Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Fri Jul 13 12:04:50 CDT 2012
I agree.
I like the way the email system works.
I do not think there is any easy fix, like migrating to one social site or
another. Each poses their own series of issues and their issues are not ones
we can resolve; after all these sites are designed to make money. I am not
sure I want to become a product for a large corporation. I have been running
my own company for too many years to go working for someone else.
The DatabaseAdvisors domain name is at the top of many Google searches as it
have been available for so many years. But the web site, has not been
updated or additional content added in years as keeping the site fresh can
be a full time job, especially for a single person and the amount of work to
rebuild the site is a little daunting to say the least.
IMHO, there are three points that should to be addressed.
1. Design a fresh face to the DBA website; make it look like the new Win8,
if you like...even add tablet features. The following link does not suggest
a preference to "Ford" products but it does suggest a sample of what a new
site could look like:
http://www.ford.com/technology/sync/
2. Add additional material to the site and keep the current material fresh.
There have been many great collections of "How to" posts added in the past
and even recently. Some of the best could be used as articles?... There are
so many new technologies and articles that can be added. The site could be
broken up similar to our list along with a few additions.
3. Build a easier interface so new users can join, without going through the
IKEA assembly challenge.
The downside is that it is going to take work and there is so much to clean
up. Renovating a historical website, like a house of similar ilk will not be
without challenges
OTOH, IMO, if these issues are addressed and resolved, membership will not
be a problem.
Any other thoughts or ideas?
Jim
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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of
Elizabeth.J.Doering at wellsfargo.com
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 8:58 AM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Where to publish stuff
I concur.
I haven't contributed as much as I would have liked over the years, usually
because someone had a smarter answer while I was still scratching my head.
But I doubt I would seek out a website to visit regularly, and I love having
the ongoing conversations arrive in my email.
Thanks,
Liz
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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Debbie
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 10:38 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Where to publish stuff
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
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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
>
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