State Of The Art Tech Circa December 2004

December 9, 2019 12:40 PM

So there are plenty of apps that let you track your Christmas shopping list. I don't like any of them - I prefer to use a web-based system. Which should I use?

I'm looking for a simple web-based database that will let me at a minimum do the following:

* Let me enter who I have to shop for
* Let me track what I'm getting for them
* Let me track whether I've bought, wrapped, and given or sent the gift
* Retain this information over time

Other stuff is fine, that's the minimum of what i want. Seeking something web-based since I have older smartphone/ipad tech, and since I sometimes can log on from work and track things there. Googledocs is not an option since that gets blocked by some businesses.

There's got to be something like that out there still, yeah? I've searched and found only apps or "here is the wish list of what I want" kinds of things.

posted by EmpressCallipygos to Computers & Internet (4 answers total)

You could use Notion to create a database with these parameters. Up to 1000 blocks of information, it would be free.
posted by past unusual at 2:10 PM on December 9, 2019

You could try using Trello; make a board, "Christmas 2019", each card says who it's for, when you decided what to buy put that in the card too somewhere, make the lanes of the Trello board into the status. It's web based and app based.
posted by foxfirefey at 4:59 PM on December 9, 2019

Best answer: I use Airtable databases to track my fabrics, patterns, and sewing queue. I *could* use it as an app on my phone, but I don't. I use it in a browser at work or at home. I'm still using the free version and it's got a lot of information in my tables.
posted by crush at 5:30 PM on December 9, 2019

Response by poster: Ooh, Airtable is pretty. I'm still struggling with the fields a bit, but I think this is what I'm looking for. Thanks!
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 1:00 PM on December 10, 2019