Clint Covington: Software design, Microsoft Office Access
News, trends, and commentary about everything from software design (i.e. innovation, nailing scenarios, elegance), and my personal technology passion -- Microsoft Office Access.
Office 14 PDC announcements
Just in case you missed it... Office announced at PDC that Office 14 will enable people to to...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 11/08/2008
Dad, this is so important
My 5-year-old daughter told my wife this morning that she wanted to bring pennies to school for...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 11/07/2008
Article about the New Microsoft ad campaign
There is a good article in the New York Times about the new marketing campaign. Echoing the Campaign...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 09/18/2008
Article recommendation: 10 skills you need to succeed at almost anything
I enjoyed reading this article. The recommendations rang true to me…
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 07/31/2008
Microsoft employees donate $72M in 2007
I just noticed this article. Pretty cool. https://biz.yahoo.com/bizj/071102/1545799.html?.v=1 I did...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 11/04/2007
UK Access User Group National Seminar
Sorry--it has been a while since I have posted anything. Zac and team have been getting lots of...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 10/06/2007
Fall Advisor Summit on Access and SharePoint in Miami
Interested in spending a week in Miami learning more about Access, SharePoint and the latest .NET...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 07/21/2007
The runtime is available for download
Thanks for your continued patience. The runtime download is available again. Microsoft Office Access...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 07/20/2007
Showing summary data with crosstab queries
A new query help topic just went live on Office Online: Make summary data easier to read by using a...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 07/19/2007
Five Visual How To demos
Our user assistance team is starting to put together some cool "how to" articles with web cast...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 07/19/2007
Excel as a database
I thought this post was pretty funny. Some of you might not find it funny as it is a little to close...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 07/06/2007
Access Runtime is on Hold
There is more information coming shortly.Unfortunately, I'm on jury duty for the next three weeks...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 06/26/2007
SharePoint Web 2.0 Toolkit
Here are a bunch of great shared source extensions to SharePoint....
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 06/26/2007
The runtime download is available for FREE!
I'm happy to announce the runtime is finally done and for the first time ever--available as a free...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 06/25/2007
Runtime update
I'm truly sorry that this is dragging on longer than I ever expected. Am I frustrated? Yes. Just...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 06/13/2007
Access Best Practices Guidelines
Recently a MCS consultant asked the following question on an internal Access Discussion alais: My...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 06/11/2007
Do you like the new navigation pane?
The team is considering some refinements to the navigation pane. What do you like about the changes?...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 06/07/2007
10 ways to get better gas mileage
The last couple days I have started driving differently after reading an article on msn about Get 50...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 06/02/2007
Skinning SharePoint resources
One of my favorite design bloggers Cameron Moll just posted helpful links to resources for those of...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 06/02/2007
Good writing tips for developers forced to write marketing content
There is a good article on A List Apart about how to generate interest and describe the business...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 06/01/2007
The spiral of complexity and feature creep - New Yorker article
James Surowiecki has written a nice article Feature Presentation about why companies build...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 05/29/2007
Silverlight resources post by ScottGu
Scott Guthrie has a truly great post on Silverlight. You should be able to find anything you need to...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 05/22/2007
Design inspiration resources
The folks at web design from scratch have recently posted a list of their 10 favorite web site...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 05/22/2007
Hot fixes for three Access 2007 issues
I noticed the Access Junkie just posted a few links to KB articles that describe hot fixes for some...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 05/21/2007
Hold the runtime download page
Quick update on the runtime ship date--the test team found a recall class bug in setup that will...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 05/15/2007
Resume best practices revealed
Over the past 6 months, I reviewed an overwhelming number of resumes from jobseekers interested in...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 05/13/2007
Security Considerations and Guidance for Access 2007 - MSDN article
There is a new article by Access MVP Garry Robinson. "Find out how you can use Access 2007 to...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 05/12/2007
The runtime will ship May 15th
I just heard from Erik that the runtime will ship as a free download on May 15th! I will post a URL...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 05/09/2007
Microsoft shows new database technology at MIX - Information Week article
Interesting article that speculates about a potential "SQL Server Live" offering from Microsoft. "In...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 05/02/2007
Tell me about your ribbon app - get a FREE copy of Access 2007 Inside Out
I’m interested in learning more about how developers are using the ribbon to build data...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 04/28/2007
Office 2003 SP3 article on CNET
My friend Josh Edwards is quoted by CNET talking about SP3. Service Pack 3 for Office 2003 will be...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 04/27/2007
Tip on renamed field names and debugging reports
Today's Guest Writer: Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP I have a complex report with 5 grouping...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 04/27/2007
Help topic for beginning users to understand the basics of an Access database
I expect many readers of this blog frequently work with IWs that want to learn more about Access....
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 04/25/2007
SharePoint Takes Lead in Collaboration Market - WSJ article
Here is a great article by the Wall Street Journal about SharePoint adoption and scenarios where...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 04/24/2007
When customer support goes wrong
Customer experience impacts a product or service’s overall success in the marketplace —just one...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 04/24/2007
Domain functions usage
Can you tell me about your usage of domain functions? Do you use them and what are the scenarios...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 04/21/2007
Reader question about macros and VBA
A reader recently asked: Is there any way on Access 2007 to keep wizards and Switchboard Manager...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 04/21/2007
Tell me about your Inventory application
Sorry I haven't posted for a few weeks. I recently took an enjoyable NCL cruise with ports in Costa...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 04/19/2007
Revenue opportunities on Microsoft Office Live with Access 2007
John from the Office Live developer marketing team is launching the Office Live 3rd-party...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 04/03/2007
Millions of Access template downloads, 5 new free databases
Can you believe, 3.5 million Access templates were downloaded from Office Online over the last 12...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 03/30/2007
Access 2007 conference and Disneyland - what a combination!
The Advisor team is putting on a Access 2007 content packed conference in Anaheim, California on May...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 03/28/2007
Two Access 2007 chapters from MS Learning books
There are a couple new chapters published on Office Online. 6 Key Considerations When Creating...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 03/23/2007
Show your best work as a best practice in a Microsoft Case study
The marketing team is always looking for examples of people realizing their potential through best...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 03/23/2007
How to improve the visuals of Access applications
I'm interested in what limitations you have experienced in trying to make your Access application...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 03/22/2007
Link to Access 2007 KB articles and solution center
Janet (the Access team support contact) just forward me a great page that has links to the top...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 03/15/2007
How to pull in Amazon web service data into Access 2007
Today’s guest writer is Ric Lewis. Several weeks ago he started a general discussion about web...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 03/13/2007
Where is it? Navigating Office ribbon commands
The marketing team has produced three great tools for helping you find commands in the ribbon for...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 03/13/2007