[AccessD] Whilst on Windows 8

Hi Doug et al

Yes, nothing (nearly) is black/white. Any new tool opens options and can be either used or misused.

And don't forget - our list here is a social tool too. A little old and very basic and travelling in the dark, so to say, but still of great value.

/gustav


>>> dbdoug at gmail.com 12-06-12 17:34 >>>
Actually, I find that living online improves communication with my friends
and family.  When I was first married, I lived in England for a year.
 International phone calls were outrageously expensive; handwritten letters
were the only way of talking to my parents.  Last year when my son was in
Europe studying, I could follow him on Facebook, talk to him and SEE him at
the click of a button.    I now live away from the city where I lived for
30 years; again, I can follow and communicate with a group of people that I
probably would seldom phone directly.

Working on line enables me to live near and care for my elderly parents,
allowing them to live where they love, not back in an apartment or home in
a city they hate.

By the way, the deer were nibbling at my kale last night, I fed the pair of
ravens that nest here this morning, and this afternoon I think I'm going to
kayak out to the local islands to look at the sea lions :)

Doug

On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 6:01 AM, <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote:

>
> "keeping up with people and their pictures and their thoughts, and
> communicating with them in short, frequent bursts. Life online is moving
> faster and faster, and people are progressively using their PCs to keep
> up with and participate in that."
>
> a good reason too get offline and start talking to real people.  Don't
> you see where this is leading?  Isolation with the illusion of human
> interaction.
>
> isn't anyone else getting fed up with how much time one feels COMPELLED
> to be on line just to be part of this modern culture?
>
> Best geek t-shirt: "I went outside once but the graphics were terrible."
>
> Shoot you cell phone.  Unplug your Cat-5.  Feel the sun on your face.
> Actually have coffee with someone instead of both drinking it while on
> line.
>
> Or is it because I'm old?
>
> Rocky
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [AccessD] Whilst on Windows 8
> From: Darryl Collins <darryl at whittleconsulting.com.au>
> Date: Mon, June 11, 2012 5:19 pm
> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> (accessd at databaseadvisors.com)" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I found these on the weekend and had a read. It is rather long, but I
> found it was well worth a read - however you will need more than a spare
> 5 minutes though.
>
> <
> http://www.mobileopportunity.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/fear-and-loathing-and-windows-8.html
> >
>
> The following quote (taken from the link above) really raises my
> concerns and fears about this whole iPad tablet craze..
>
> "People, not files, are the center of activity. There has been a marked
> change in the kinds of activities people spend time doing on the PC. In
> balance to "traditional" PC activities such as writing and creating,
> people are increasingly reading and socializing, keeping up with people
> and their pictures and their thoughts, and communicating with them in
> short, frequent bursts. Life online is moving faster and faster, and
> people are progressively using their PCs to keep up with and participate
> in that. And much of this activity and excitement is happening inside
> the web browser, in experiences built using HTML and other web
> technologies."
>
> Let me <<the author, not Darryl>> translate that for you: "We're
> optimizing Windows for using Facebook and YouTube at the expense of
> performing productivity tasks."
>
> Yeah, that maybe great for web surfing and Joe and Joette Bogan on the
> daily train commute, but if you actually want to do the sort of
> productive work that we (and most of the corporate world does) then I
> think MS are out of their heads. They seem to be so desperate and
> focussed on getting a foothold in Mobile (and tablet) that they are
> risking killing the golden goose (namely the whole corporate
> productivity 'Office' market).
>
> File management, or the lack of it, also freaks me out. Actually after
> reading the way the iPad handles file management (which to me seems
> highly inefficient) it has really put me off the idea of one for
> anything but media consumption. W8 doesn't seem to be much better, but I
> guess it is early days still.
>
> <
> http://windowssecrets.com/newsletter/how-to-transfer-files-from-windows-to-the-ipad/?u=darklydrawl@yahoo.com.au&r=16913-15810
> >
>
> Anyway... I found both of these interesting.
>
> You may find some value too.
>
> Cheers
> Darryl