Whatever Works ...

Given all the new high-tech gadgets being thrown at us today, it's hard to choose which one or ones to go with. However, sometimes simplicity is the best solution. With that being said, a press release about a new landscape product passed on to me by a colleague caught my eye. No, it was not a new ultra-modern looking mower or a gps-guided edger for those precise cuts. The featured product in the release was .....(insert drum roll here) a white board. A white board? Yep.According to the release, the 31-Day Crew Schedule from Magnatag is a fused-printed magnetic whiteboard system that's available in 4 sizes to accommodate 4 to 16 crews for up to 4 months. It includes magnetic cardholders to show job locations and specifications. Magnet circles in 10 colors for special job detail codes. Magnetic month and date sets and write-on tools are included, too.

Pretty neat little organizational tool that doesn't have to re-invent the wheel.

I love digital doo-dads as much as the next guy. But, practicality can be cool, too. Despite all the modern conveniences of high-speed digital communication and cell-phone reminders, we still use a big white board here at the office, I have two white boards up around the house, and have a plethora of sticky notes in both locations. You can never be too organized.

Now if we can only figure out how to populate that big crew schedule white board with lots of landscape jobs. I wonder if that comes included?