Gustav Brock
gustav at cactus.dk
Fri Jul 13 08:55:47 CDT 2012
Hi Shamil There are two threads: One on what to do to raise member count and message count on this list? Should we move/transform the mailing list to a forum-style or group-style and how to handle the battle with noise, spam, trolls, and adds - to keep the good spirit we are used to here. To create "an arm" of AccessD on LinkedId was a proposal. Another about where to publish small articles of the "How to something .." style including code. CodeProject is not dealing with Access stuff. /gustav >>> mcp2004 at mail.ru 13-07-12 15:12 >>> Hi Gustav -- A "Database Advisors" linked-in Group? What *then about this Access-D and dba-VB and other of Database Advisors discussion lists? I'm for several years in MS Access-related and other Linked-in groups, mainly "lurking" because the level on discussions/feedback isn't looking satisfactory - a lot of "noise" *(IMO) coming from non-OT Linked-in postings (and OT messages (except job postings) are not welcomed there)... Here in Access-D we have quite a few of off-topic threads (and I'm sorry being the one who started some off-topic threads here and participated/participating in other) still this group is the best for me concerning MS Access related stuff, and the "feeling of family" we have here is unique as Charlotte noted*... Another very good MS Access-related list is Access-L...* What kind of articles do you plan to publish? Can you split them into several small parts? I missed the beginning of this thread - did you consider using Code Project (http://www.codeproject.com/) to post your artilces? StackOverflow is a source where IMO you can always get a qualified answer on your questions, sometimes very detailed answer comes in minutes, but StackOverflow isn't looking as a right place to post long articles/questions... What about "Forum: Access for Developers" http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/accessdev/threads*at MSDN's Access Developer Center -*http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/aa905400.aspx*? (I have never participated in it - anybody? - it could be now what were in the past *UseNet's*microsoft.public.access.* newsgroups?) And comp.databases.ms-access - does anybody here is (still) participating in it/using it? It was always very active and responsive especially in the first part of 90-ies when MS Access was in big favor everywhere and "everything was new with using MS Access in application development"... ( I have just found one of my postings from this group from Nov 1994 -*https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/comp.databases.ms-access/jnPyljxvdjc*:) ) Thank you. -- Shamil Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:12:08 +0200 от "Gustav Brock" <gustav at cactus.dk>: Hi Charlotte Yes, why not? I felt tempted just to do it but realised that it wouldn't be right; someone from our board should be the originator for such a group. /gustav >>> charlotte.foust at gmail.com 13-07-12 4:20 >>> We could start our own--Database Advisors Group! On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Stuart McLachlan <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>wrote: > I'm on two. > > Professional Microsoft Access Developers' Network > and > Microsoft Access Gurus. > > Neither of them feel like family the way DBA lists do though :-) > > -- > Stuart > > On 12 Jul 2012 at 9:24, Rusty Hammond wrote: > > > Anyone else using LinkedIn? I'm subscribed to an Access group there and > > it seems to work pretty well for this kind of stuff. Ability to assign > > moderators, comments posted to each question, ability to search, etc... > > It's like facebook but for business and without all the junk that comes > > with facebook (games, etc...). > > > > Just a thought. > > > > Rusty