Bugger: I neglected to obtain advance permission to recap tonight's presentation to the La Crosse Programming Users Group. So you'll just have to trust me when I say that a homebrew solution to a specific business problem kept its small audience informed and asking questions for just under an hour and a half. This even in light of the fact that the programming was done on the DOS--i.e. pre-Windows--platform because of its operating environment.
For this part of the audience, at least, it was also a good reminder that Cool Factor alone doesn't pay the bills. Unless you make your living writing about technology, of course. Sometimes that sounds like a fantasy job...until I think about how closely it equates to being a paparazzo. Blech. No thanks. Those who developed the "Who's up and who's down" instincts in high school (and before) are welcome to all that. But the time for paying attention to who's truly "successful" is at a reunion with a "0" after it. Technology's not so different in that respect.
So big ups to --- for a successful presentation and my extra thanks for the bonus "refresher" lesson. Good job!
