John W. Colby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Thu Mar 4 14:35:12 CST 2004
We set up DatabaseAdvisors as an entity before the actual list was established. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of John Bartow Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 3:06 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: RE: [AccessD] RE: Age of the List was (Drew - Age of the Archives?) I remember when you all set up OT (I didn't join it then as I was actually "too" too busy). I don't remember any discussion about setting up DatabaseAdvisors, Inc as an entity though. John -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of William Hindman Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 1:28 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] RE: Age of the List was (Drew - Age of the Archives?) "DatabaseAdvisors, Inc has only been around since 2001" Bryan ...not so Bryan ...without going back into my own archives I know for a fact that dba-OT was formed immediately after the 2000 elections as a direct result of heavy OT traffic on AccessD :) William Hindman "My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me." Disraeli ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryan Carbonnell" <Bryan_Carbonnell at cbc.ca> To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 12:33 PM Subject: [AccessD] RE: Age of the List was (Drew - Age of the Archives?) > Well, actually AccessD, as a list has been around for more than 7 years, > IIRC. It was originally hosted by David Scott at the MT Group. > > DatabaseAdvisors, Inc has only been around since 2001 > > I just had a quick look at the Internet archive and have come up with > a reference from 1997 > (http://web.archive.org/web/19971221192627/http://mtgroup.com/) but > I'm sure it's been around for longer than that. > > Bryan Carbonnell > bryan_carbonnell at cbc.ca > > >>> john at winhaven.net 04-Mar-04 11:51:06 AM >>> > Not according to our website! > > I had thought I joined in May of 2000 but when I saw that I figured it > must > have been May of 2001. I could be wrong. The only way to verify it woul > dbe > backup tapes and BLA! -its bad enough when I have to use them :o) > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of William > Hindman > Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 10:28 AM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Drew - Age of the Archives? > > > ...AccessD was alive and well long before 2001 :) > > William Hindman "My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees > with > me." Disraeli > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Bartow" <john at winhaven.net> > To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 10:51 AM > Subject: RE: [AccessD] Drew - Age of the Archives? > > > > I don't blame you, after the run of luck you've had! > > > > I'm leery every time I do a presentation. I don't mind speaking in > front > of > > people but it seems something always goes wrong - no matter how > prepared I > > am. I've done presentations for conferences where the coordinator > guaranteed > > the equipment was what I asked for and when I show up they have > projectors > > that don't handle 1024x768 which is the only res. at which my > laptop's > video > > looks good (640 cuts the text lines up). I had another conference > where I > > was setup 30 minutes early, everything worked fine, unplug my laptop > and > the > > first presenter plugs his in, he goes on and finishes, I plug my > laptop > into > > the projector and POOF my laptop's screen goes out. It took about 20 > minutes > > to get it all rearranged so that my partner could run the > presentation > from > > the projected image rather than the laptop, while I talked about it. > (we > > were showing a new app. live of course.) Luckily there was a third > presenter > > that went on in our time slot and 500 people weren't just sitting > there > > getting irritated. Took a month to get the screen replaced too :o( > > > > John > > > > BTW AccessD as we know it was formed in 2001 so I guess I have it > narrowed > > down enough now :o) > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of > > DWUTKA at marlow.com > > Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 11:47 AM > > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com > > Subject: RE: [AccessD] Drew - Age of the Archives? > > > > > > I actually gave a presentation on the 'indexing' capabilities I built > for > > the archives last month. After my track record with major > changes/updates > > to the archives, I was just a little leary to give that > presentation....go > > figure! > > > > Drew > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of John > Bartow > > Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 11:24 AM > > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > > Subject: RE: [AccessD] Drew - Age of the Archives? > > > > > > Drew, > > Yes, it is an interesting timeline, I thought of a few of those > things > too! > > :o) > > > > Thanks, > > John > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of > > DWUTKA at marlow.com > > Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 10:47 AM > > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com > > Subject: RE: [AccessD] Drew - Age of the Archives? > > > > > > Hmmmm, let's work backwards. I know that the archives stopping > archiving > > this past August/September (2003), because that's when I separated > from > > Tammy. I know the archives started using the 'Memo Field Indexing' > in > April > > of 2003, because that is when my apartment caught fire. I know I > moved > the > > archives from Marlow to my home in early January of 2003, because my > DSL > > company went bankrupt and pulled the plug on their network then. > > > > I have no clue when I actually 'started' the archives, other then a > wild > > guess at about 6 months before I moved it home. So I would say July > or > > August of 2002. > > > > Drew (Interesting timeline, eh?) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of John > Bartow > > Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 9:00 PM > > To: _DBA-Access > > Subject: [AccessD] Drew - Age of the Archives? > > > > > > Drew, > > Someone recently asked me how long I have been on this list. The > only > point > > of reference I could think of was about two years before I sent all > my > > archives to Drew! > > > > So, Do you know when you put the archives together on your site? > > > > John "My memory is 40 years ahead of it time (I have a like I'm over > 80)" > > Bartow > > > > > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > > > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > > > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > -- > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- _______________________________________________ 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