Most spent on software

[Digit]

82302. I bet for most people with Windows machines or Macs, it was the OS, which was bought at the same time as the computer, and wasn't free.

[Shrinky Dink]

I had to buy Microsoft Office because my computer only came with a 30-day trial. I got mine from the university bookstore, so there was a decent discount, but I still think I spent about $70 on it.

[Portia]

Does anyone here have Creative Cloud?

[Violet]

I was going to say, none of the writers are designers or in a creative field. $200 for CS5.

[Owlet]

I have Photoshop CS6 (I think?) but I actually won it for volunteering at a thing so it didn't fit the question.

[Genuine Article]

I spent something like $150 for Final Draft for screenwriting. Which is the student price. Normally it's probably a hundred dollars more than that.

[Marduk]

Yeah, Digit, that's true for me. Of course, since I built my desktop, I actually had to shell out specifically for the OS, it wasn't part of the cost of the computer. Amazon informs me that it was $99.99.

[Tally M.]

I forgot that I bought Sibelius First. That was probably about 100 dollars, though I think my parents bought it for me.

[Amity]

$395 to buy a license for Stata. Totally worth it.

[Katya]

$200 for CS5.

Ditto for me (although it was probably CS2 or CS3).

[bobtheenchantedone]

I have Creative Cloud! I paid about $21/month for the first year and now pay about $32/month; so far I've paid about $450. WORTH IT. I use Lightroom daily and Photoshop at least weekly. Premiere, InDesign, and Illustrator are more rarely used but invaluable for certain projects.

[Digit]

I once got a book for Christmas about the 3D modeling software Maya and the book came with a CD with a 30-day trial of the software. I think I did the first project of a solar system. I felt some sticker shock when I looked up the price of that. I've done a bit with the totally free product Blender since.

[Katya]

I once cataloged a piece of software that cost around $4,000. That was a little stressful.

[Digit]

What does cataloging mean in this case? Adding it to your library's system for the library's use? So people can borrow it? What was the fear? That someone would accuse you of making a copy for yourself?

[Katya]

What does cataloging mean in this case?

Creating a new record for this particular edition, adding the record to the library catalog, physically processing it with the appropriate labels and barcodes and hand carrying it downstairs to the circulation department.

Adding it to your library's system for the library's use? So people can borrow it?

We ordered it every year to support the research of a particular professor on campus so he, at least, could check it out. (And I suppose others could have as well, if they'd been interested in it.)

What was the fear? That someone would accuse you of making a copy for yourself?

No, I just didn't work in a particularly secure area and I was afraid of losing something that cost more than I made in a month. (I wouldn't have been particularly interested in the software for my own use, since it was some sort of very specialized software about crystallography.)

[Portia]

What does cataloging mean in this case?

Creating a new record for this particular edition, adding the record to the library catalog, physically processing it with the appropriate labels and barcodes and hand carrying it downstairs to the circulation department.

Adding it to your library's system for the library's use? So people can borrow it?

We ordered it every year to support the research of a particular professor on campus so he, at least, could check it out. (And I suppose others could have as well, if they'd been interested in it.)

What was the fear? That someone would accuse you of making a copy for yourself?

No, I just didn't work in a particularly secure area and I was afraid of losing something that cost more than I made in a month. (I wouldn't have been particularly interested in the software for my own use, since it was some sort of very specialized software about crystallography.)

I'm working on documenting a new cloud-based tool for Catalogers.

It is probably one of the more complex things I've ever dealt with, and I worked in healthcare.

[Digit]

healthcare

I once read an interesting article about how each hospital has a master list of the base highly inflated price for each good and service they offer, called the Chargemaster, which isn't the price people pay, but serves as the starting point for negotiations with patients and insurance companies.

[Katya]

I'm working on documenting a new cloud-based tool for Catalogers.

What's the tool?

[Portia]

I'm working on documenting a new cloud-based tool for Catalogers.

What's the tool?

Well I'm sure you know who provides your current employer's ILS (being vague on purpose). We're developing everything in the cloud: and I'm a flibbertigibbet because I actually work primarily for Acquisitions, not Cat.