I bought a large adhesive pen loop that I attached to a pocket folder. The pen loop with the pen in it was too heavy and did not stay in place on the folder well. Then I tried to clip a pen to a binder clip after seeing someone do this. My pens did not stay on the binder clip securely. So I clipped both pens Behttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10482495677635690573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-91743272286866159262014-04-12T01:18:11.269-04:002014-04-12T01:18:11.269-04:00Also, anyone know what's happened to DIYPlanne...Also, anyone know what's happened to DIYPlanner.com? Seems completely unresponsive, as if there's a server problem - been like this for maybe a week?Rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17773910041947142728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-57134158111062997202014-04-12T01:10:08.341-04:002014-04-12T01:10:08.341-04:00Hiya, Butanben :-)
I considered those, but there&...Hiya, Butanben :-)<br /><br />I considered those, but there's so little space in each box of a fold-out planner sheet that it would be like trying to fit a quart into a pint pot in so many respects; they're good for simple bars across swaths of dates to denote such things as leave, rest days, and similar, but not so much for daily events as the shift number, time on/off, paid hours, and Rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17773910041947142728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-18706313539518700942014-04-11T18:33:51.241-04:002014-04-11T18:33:51.241-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Debbihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00187355711448568455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-1520527236679737852014-04-11T15:13:15.108-04:002014-04-11T15:13:15.108-04:00Check out Adspot at the top of the page. People do...Check out Adspot at the top of the page. People do both selling and swapping there.SFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06601374611965340434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-86788826615312301792014-04-11T13:36:54.015-04:002014-04-11T13:36:54.015-04:00Hi everyone. Recently returned to a personal size ...Hi everyone. Recently returned to a personal size Filofax, having had my diary on a google calendar on my phone for a while. I'm fed up of taking phone calls asking if I can do a date, only to have to put the caller on loudspeaker (not always ideal in a loud environment) or constantly switch from looking at the screen to talking with it at my ear!<br /><br />Anyway, since I'm now using myRalph Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13600139440207657137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-74850956377058331862014-04-11T11:28:48.721-04:002014-04-11T11:28:48.721-04:00Have you thought about buying an annual fold out p...Have you thought about buying an annual fold out page to record your shifts, holidays, sick leave etc?? I find mine very handy and use highlighters for holidays and pen in other appointments.. Philofaxy also do a version, easily printable if your shifts change!!! Sorry if this is not quite what you need, just a thought. xxxx Butanbenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06467585464165082007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-81918442031472654472014-04-11T08:23:58.321-04:002014-04-11T08:23:58.321-04:00I also have the dark London Tan binder, and love i...I also have the dark London Tan binder, and love it! Just now it's been crowded out by a Smythson binder that I picked up in their Christmas Sale.Gerardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12161724366696139219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-43310584896521987722014-04-11T08:19:54.646-04:002014-04-11T08:19:54.646-04:00As much as I like the clipbook in principle how ev...As much as I like the clipbook in principle how ever on the part that this will be an on the go planner I think the domino would be preferable in this scenario... and the price that Amanda suggests is correct... however if it's just going to sit on a desk and never leave then go clipbook... but that's just me...<br />Deborah Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640074968145341995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-57198491248658452872014-04-11T08:00:14.969-04:002014-04-11T08:00:14.969-04:00Hiya David -
OK, longish reply, apologies in adva...Hiya David -<br /><br />OK, longish reply, apologies in advance...<br /><br />Yes, sorry, personal duplex binder is the way I went; I liked the idea of a twin-ring personal sized binder, so got a TAM Personal Exercise Organiser (from Cadet Direct online) - it's similar to the one that was reviewed on here from KitMonster, but has stiffened covers, and a velcro securing strip on the front Rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17773910041947142728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-49835649826462339322014-04-11T07:22:56.142-04:002014-04-11T07:22:56.142-04:00Hi Roger
Firstly, congrats on returning to the pa...Hi Roger<br /><br />Firstly, congrats on returning to the paper-based 'fold'! I'm sure you've made the right decision - it's so much quicker than picking away at a gadget, not to mention that a paper system won't run out of battery or mysteriously 'eat' your data.<br /><br />You don't say whether you're using A5 or Personal size, but assuming the latter, doAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-84301334303826398222014-04-11T07:18:11.777-04:002014-04-11T07:18:11.777-04:00Philofaxy just 'ate' my very long repl to ...Philofaxy just 'ate' my very long repl to this, so this is a short 'test'. Please ignore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-39041453337850707972014-04-11T07:05:07.998-04:002014-04-11T07:05:07.998-04:00Hi :-) I'm just getting back into the habit of...Hi :-) I'm just getting back into the habit of carrying and maintaining a manual personal organiser again (it's often much more quick to use the old school methods than my almost-all-singing-and-dancing smart phone ;-)); however, I appear to have hit a stumbling block. While I can automate, to a certain extent, the extraction and printing of my address book from Google to paper (a Rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17773910041947142728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-18130212583076419642014-04-11T06:53:19.104-04:002014-04-11T06:53:19.104-04:00My replies keep cutting off, anyway, I have the da...My replies keep cutting off, anyway, I have the dark London colour. It is a rich tan and I love it. trinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03325410000145657117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-70681684282406896152014-04-11T06:49:13.325-04:002014-04-11T06:49:13.325-04:00They have a range of colour. Green, reds, blue and...They have a range of colour. Green, reds, blue and tans (light and dark) The leather is divine. I have gillios as well, but I keep going back to the Glenroyal. trinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03325410000145657117noreply@blogger.com