Use A Digital Barn Board Instead Of Your Dry Erase White Board
Tyler Slove
June 16, 2023
There is something about that old dry-erase whiteboard hanging in the aisle that people love. It’s the meeting spot, the one place everyone can stay organized, make decisions, create the day’s to-do list, and assign work. It’s also super gratifying to erase those tasks to mark them done. But in the computer age, a lot of us are looking to digitize our work and barn operations and are looking to upgrade to a modern barn board.
“What if your barn board could be automatically filled in for you each morning based off the plan you setup days prior. And what if the tasks for each staff member, client, and horse were automatically check off as they were completed?”
How to purchase and setup a digital horse stable (barn) board
In this post I’m going to walk you through the equipment you can use to re-create this experience for the modern era. Here is what you’ll need
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Internet (optional) - https://www.t-mobile.com/devices/iot/hotspots
TV for the horse stable
No need to get a fancy TV when you’re just getting started. We just got something at Walmart, and it’s worked out well. It is nice to get one that you can program to power on and power off automatically at certain times, so you don’t have to do it every day. Barns are dusty places and we do notice that the screen needs cleaning about once a week. Questri would support a touch screen, which we considered, but we ended up going with a traditional TV. This means that folks use their Questri app to make updates to the board which allows us to keep track of who made what updates. If you use a shared device, that traceability is lost.
TV wall mount to hang the digital barn board
Again, nothing fancy needed here. We got a basic one and it’s worked just fine. However, if doing this again, we recommend one like this which gives you some ability to move and swivel which could be useful depending on your space.
Mini computer to run Questri
Most modern TVs have an internet browser built in which you could technically use to load Questri. We tried this a few times and found it not to be a great experience. Instead, we recommend you get a mini computer like this one to run Questri. You can configure it to turn on and load Questri on a timer. We typically leave ours on 24/7.
Keyboard & mouse combo to interact with the Questri website
Things that aren’t nailed down have a tendency to get lost around the barn, so it’s been nice to have a all-in-one device to interact w/ the barn board. Questri updates automatically so you won’t need to be interacting with it all the time, but it’s useful a couple times a day.
Internet to pull in your Questri digital barn board
If your barn already has Wi-Fi, you can skip this. But ours did not and we needed to find another way. This is helpful for shows as well where you may not have reliable wifi. T-Mobile has a mobile hotspot that has broad coverage for an affordable price.
Benefits of a digital horse stable (barn) board
No need to manually write out your plan each morning
Configure the board to show horses, clients, or tasks that matter and in the format you want
Any updated, checked off, added, or removed task is automatically synced and updated live on the digital board
You, your staff, and your clients post updates from the Questri mobile app which sync instantly to the board
Upgrade your horse stable board with Questri
Once you have the hardware setup, Questri makes it simple and easy to display, check off, and plan your tasks and calend events. Get started today for free.
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