[chandler-users] a novice user already with a dilemma...

[Mimi Yin]

Hi Nicolas,

Thanks for writing in with your question. I'm sure you're not the  
only person who's had to face down this dilemma.

The only advice I can offer is to maybe think about how many events  
you think you're likely to have in the Common Calendar. If the answer  
is a few every month (3-5), it's probably not worth maintaining a  
whole separate calendar just for that.

On the other hand, have you tried sharing notes and tasks with your  
fiancee? That might make a Common Collection more worthwhile. I have  
a shared Home collection and while we only have about a dozen Home  
events per month, we have hundreds of shared notes and tasks. (e.g.  
Shopping lists, gift ideas...wedding planning?)

Hope that helps. Write back if you have more questions or just to  
give us an update on your usage.

Best,

Mimi

On Feb 15, 2008, at 8:33 AM, Nicolás Lévinton - Sentir Tecnología wrote:

> Hi all :-)
>
> I have just discovered Chandler and I am quite impressed in what I  
> have seen so far. It's a different but practical way of looking at  
> things ;-)
>
> I am planning on using it (my name is NiCo) in conjunction with my  
> fiancee (I call her iTCHY). iTCHY would have the Chandler Desktop  
> in her computer, I would have it in mine, and both would connect  
> with the Chandler Hub.
>
> I have been reading the getting started guide and playing around  
> with it and I have the first major dilemma. I need to decide on one  
> of these 2 options:
>
> a) Create 3 collections: "NiCo's calendar", "iTCHY's calendar" and  
> "Common calendar". The common calendar point would be to put there  
> the common home tasks, and events that we both will be attending to 
> (like having dinner with my fiancee's mother, hehehe). When  
> overlapping the 3 collections, each would be in a different colour  
> in the calendar.
>
> or
>
> b) Create 2 collections: "NiCo's calendar" and "iTCHY's calendar"  
> and just put common tasks and common events, in both collections.  
> When overlapping both collections, the common events that are in  
> both collections would show in the calendar with a small square of  
> the other colour in the bottom right of the lozenge.
>
> Maybe some experienced user can quickly suggest one of the 2  
> options and there is a reason why I should consider that. Remember  
> that I am a very novice user :-)
>
> I will be very thankful for any help :-)
> Cheers,
> NiCo
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