More power to ya, Joe. I love developing as well but anything that allows me
to deploy a system quicker and spend more time with my family is worth the
investment. Personally, if I had to choose between re-coding or watching a
DVD with my wife & kids, I'll go for the latter. ;o)
Rey Bango
Certified Allaire Instructor
Member of Team Allaire
"A browser's beauty, at its heart, is its usefulness as a *TOOL*."
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Sheble aka Wizaerd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 9:42 AM
Subject: Re: Note passing system?
> As strange as this may sound in light of normal developmental thought
> processes... I like to re-invent the wheel... each time I do, I get a
> better, more efficient, and sometimes a much better looking wheel... of
> course I don't do this all the time, and I may use a function or two that
> somebody else wrote, but I've always written my own applications. It's
why
> I'm a developer... I love developing...
>
> At 02:37 AM 4/17/01 -0400, you wrote:
> >:o)
> >
> >Hi Peter. I certainly understand where you're coming from. After 3 years
of
> >doing some solid CF work, I'm very capable of building most of the stuff
> >that I need. I'm just an advocate of code reuse. If there's something out
> >there that helps me reduce my coding time, I'd like to take advantage of
it.
> >I really hate reinventing the wheel.
> >
> >Thanks for the feedback...
> >
> >Rey...
> >Certified Allaire Instructor
> >Member of Team Allaire
> >
> >"A browser's beauty, at its heart, is its usefulness as a *TOOL*."
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Peter Tilbrook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 1:59 AM
> >Subject: RE: Note passing system?
> >
> >
> > > As a side note - if you have an idea for your application - do it! Do
not
> > > expect someone else to have already written the code for you. CF makes
> > > coding easy. If you are worried about the code have trusted people try
and
> > > break it. Spend at least 3 weeks with beta testers on trusted code.
You
> > > would be amazed at how the feedback either picks up problems or points
> >out,
> > > even unobtrusively, better ways to accomplish a task.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Peter Tilbrook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, 17 April 2001 15:33
> > > To: CF-Talk
> > > Subject: RE: Note passing system?
> > >
> > >
> > > I implemented the same thing for the new Friends Plus site. The beauty
of
> > > the system is that nobpdys email address is released.
> > >
> > > We could be draconian and introduce full auditing but it has not been
> > > necessary yet. The user remain anonymous and their email address is
never
> > > released unless they give it out.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Rey Bango [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, 17 April 2001 14:57
> > > To: CF-Talk
> > > Subject: Re: Note passing system?
> > >
> > >
> > > Not really, Paul. Its more like an internal messaging system. One
where I
> > > can write a message to another user or perhaps a group of users and
have
> > > them correspnd back. Again, its not a true email system but one that
would
> > > allow me to be able to communicate within the scope of my own
application.
> > >
> > > Rey...
> > > Certified Allaire Instructor
> > > Member of Team Allaire
> > >
> > > "A browser's beauty, at its heart, is its usefulness as a *TOOL*."
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Paul Begovich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 7:35 PM
> > > Subject: Re: Note passing system?
> > >
> > >
> > > > Sounds like you want a project management tool.
> > > >
> > > > We have an internal system here we use to parse out work. Basically
the
> > > > client/project manager submits an item to a form and it appears on
the
> > > > necessary persons desktop based on who they select. They see the
item,
> >do
> > > > the work, mark their time, and reply via the form. It's a great
project
> > > > management tool and it keeps track of correspondence.
> > > >
> > > > Building a system like your describing isn't too difficult, it's
just
> >time
> > > > consuming. We have looked into outside utilities to do this, but
we've
> > > > found them lacking. As a development shop we have found that when
we
> >need
> > > > some additional functionality we build it on. The current system we
> >have
> > > > now has grown out of several developers efforts in the past two
years to
> > > > incompass project managment, billing, contacts, work requests,
logging,
> > > and
> > > > a host of other things.
> > > >
> > > > A third party too may save you time in the short run, but in the
long
> >run,
> > > > it'll probably lacks the additional functionality you want. I
recommend
> > > > buiding your own system, keeping in mind you want to be able to add
> > > > additionally functionality in the future.
> > > >
> > > > - Paul
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Rey Bango" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 1:07 PM
> > > > Subject: Note passing system?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Anyone know of a good CF-based note/messaging system? I'm not
talking
> > > > about
> > > > > an email server but more of a db driven messaging software that
will
> > > allow
> > > > > me to post a message to a specific suer. When that user comes in,
they
> > > can
> > > > > check for their own messages and reply accordingly. Again, its not
an
> > > > email
> > > > > system per se.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > >
> > > > > Rey Bango...
> > > > > Certified Allaire Instructor
> > > > > Member of Team Allaire
> > > > >
> > > > > "A browser's beauty, at its heart, is its usefulness as a *TOOL*."
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
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