Some software ideas are best left in the ad hoc bin. This is another way of saying that, just because I can create something, I don’t necessarily want to.
My friend Erin was looking for a quick way to determine which forums on her At Home Resources website were performing well and which topics should be abandoned.
I did an unsolicited analysis - just for fun.
Once I had completed the project, Erin was so happy with the reports, I started thinking about ways to make this service available to others. Just as quickly, I turned away from the idea. There were two main reasons for not forging ahead:
1. I’m quite sure that forum software already provides this information
2. I didn’t think it would be sustainable
So, the software sits in my archive folder, a dim reminder of a concept that did its job and doesn’t need to be developed further.
Four Microsoft ® Access queries, one report and no front end form. A classic example of a quick-and-dirty solution.
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