Monday, November 30, 1998

Just published my first book!

I'm happy to announce that I've just published my first book,

Learn to Program With Visual Basic 6
Wrox Publishing
ISBN 1902-745-000

It will be published under Wrox's ActivePath imprint.

You can order copies online at Amazon using this link...

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1590591518/ref=nosim/professorsmileys

Thursday, November 19, 1998

Volunteer Group--what happened to it

Someone just asked what happened to my Volunteer Group?

Question: What happened to your volunteer group---I thought it was a wonderful idea.

Anser. My volunteer group was a great idea

http://www.johnsmiley.com/volunteers.htm

Unfortunately, nothing seemed to be able to solve the distance problem---people working on a single project that are geographically dispersed have some big hurdles to surmount.

I've read recently about a similar program, however, and I think they're doing a better job of administering the program than I had the time to spend. Check them out at:

http://www.vbdesignteam.com