[dba-Tech] DropBox, Retirement, and other topics

Thu Oct 21 06:45:48 CDT 2021

I'm sorry Arthur! I'm glad you are on the mend now though. My niece suffered
a concussion recently too -- pep rally got a little too peppy -- a girl
behind her on the bleachers lost her balance and it was like dominos. Alyssa
ended up with a concussion and was out of school and work for a week. She
continued with a headache for several days after she was given the okay to
return to normal. Sounds like yours' was much worse though and I'm sorry
they didn't keep you for a few days! But, I kind of understand; no one
really wants to be in the hospital. 

About storing in the cloud. Again, I didn't mean to give a short answer to
be curt. It was just a quick suggestion/question to glean a bit more
information if you wanted to consider that route. It wasn't meant to be
rude. 

If email is out, there are a number of free ftp apps out there. I'd have to
look up what I was using last, if interested. Also, you could probably get a
lot of good recommendations from the list. However, ftp is no longer the
cat's meow in the data transfer world. 

Do you have Microsoft 365? If so, you have a ton of space in the cloud. You
upload the file, send a link, they click the link, which takes them to the
app. 

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/share-your-documents-651e1cb9-9a5
1-46dc-8d32-bdb7d928eedd

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/share-onedrive-files-and-folders-
9fcc2f7d-de0c-4cec-93b0-a82024800c07

I'm almost positive that you can use OneDrive without owning 365. 

https://www.alphr.com/microsoft/1008288/how-to-use-onedrive

As mentioned by others though, there are other free options out there. For
instance, you can share documents using Google Docs. 

https://www.wikihow.com/Share-Google-Docs

There are a lot of possibilities, such as DropBox -- you just sign up and
go.

Susan H. 

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-Tech <dba-tech-bounces+ssharkins=gmail.com at databaseadvisors.com>
On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2021 8:22 PM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
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Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] DropBox, Retirement, and other topics

I'll loo up HighTail and see what I can do.
Susan, if I knew how to do that I wouldn't have posed the question. I
thought that DropBox was one way to use the cloud, but what do I know?
A week ago -- no, 10 days ago, I suffered a fall, backwards to the hardwood
floor, and landed squarely on the back of my head, with a concussion. I
spent the next week in bed, barely able to make it to the bathroom, and to
the kitchen to feed the cats, and in each direction having to cling to
chairs etc. to complete the journey. I didn't even eat for three days -- too
much effort required, even to scramble an egg or toast a bagel. I couldn't
even answer the phone. Thankfully most of the symptoms have passed, and once
again I can type. As it happens, my current client and long-time friend is
familiar with what I've been going through. His son, a hockey player, got
banged in're ato the boards and suffered a concussion, so is familiar with
the turf, and he said, "Don't worry about our app. Fix yourself first and
when you are ready, we can continue. But not until you are ready."

Nobody so far has elected to respond to my question about Passing the Reins.
Is this because nobody but me has thought about this? This list is comprised
of a lot of, say, old;s hands at the game. More brutally, Death's Coming
Knocking at My Door. And yours too, soon. Have you planned an exit strategy
for your clients, a method of handing off your apps to someone who can take
your place and continue development/enhancements/etc.? And if not, why not?
Shouldn't that be part of our service to our clients?

On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 7:21 PM Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I use Hightail - free.
>
> r
>
> On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 3:18 PM Arthur Fuller 
> <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I'm looking for a (ideally free, but a small cost is also 
> > acceptable) way to send and receive files with a small number of 
> > people, currently one. I used to use WinRAR to create an archive 
> > file and then simply send it
> using
> > Gmail, but lately Gmail has been busting me thinking that the RAR 
> > file might contain malicious content.
> > I looked at DropBox but a) it costs, and b) I don't need all its
> features,
> > which seem designed for file-sharing among family and friends. At 
> > the moment, all I want is a way to send my client updates to our
> > Access+Excel+SQL Server project. I want only him to be able to get 
> > Access+Excel+to
> these
> > files.
> > I used to think that I'd retired,, but as Michael Corleone said, "I 
> > keep trying to get out, but they keep dragging me back in." So while 
> > at the moment, there's only one client who has dragged me back in, 
> > I'm expecting more knocks on the metaphorical door. The price to pay 
> > for developing complex apps. Everyone is  replaceable, myself 
> > included, but at what
> cost?
> > Given an app that uses 200+ tables, and many more queries, and is
> dedicated
> > to a particular professional niche, and your selection of the best 
> > and brightest young graduates, it remains one hell of a learning 
> > curve. Hence the phone call(s).
> > Don't get me wrong. I appreciated the call, and the chance to do 
> > some
> more
> > work and make the app even better. More than that, my friend and 
> > client
> has
> > injected some adrenaline into my brain and made me eager to code 
> > again, when I thought I was done with all that. It's sort of 
> > "intellectual Viagra". It has put a little spring in my step.
> > I digress. To restate the conundrum, I want a secure way to exchange
> files
> > between Developer (me) and Client (one person). And I'm preparing to 
> > have to repeat this scenario, each time involving one Developer and 
> > one
> Client,
> > because I know that the phone is going to ring again, and soon.
> >
> > One more thing. The fact is that I'm growing old, and while 
> > currently my hat is still in the game, my client and I have to 
> > anticipate the day
> when I
> > am no longer able to serve. As mentioned above, the app in question 
> > is complex and requires detailed knowledge of its domain. How do my 
> > Client
> and
> > I prepare for the day when the reins pass from me to a new 
> > stagecoach driver?
> > I've known lots of people on this list for years, if not decades, 
> > and so I'm surmising that lots of you are my age, give or take a few 
> > years, and also seasoned in writing complex apps.
> > Have you considered the issue I'll call *Passing the Reins*? If so,
> please
> > share your plans.
> >
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