Released on 2019 Dec 08
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Who can do this: All users
PLUS 81 other bug fixes and/or performance enhancements.Did you know that besides being the staple food of over half the world's population, rice provides 20% of the world's dietary energy supply (ahead of wheat at 19% and corn at 5%)?
It's no wonder then that the Rice Krispies Elves are the oldest and longest-running cartoon cereal mascots in Kellogg's history. Constantly chowing down on one of the world's top sources of dietary energy has kept them snapping, crackling and popping for 80+ years now!
Released on 2019 Nov 26
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Who can do this: All users/All users with Tasks enabled
Who can do this: All users with Tasks enabled
Did you know that I actually found a way to make the name of this release fit in with the theme of this release cycle—which has never really be nailed down, but is pretty much "edible things that are also emojis"? (And since there isn't a quiche emoji, for our "Q" release we went with...Question? Yes, this is me, questioning the choice of Question as the fill-in edible emoji).
Now, it's one thing for me to find a way to justify including a fruit-named release (...or six) in a vegetable-themed release cycle, but how was I going to make a case for a punctuation entry on an edibles list? Well, I needn't have worried. Turns out there's such a thing as "question mark cakes" which happen to be very popular for baby gender reveal parties (which are also a thing). So there you go, problem solved—we can have our punctuation and eat it, too!
Released on 2019 Nov 07
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To organize your list of links, just click on the action menu (three dots) next to any link and select Arrange. Then click on any link and drag it to a new position on your list.
Who can do this: All users
The "Download guestlist" link can be found on Event notices under the RSVP stats.
Who can do this: Events Administrators
Did you know that the modern pizza originated in Naples in the 18th century? Since then, pizza has gone from a local cuisine served in the rustic, open-air markets of Italy to a world-wide food phenom, available everywhere from restaurants to shopping mall food courts, by delivery or store-bought. But these mass-produced versions are often cited for their unhealthy balance of ingredients and many (especially native Italians) tend to be unimpressed with these inauthentic takes on one of Italy's beloved cultural dishes.
In other words, it's probable that plenty of people, from priests to paparazzi, prefer the pure perfection of a piazza pizzeria over the pretend pizazz of a shopping plaza pizza place.
Released on 2019 Oct 27
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As before, just click on any article or similar item to open it in the new viewer. To close the viewer, either click the X in the top left corner or tap your ESC key.
For content creators, the Edit link on their published content can now be found in the upper right corner of the new viewer.
Who can do this: All users
Who can do this: Chart Administrators
Who can do this: All users
Did you know that oden has its own emoji? Or, let me back that up a bit more, do you even know what oden is? Because I sure didn't. I figured it was some type of food—since our current run of emoji-themed release names have all been consumables,—but at least I wasn't the only one in the dark.
One colleague in particular was a little dejected once he found out that the name of this release referred to a Japanese soup made with sliced (and sometimes skewered) chunks of meat, fish, eggs, and veggies, and wasn't meant as a shout-out to Thor's father, the almighty Norse god Odin. Who, come to think of it, was also notable for slicing and skewering (…his enemies).
Released on 2019 Oct 14
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Who can do this: Orgs with Tasks enabled (Library images: all users).
Did you know that there are SO many nuts out there? Botanical nuts refer to small, hard-shelled fruits like hazelnuts and chestnuts while culinary nuts also rope in the non-nut legume (peanut) and hard-walled kernels like pecans and almonds. And in modern language, "nuts" is used to describe everything from a fixture component to dejection or obsession to something preposterous or mentally unbalanced.
That’s a lotta nuts! But it does come in useful when you're in that oft-occurring situation where you need to quickly refer to an eccentric, crazy-acting person who obsesses over hard-shelled fruits and hard-walled kernels, and can just go with "That nutty nutter's nuts for nuts."
Released on 2019 Sep 29
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Use "Duplicate" to easily create follow-up tasks, assign a series of similar tasks, and more!
Who can do this: Orgs with Tasks enabled.
Did you know that business has been booming for Beyond Meat, the producer of plant-based meat substitutes? Although, I can't help but think that it could be doing even bigger business if it didn't have name that sounds like the title of a documentary you're never going to add to your Netflix queue (one that's "recommended because you watched Soylent Green").
But it’s never too late to rebrand to something a little “meatier”, right? In fact, I’ll even offer up some suggestions (free of charge)!
Released on 2019 Sep 15
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Previously, "For Sale" and "Wanted" were the only types of listings available, but now News Editors can click the "Manage Categories" gear icon in the top corner of Classifieds to add new categories for any type of listing, from "Shift Swap" to "Internal Job Posting" to whatever works best for their org.
When creating a listing, users will be able to pull up the new Category selection menu under Options.
Who can do this: Orgs with Classifieds enabled (News Editors can create and manage categories and all users can use them).
Did you know that the use of "lemon" as a negative connotation dates back hundreds of years? Lemons were used to describe things that were unwanted or had a disappointing result because, while useful in cooking, people found lemons on their own to be just sour lumps wrapped in a tough skin. Eventually this shorthand for something that looks nice but is fairly useless found the perfect fit in the used-car game, to the point where today if anything is referred to as a “lemon”, it's almost always vehicular in nature.
And how does this tie into the other famous lemon-negative, "when life gives you lemons, make lemonade"? It doesn't. That's just another way of saying "when life gives you something sour, make it into something sweet" not "when life gives you a junky car, melt it down and sell it for scrap".
Released on 2019 Aug 30
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Tasks is automatically included for customers on the Complete subscription plan (or as an add-on for Essentials customers).
System Administrators can manually disable Tasks in Administration settings > Platform > Enabled/Disabled features.
Who can do this: all users in orgs with Tasks enabled
It's now easier to manage your custom lists when using the mobile app, as List Selector now displays everyone you add in alphanumeric order.
Who can do this: all mobile app usersDid you know that people confuse "kiwi" all the time by thinking it's the name of a fruit? "Kiwi" is actually the name of a small, flightless bird native to New Zealand (and also: a nickname for a native New Zealander). The proper name for the kiwi that is a fruit however is...well, basically just that: kiwifruit.
My own kiwi-confusion came in another form altogether. When I was a little kid, my aunt made a dessert with kiwi in it and I refused to try it. Because at the time, the only kiwi I knew of was something my dad used - Kiwi Shoe Polish. And I was not about to dig into any Shoe Polish Pie, thank you very much.
Released on 2019 Aug 15
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Who can do this: all users in orgs with Discussions enabled
Previously, the Sign off feature for News Articles in mobile was only triggered when users left an article. It's now been added inline as well, appearing at the bottom of articles that require it.
Who can do this: all users (however, the feature can only be added to News articles by Reporters or Editors)
Did you know that Cracker Jack is widely considered to be the world's first junk food (based on the definition of junk food as "a commercial product high in sugar, salts, and fat with little or no nutritional value")? The caramel coated popcorn-and-peanuts treat was first packaged and sold in 1896 and is still going strong today!
Personally, I think all that stuff about junk food having no nutritional value is hogwash. I mean, look at CJ's sailor boy mascot—all he eats are Cracker Jacks and he's been shilling their product for more than a century now (and still doesn't look a day over 10)!
Released on 2019 Aug 05
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Who can do this: System Admins can create Shared Categories, and all users can create personal Categories. Check out more details here.
Did you know that it was National Ice Cream Day? It's the third Sunday in July, so this year it fell on the 21st, which also happens to be National Junk Food Day AND National Be Someone Day! Of course, I honored all three at once and celebrated National "Be Someone Who Eats Junk Food and Ice Cream" Day (making it no different than any other day of the year for me).
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