Debbie
delam at zyterra.com
Fri Jul 13 10:37:45 CDT 2012
Sadly, if we switched formats, I would probably rarely visit. The email format works for me, the list format does not except for specific questions. Without the regular updates via email, I will probably loose touch with the people behind the answers which is something I like a lot about access D. Debbie Sent from my iPhone On Jul 13, 2012, at 8:12 AM, Salakhetdinov Shamil <mcp2004 at mail.ru> wrote: > 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 > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com