Topic: Feature Requests / basic calendar - separate from milestone

I agree with requesting a calendar for Todos or general activity for Basecamp. Right now I use Daylite, ical, and google calendar. I use spanning sync so they all sync – any change anywhere is reflected everywhere. That’s the best.

Topic: How are you using Basecamp? / switching from Daylite

Hello,

I’m considering abandoning Daylite entirely for 37 Signals products. I signed up for a Plus account in Basecamp yesterday and will sign up for Highrise if they integrate well.

Can anyone look at my situation and advise the best way to think of 37signals products?

I’m a recording & mixing engineer and so I make record albums for bands. Each band has about 3-6 members. Most members are in several different bands. Bands make records, and solo artists make records. In making a record I also assign some work to freelancers: string arrangers, session musicians, assistants, etc.

In Daylite a person (or freelancer) is a Contact and a band is an Organization and an album is a Project. I’m able to link any number of contacts to any number of different bands and give them a unique roles in each band (singer, guitarist…)

How does this translate to 37signals way of working? How would You set up my recording business in Basecamp to work well for the long term? Do I need Highrise?

Lastly, in general I use calendars on computers. I’m used to making a task, goal, todo list or whatever and putting it in Google Calendar which then syncs everywhere. It seems Basecamp and its programmers don’t use calendars? How do you guys schedule a complicated day with all these todos and project goals? Computer calendar or paper & pencil?

thanks,
Bill Moriarty