Tony Septav
TSeptav at Uniserve.com
Mon Jul 1 22:20:29 CDT 2013
Hey John A man of desperation, I am truly looking for alternatives. Or as I have mentioned I will be taking my Oscar Meyer wiener wagon down to the beach. Tony Septav Nanaimo, BC Canada -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John W Colby Sent: July-01-13 9:53 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Good Feelings To All Keep us informed. If it is all that, perhaps you can build a new career in it. John W. Colby Reality is what refuses to go away when you do not believe in it On 7/1/2013 8:09 PM, Tony Septav wrote: > Hey All > I took the dip and bought the program. Have not hat a chance at the moment > to totally evaluate the product, as I am doing home renos. But as Arthur > says and I have seen this product blows the knobs off of ACCESS. > > Tony Septav > Nanaimo, BC > Canada > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin > Sent: July-01-13 7:31 AM > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Good Feelings To All > > I have a copy but haven't had time to evaluate it yet. But Arthur Fuller > uses it and really likes it. I don't know if he's monitoring AccessD but > you can get him on the tech and OT lists or directly at Arthur Fuller > (fuller.artful at gmail.com). > > R > > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark Breen > Sent: Monday, July 01, 2013 12:47 AM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Good Feelings To All > > Hi Rocky, > > I just saw you post about Alpha Anywhere. Have you used it ? Do you know > anyone that is using it ? > > Hope all is great ? > > Mark > > > > > On 18 June 2013 16:25, Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote: > >> Does Alpha support relational db back ends? >> >> r >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur >> Fuller >> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 8:22 AM >> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving >> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Good Feelings To All >> >> Tony, >> >> I can speak only for myself, but since I declared my retirement, I >> have found life a whole lot more fun than pretty much the four decades >> since I graduated from university. I have a lot less money now than in >> those decades, but I am lots happier than since my days in university, >> which were perhaps the most fun years of my life. My current stage in >> life is a close second. I'm learning Mandarin, reading 2-3 books a >> week, working on my next HBO-style saga about the history of Chinese >> crime in Canada, and rediscovering Mozart, to whom I have previously >> given short shrift in favour of Beethoven. In my retirement years, I >> have never felt more energetic and less pressured by deadlines. I love >> it. >> >> I suppose that some people feel useless upon retirement, but I am not >> one of those. I've shrunk the needs to spend and negated the desire to >> keep up with the Joneses. I've discarded the huge majority of my >> material possessions, either by sale or donation to the library or >> Value Village, and the net result is that I feel more free than I have >> felt in the past 3 decades at minimum. >> >> Recently an old client called me to request a few enhancements to the >> app I wrote for him. The code began in about 2005 and I've done a few >> weeks work on it every year since. It's a complex app and he is a >> terrific friend, so there's no way in the world that I would abandon my > end of the canoe. >> There are two other things happening in terms of gigs: >> >> I'm mentoring a guy in San Francisco who I think holds the world >> record for largest Access app ever written. Using MZTools, I >> determined that the total line count of VBA code was 700K. There are >> ~360 tables, and a MySQL back end. (He approached me because he bought >> our book on MySQL ( www.artfulsoftware.com). >> >> I created a Volunteer-management app with an Access FE and a SQL >> Server BE, for an NPO that handles housing for the aged and infirm. I >> volunteered to do this because I recognize the value of their work. >> The hourly rate on this gig is $0. Prior to my retirement, I would >> never have had the time to do such a project, despite my empathy for >> their work. Now that I have retired from the coding business, I have >> lots of hours to throw against such a benevolent project. In about two >> months, following local testing, we'll roll this baby out to ~300 >> offices in ~20 cities. It's part of my "Giving Back" >> strategy in my semi-retirement. >> >> I still do (very) occasional maintenance on Access projects, but have >> shifted my focus to Alpha Five. I'm on the beta team for Alpha >> Anywhere, soon to be released. In a word, it is awesome. "Anywhere" means > just that: >> write a web app once and it will run in any browser, plus tablet and >> smart phone. Or, alternatively, write a traditional desktop app. I am >> still mid-project on my first Alpha Anywhere app. It took me a while >> to decide upon what to write in it, but finally it occurred to me that >> I have the perfect app to try out on this new platform (perfect >> meaning the existing Access app I've written for a client who could >> most profit by the transition to smart phone and tablet). In terms of >> complexity, I'd call it middle-level. It's an app for safety >> inspection engineers. In case you don't know what they are, they visit >> factories and take measurements at every workstation (drill, press, >> robot) and pass or fail their current setup, supplying recommendations >> for how to fix any detected problems. The client who commissioned this >> app currently lugs a laptop around from station to station. Recently I >> gave him a glimpse of the new version, written in the beta of Alpha >> Anywhere. I showed him how it runs on my Nexus >> 7 and he was blown away. >> >> In full disclosure, as a member of the beta team at Alpha, I am not >> paid for my time and since it's privately held, own no shares and the >> above should be considered my objective opinion, not a propaganda >> piece. The simple fact is that should any potential Access gigs come >> my way in the future, I will discourage Access as the vehicle and >> suggest Alpha instead, for two >> reasons: >> it is wayyyy more powerful than Access, and it beautifully supports >> desktop, web, smart phone and tablet. >> >> I'm doing the port of the aforementioned safety-engineering app on my >> nickel. The client didn't request it; it just struck me as the perfect >> example of what to gain by having an app written once that can run on >> all these platforms. It's also an excellent excuse to keep >> programming, but with the virtue that there is neither a deadline nor >> a project manager nagging me. >> >> I repeat that I have nothing to gain personally from my endorsement of >> Alpha >> 5 and the forthcoming Alpha Anywhere. But this is my endorsement: >> don't wait for Microsoft to release some sort of Access equivalent, >> Visit the AlphaSoftware.com web site and download a trial and see for >> yourself how superior it is. Nuff said. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Tony Septav <TSeptav at uniserve.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hey Guys >>> >>> I think we have become dinosaurs, our time has come and gone. Yes >>> they may be some of you that are still being profitable with ACCESS >>> projects >> but >>> let's be honest............... Sorry not trying to be the "Grim >> Reaper". >>> Getting that old wiener wagon and hanging out at the beach and >>> watching wave babies is looking better all the time. The only >>> problem is I am to old to remember what to do with a wave baby. >>> >>> >>> >>> Tony Septav >>> >>> Nanaimo, BC >>> >>> Canada >>> >>> -- >>> AccessD mailing list >>> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >>> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >>> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >>> >> >> >> -- >> Arthur >> Cell: 647.710.1314 >> >> Prediction is difficult, especially of the future. >> -- Niels Bohr >> -- >> 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 ----- No virus found in this message. 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