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29 Oct : PDX User Group!
Team, Hope all is well! Just thought I'd say hello (still a fairly recent join to the Quick Base family) - friendly reminder of next week's PDX User Group! Even in the time span that I've been a part of QB, it's quite apparent that our Portland Quick Base community is continuing to grow (and rapidly); always a great opportunity to network & collaborate on platform builds/developments! Hope to see you there! ------------------------------ Kory Hoppes ------------------------------
Thanks for coming out! PDX User Group
Great discussion today everybody - thank you! As we talked about, it's often hard to knowwhento break an app into more than one or many apps. Harrison wrote a great post about this: https://community.quickbase.com/browse/blogs/blogviewer?BlogKey=4d3963dc-2d01-490a-b8b7-b94a4a2bb491&CommunityKey=d860b0f8-6a48-487b-b346-44c47a19a804&tab=blogviewer Thank you @Lee Gilmorefor starting off thisconversation and lending us your expertise! ------------------------------ Jacob MacIntyre Manager Quick Base Portland OR ------------------------------Monthly Meetup July 26th 3PM @HMC
We have a recurring Meetup planned for the last Wednesday monthly at 3-5PM (Pacific Time). Agenda: Say Hello Presentation(s) Q & A General Discussion and plans for next meeting The location is Harder Mechanical Contractors. There are several parking lots surrounding the building where you can park. Please RSVP so we know to let you in the building. See you all soon! Here is a Google Maps link. 2148 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland, OR 97212 ------------------------------ Jim Harrison transparency = knowledge + understanding : The Scrum Dudes ------------------------------Announcement: Portland Meetup End of July beginning of August
We are going to meetup sometime and somewhere in the range of 7/28-8/4. Wednesdays are a requested day. We are looking for a venue. The venue needs to have a (large enough to fit whoever shows up) quiet room with a computer monitor for presentations. Since we are not certain of the actual commitment/involvement, this is as close to details as we can provide at this time. Please let me know your interest and I will start to work out the details. ------------------------------ Jim Harrison transparency = knowledge + understanding : The Scrum Dudes ------------------------------November 2023 Qrew Meetup Notes
Attendees: Ripley, ElenaL, JenC, JacobM, LeeG, PatW, JimH The Portland Qrew met at Harder Mechanical Contractors Headquarters Wednesday at 3PM. Jacob made an informal presentation on his experiences over the past several months with understanding AI and its value. The presentation began with a survey to the group to gather our level of knowledge and interest in the topic. We stopped throughout the presentation to discuss philosophy of AI, ethics and business concerns. The topics covered by Jacob during the presentation include, different versions or products he has researched, what AI can do and some limitations, security concerns, privacy concerns, the AI overlord and who owns your instance. Finally we looked at how to build a process using actions & pipelines ( which are the same words but different from QuickBase terms and how confusing is that?). The presentation was excellent and stirred ongoing conversation as the evening progressed. After the presentation we headed over to The Pocket Pub for more spirited conversation of AI learning, human learning, Open Source, the future of work and a recommended reading list. It is inspiring to sit and discuss these topics with this group of amazing people. Each month I am amazed at the thought and open minded conversation that takes place. The November Qrew meetup left me with many thoughts that will rumble around in my head over the next month or more. I'm interested to see if researching AI takes any of our group in a different direction or adds another course of action. The biggest takeaway for me at this point is to identify the benefits of leveraging AI to solve most of a problem. I am still going to have to understand the solution or how the solution works or doesn't work, so I can get it to work. I think the point is to get mostly there by leveraging the library of the Internet. At this point, to me what building useful AI means is like an automated Search engine, clean data sets could become a potential commodity. Instead of writing code to make a thing, we'll build the datasets and processes around those datasets that should provide a solution with less researching. Once again a great way to spend the evening with the Portland Qrew. Moving forward, the December Meetup is a collaborative event, so bring your problems and we'll look for solutions together. After hours Book Qlub Patricia wants to Cuddle - Elena 1066 and all That - Jim Sapiens (and sequel Homo Deus) - Jacob Tribe - Elena How to Survive a Robot Uprising: Tips on Defending Yourself Against the Coming Rebellion - Daniel H. Wilson ------------------------------ Jim Harrison transparency = knowledge + understanding : The Scrum Dudes ------------------------------February 2024 Crew Meetup Notes: Gantt Plug-In
Attendees: Esther LaVielle, Jen Clarke, Lee Gilmore, Jim Harrison, Pierce Wagner, Pat Wenger, Loren Sallee Lee Gilmore presented on the Gantt Plug-In for Quickbase. The Plug-In is available in the Exchange. Once installed and setup properly, the Plug-In is accessed via a button from the App where the mapped records are maintained. Users open the plug-in, make changes to the schedule and then close the plug-in at which point the changes are saved back to the originating App. While a User has the plug-in loaded, it becomes locked for other Users to avoid data collisions. Lee presented on the following topics: Plug-In Display is not alterable. The plug-in is a separate code page built by MCF and is no longer supported. To customize reporting, use the Gantt plug-in to set schedules, then use the Gantt Report type in Quickbase to output the desired information. Critical Path setup requires understanding of scheduling.As Tasks are added, connect the Tasks together to determine Critical Path, drag tasks up and down to set sequence Using Lag. Adding Lag in the Task visually displays as blank space. Alternately incorporate Lag into the Task. The result visually appears as a filled bar across the schedule. Can use positive Lag from Start to Start or Negative Lag. Additional structure in the App would need to be designed and built around the Plug-In to be useful. Can I Import/export tasks? You enter data via Quickbase App into the mapped Gantt tables. When the Plug-In is loaded the Gantt is updated with the imported data Rudimentary Scheduling tool for defining ones own schedule but not for more complex scheduling, ie where the schedule is delegated by the Client/Customer/Owner. Plug-In could be used as a log of what happened during a project. Instead of using it to plan the project, one can record changes over time and then load the plug-in to display a chart. Printing from the Plug-In is not an option Thanks to Lee for an excellent presentation. If you are interested in learning more about the Gantt Plug-In Lee is available for events and shows upon request. He is also a very nice human.There is also a video Lee made available to share upon request. If interested, email Jim Harrison and I'll send you a copy. ------------------------------ Jim Harrison transparency = knowledge + understanding : The Scrum Dudes ------------------------------User Voice login issues?
Does anybody else have trouble getting into the user voice portal (for Pipelines, specifically)? It just always tells me there's something wrong with my sign in information. Does anybody know how to fix it? Thanks in advance! #UserVoice #Pipelines ------------------------------ Elena Larrabee ------------------------------July 27 2023 Meeting Notes
(changed from last to fourth Wednesday) We had a good meeting yesterday. Thanks to Pierce, Jacob, Jen, Elena, Esther, Lee, Eric, Anne, Curtis and Diego the conversation was intelligent and lively. Meetings will be held on the fourth Wednesday monthly. I am looking forward to August 23rd and what we need to do to prepare. I will discuss a budget with Ben and Lee and see what I can make happen for snacks. I also want to come up with something to do. Would anyone else like to present a recent project or shall we work on Elena's Pipelines batching problem? Jen are there any projects we can work on to help you? Bring your laptops and plug in to the monitor and we can guide you through building a process. I will post a official Meeting reminder a couple weeks before the event. See you in a month, ------------------------------ Jim Harrison transparency = knowledge + understanding : The Scrum Dudes ------------------------------Portland Meetup
I'm meeting with Ben Simon next week and then planning to re-start the monthly meetup. Let me know if you are interested in being part of the planning (time & place). ------------------------------ Jim Harrison transparency = knowledge + understanding : The Scrum Dudes ------------------------------
