What Does a PCV Do Anyway?

My daddy taught me a lot about living a good life. I wish I'd been smart enough to pay better attention when I was 18, but I survived long enough to be able look back and pick out the important stuff through the prism of my own experience. For example, he taught me not to try to fix a PCV without the right tools, the right parts, and the right kind of training. Let me tell you about that.

My father and brothers ran a fuel distribution business in the late '70s and early '80s. That included what was still called a "service station".

Yes, We CAN Get There From Here

The day after Thanksgiving turned out to be a pretty good day. It was the day I discovered that sometime in the last couple of weeks, Microsoft had turned on a really significant functionality in the 2013 version of  Office 365. Specifically I'm referring to support for creating and deploying Access 2013 "hybrid" databases on Office 365 as well as in on-premises installations.

This is a positive step for Access developers

That was a CLOSE One!

A few days ago I gave in to a bit of discouragement and posted a long diatribe on why I am afraid the story for Office 365 and Access web apps is discouraging.

Well, it turns out I was premature in my efforts at digging a grave for my BFF, Access. What a relief.

Here are the three big reasons I was so pessimistic, and the reasons I now have a lot more reasonable view.

Data Siloing in Access 2013 Web Apps on Office 365: the spade that could finally bury Access

Sometimes, you gotta call a spade a spade. Spades, as you should know, are the tools used to bury things. I’m sitting here staring at my monitor trying to come to grips with the possibility that Access 2013 web apps on Office 365 are the spade that could finally bury Access.

Why I STILL Love Access

Here's to Access, My BFF

Access has been very, very good to me. For at least the last 10 or 12 years, it's paid my rent, contributed to my daughter's college education and helped me put on a few pounds too many at the dinner table. And that's just the monetary side of things. There's also the on-going personal satisfaction of facing a new challenge from a client, or from a poster on Utter Access and finding that you really CAN do most things with Access.