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Plus using Trello to coordinate your fun free time, view all your cards in Trello, and the real custom fields Power-Up will enter the chat.

Happy Thursday! I’ll be heading to Austin, TX, next week for a conference! I don’t have much unscheduled time, but if you’re in the area and wanna meet up, let me know!

Now, let’s dive into Trello!

🌮 My first non-English taco question (about collaborator changes)
🗞️ Build automations with me in my latest workshop
🛎️ View all your cards in Trello at this link
💡 Fun Files in Trello
💪 Customized custom fields in Trello
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🌮 Dear Taco

This is a section where readers can submit their Trello questions, and each week I’ll pick one and answer it! It’s like “Dear Abby” but make it trello. Have a question you want to submit? Share it here.

Bagaimana caranya mengupdate trello yang terbaru agar tidak limit 

Translation: How to update Trello to the latest so it doesn't limit

~ Tsabita Aulia Rahma 

Hey Tsabita!

I think this question is asking about upgrading Trello to be used without limits on boards or collaborators. If that’s the case, you’ll want to open the sidebar on the LEFT from any board (you can do this by pressing [ on your keyboard).

And choose the Workspace settings option, then Upgrade workspace.

Trello is billed by workspace, I explain a bit more about that in this video:

From that page, you’ll see the cost and can upgrade! If you only want to upgrade yourself, you’ll need to remove members from the workspace. You can still add people to boards, even if they’re not part of your workspace! And you won’t have to pay for them as long as you only add them to ONE board. (If you’re going to add people to multiple boards, then you might as well leave them as Workspace Members because you’ll need to pay for them anyways.)

Hope this helps! And if you need more help deciphering the limits in Trello, check out this other video I made about the collaborator changes in Trello and what to do about them.

Want to submit your question? Maybe it’ll be featured next week!

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🗞 New(s) and Links

Not related to Trello (except that I wouldn’t be living the camping life without my Trello boards), but wanted to share where I’ve been staying for the last month! I just left it earlier this week and I miss it already 😭

If you’re looking for some more Trello videos, I had my second Atlassian Live Learning event this week all about Trello Automation. If you missed it, you can watch the recording here:

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🛎️ Trello Tip of the Week

Had a subscriber ask about this last week, and I figured the rest of you all might find it useful too!

If you want to see all the cards you’re assigned to on Trello, go to this link: https://trello.com/u/me/cards. (You don’t need to change anything, that link goes directly to YOUR cards!)

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💡 Use Case Idea

I was reading in the NYTimes recently about how to get the most out of summer, and they recommended creating a “Fun File”, which essentially a list of activities and things you can do when you have some downtime.

It really resonated with me because I want to do a lot of things, but I never remember them when I’m actually sitting around with some free time, so I end up just putting on the tv and playing on my phone.

So of course I’m creating a Trello board to store ideas and I want to try to make sure I pick at least one a week! I’m creating lists based on the type activity, and I’m adding cards in there!

If you, too, want to make the most of the next couple months before they breeze by, you should try it out! And it doesn’t just have to be for summer— they could be year-round activities.

PS - I’m filling up cards on my board, and if you want to see the cards and copy as inspo for your own board, my premium subscribers get access to this board. So if you want some ideas, and also some other awesome Trello content, now might be a good chance to upgrade:

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💪 Featured Power-Up

I’ve mentioned them before, but since I made a video about getting started with them over the weekend, I wanted to give another shout out! Amazing Fields is the perfect custom fields Power-Up.

You might ask, I already have premium Trello so I get custom fields. Why do I need another Power-Up for it?

Because, well, as much as I do love custom fields in Trello, they’re not really custom. There’s only so much you can do, and pretty much nothing you can style. They’re super powerful and great for automation, but if you’ve ever wished you could do just a bit more, then you’d love Amazing Fields.

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