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(1-Jan-2004)
Check out Rick's review of
Novatix's
ExplorerPlus on the
Sterling Heights Computer Club Web site. It is the January 2004
article of the month.
(16-Nov-2003)
Rick Schummer is headed to the mountains this week to speak at
the Rocky Mountain Fox User Group.
(1-Nov-2003)
Rick Schummer's tip "Customize the Debugger"
published in the October 2003 issue of
FoxPro Advisor.
(16-Oct-2003)
Returned home from another terrific Great Lakes Great Database
Workshop.
(09-Oct-2003)
Geeks and Gurus will have a booth at Great Lakes Great Database
Workshop,
please stop by and introduce yourself if you are attending the conference
week of October 12th.
(09-Oct-2003)
Long awaited free tools announcement:
VFP Project Lister has some new
features, new tool called G2 Tab Order Builder, and the G2 Builder
Metadata Editor are released.
(09-Oct-2003)
Rick's MegaFox Tour 2003 is booking dates again: Rocky Mountain Fox
User Group added for November 22, 2003.
(01-Oct-2003)
Rick was awarded a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award
for the third consecutive year. According to Microsoft, MVPs "share the basic
characteristics of possessing very strong technical skills in one or more
Microsoft products or technology areas, and the willingness to share that
knowledge with others".
(1-Oct-2003)
Rick Schummer's article "Get More Productive with VFP,
Part 5"
published in the October 2003 issue of FoxTalk.
(1-Jun-2003)
The geeks at
Geeks and
Gurus establish new World Headquarters in FoxTown on Woodward Ave in
Detroit.
(1-Jun-2003)
Rick Schummer's article "Get More Productive with VFP,
Part 4"
published in the June 2003 issue of FoxTalk.
(17-May-2003)
Geeks and Gurus to sponsor Cyber Cafe and wireless Internet
connectivity at WhilFest for the second year in a row.
(09-May-2003)
Rick selected as a speaker for WhilFest for the fourth year in a
row. Conference is October 12-15, 2003. Sessions include "Creating Help -
Made Easy!" and "Creating and Using Real World Builders - Made Easy"
(1-May-2003)
Rick Schummer's article "Get More Productive with VFP,
Part 3"
published in the May 2003 issue of
FoxTalk.
(18-Apr-2003)
Geeks and Gurus will have a booth at Essential Fox Conference,
please stop by and introduce yourself if you are attending the conference.
(2-Apr-2003)
Geeks and Gurus, Inc.
has been in business for two years.
(1-April-2003)
Rick Schummer's article "Get More Productive with VFP,
Part 2"
published in the April 2003 issue of FoxTalk.
(1-Mar-2003)
Rick Schummer's article "Get More Productive with VFP, Part 1"
published in the March 2003 issue of FoxTalk.
(17-Feb-2003)
Rick's MegaFox Tour 2003 is booking dates again: Cleveland added
for May.
(06-Feb-2003)
Rick's MegaFox Tour 2003 is booking dates at a rapid pace, Grand
Rapids in March, Mid-Michigan in May, and Chicago in June.
(31-Jan-2003)
Microsoft releases VFP 8 to manufacturing! Make sure to get this
must have version of Fox, it rocks! MSDN subscribers will be able to
download it soon.
(26-Jan-2003)
Rick selected as a speaker at
EssentialFox Conference to be
held April 25-28, 2003 in Kansas City, Missouri. Rick will be presenting
"Creating and Using Real World Builders - Made Easy" and "Fishing
with a ProjectHook".
(22-Jan-2003)
Rick Schummer's article "Integrating Acrobat with VFP - Part
4"
published in the January 2003 issue of FoxTalk.
(20-Jan-2003)
Rick Schummer's tip "Create a Permanent Bookmark"
published in the February 2003 issue of
FoxPro Advisor.
(12-Dec-2002)
Just wanted to be clear on HackCX
Professional (the Geeks and Gurus commercial version of RAS Hack SCX/VCX).
The free version (with fewer features) will remain available even with
commercial one being released. It will not get new functionality, but bugs
will get fixed if they are discovered.
(20-Nov-2002)
Hard to believe, but another GLGDW conference has come and pass. Geeks and
Gurus hosted the successful Cyber Cafe. Rick's sessions were well
received.
(17-Nov-2002)
MegaFox is done! We held our first copies at WhilFest in Milwaukee. If
you want to order it head over to
Hentzenwerke.com
(10-Nov-2002)
SpamCop is a nuisance. Ameritech is using a product that is self proclaimed
not ready for production. It is a service being developed to eliminate
potential spam. The email server being used to serve RickSchummer.com
email is also used by a blacklisted spammer. No way to resolve this at the
moment so we have redirected email to work id.
(1-Nov-2002)
MegaFox is scheduled to ship on November 15, 2002. Biggest competition
will be Harry Potter: Chamber of Secrets movie premier night!
(23-Oct-2002)
MegaFox is finished with copy edits and is one step closer to being
printed!
(20-Oct-2002)
Rick to rehearse his Get Productive with VFP session at the
Grand Rapids Area Fox User Group on November 9, 2002 as part of a "Rick
and Steve Roadshow" event.
(08-Oct-2002)
Geeks and Gurus, Inc. is proud to announce they are co-sponsoring a
Cyber Café with Hentzenwerke Publishing as part of the GLGDW conference in
Milwaukee.
(01-Oct-2002)
Rick was awarded a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award
for the second time. According to Microsoft, MVPs "share the basic
characteristics of possessing very strong technical skills in one or more
Microsoft products or technology areas, and the willingness to share that
knowledge with others".
(25-Aug-2002)
New version of HackForm SCX/VCX
is in the beta cycle (no we do not need more beta testers at this time).
HackCX v4 will be a commercial product, with more than 20 new enhancements
and several bug fixes. Should be available in October.
(18-Jul-2002)
Rick to present an all day "VFP Jump Start" session at
F1
Technologies VFE DevCon 2K2
on September 15, 2002.
(18-Jul-2002)
Rick to rehearse his "Get More Productive with Visual FoxPro" session at
Greater Cleveland PC
User Group
on September 24, 2002
(7-Jun-2002)
Rick to speak at
GLGDW 2002. Sessions selected:
"Get More Productive with Visual FoxPro" & "Real World VFP
Application Deployment"
(1-Jun-2002)
The geeks at Geeks and
Gurus establish new World Headquarters.
(1-Jun-2002)
Detroit Red Wings in Finals!
(28-May-2002)
Assign Methods All the Time tip published in June 2002 FoxPro
Advisor.
(20-May-2002)
The Schummer family is proud of our two Junior High students who
received awards. Nicole was honored for Geography. Chris for highest GPA
in the ninth grade, Science Olympiad and the Presidential Excellence
Award.
(11-May-2002)
Rick visited the Grand Rapids Area
FoxUser Group and presented his DevTools: Build, Grab, or Buy session.
(2-May-2002)
Rick is testing DSL from Ameritech.net because they are the
only ISP in the area offering 768 SpeedPath DSL speed. Will still keep
CoreComm as a dialup provider because they rock.
(30-Apr-2002)
Just returned from the very successful
EssentialFox Conference. The
Vision Data folks really know how to put on a great conference.
(24-Apr-2002)
RickSchummer.com has been selected as the temporary download home
of Alex Korot's FoxBox utility.
(2-Apr-2002)
Geeks and Gurus, Inc.
has been in business for one year.
(31-Mar-2002)
Two new developer tools released to the Fox Community. Check out
the DBCX Compare and
Menu Hack Tool.
(21-Feb-2002)
Rick Schummer is now a
Microsoft
Most Valuable Professional. Awarded by Microsoft for his support and contributions made to
the Fox Community.
(14-Feb-2002)
Rick selected as a speaker at
EssentialFox Conference to be
held April 26-29, 2002 in Kansas City, Missouri. Rick will be presenting
"Integrating PDF Technology with VFP" and "Developer Tools: Build, Grab, or Buy"
(7-Feb-2002)
The "Steve and Rick Roadshow" to stop at the Chicago Fox User and
Developer Group on March 5, 2002. Rick will be presenting "Developer Tools: Build, Grab, or Buy".
(22-Jan-2002)
Geeks and Gurus, Inc. hire Sam Mohammed.
(3-Jan-2002)
Readers vote for "1001 Things You Wanted to Know About Visual
FoxPro" as "Best Visual FoxPro Book". Find out about all the winners of
the
Universal Thread Visual FoxPro Members Choice Awards 2001.
(13-Dec-2001)
Rick Schummer's article "Integrating Acrobat with VFP - Part 3"
published in the December issue of FoxTalk.
(18-Nov-2001)
Rick releases new VFP developer tool called RAS DBC ShowPlan
Analyzer. Check it out on the Other VFP
Tools page.
(5-Nov-2001)
Rick upgrades primary notebook to Windows XP Professional. So far
so good, only has taken 17 hours over the weekend from Format C: to get
operational with all the programs reloaded. Look for a future
RAS.Commentary on the eXPerience.
(1-Nov-2001)
Rick Schummer's article "Integrating Acrobat with VFP - Part 2"
published in the November issue of FoxTalk.
(31-Oct-2001)
Hentzenwerke Publishing
announces that "MegaFox: 1002 Things You Wanted to Know About Extending VFP"
is being written by Marcia Akins, Andy Kramek, and Rick Schummer.
(31-Oct-2001)
GLGDW wrapped - Fox is
Monster!!!!. Terrific conference which ended with Whil Hentzen shaving his
beard and showing up as a rock and roll star! Thanks to the 200+ people
who attended one of the three session slots that I had the pleasure to
present.
(28-Oct-2001)
Whil Hentzen presented with the first FoxPro Community Lifetime
Achievement Award by Microsoft's Ken Levy. Well deserved Whil!
(26-Oct-2001)
GLGDW starts on October 28th.
Come see one of Rick's sessions. "Intro to VFP" and "DevTools: Build,
Grab, or Buy". Geeks and Guru partner Steve Sawyer is presenting "Refactoring"
and "Doing Real Things with XML and VFP".
(16-Oct-2001)
Rick Schummer's developer tools also available on the
Geeks and Gurus website. This site
will still mirror the same version of the tools.
(11-Oct-2001)
DAFUG website has been
updated with the new schedule for 2002!
(5-Oct-2001)
Rick Schummer started a short series of articles in FoxTalk on
Acrobat and VFP. See the first article in this series
Integrating Acrobat with VFP - Part 1.
(19-Sep-2001)
RickSchummer.com has returned to the web after being down for 8
days due to a server crash at CoreComm.
(15-Sep-2001)
Five geeks traveled from San Diego DevCon to Detroit in a Chevy
minivan because of airline cancellations and delays from the Attack on
America.
(12-Sep-2001)
Rick Schummer of Geeks and Gurus announced as the Grand Prize Winner of the Advisor
DevCon 2001 Visual FoxPro Tips Contest.
(10-Sep-2001)
1001 Things You Wanted to Know About VFP now available in PDF
format from Hentzenwerke Publishing.
(8-Sep-2001)
The next Advisor DevCon will be held in Ft. Lauderdale Florida from
September 29 to October 2, 2002.
(22-Aug-2001)
"Deployment: Post-Implementation" article published in
FoxTalk's August 2001 issue.
(28-Jul-2001)
The "Steve and Rick Roadshow" was a success in Kansas City. Tom
Bellmer noted:
"These guys are truly top notch experts in their field.
Their knowledge, enthusiasm and speaking skills are second to none. What a
great team these two are!"
(23-Jul-2001)
Running the released version of VFP 7, a terrific product.
(21-Jul-2001)
"Deployment: Production" article published in
FoxTalk's July 2001 issue.
(19-Jul-2001)
Microsoft VFP 7.0 U.S. Pricing and Rebates released.
(19-Jul-2001)
VFP 7 added to the revamped MSDN
site.
(27-Jun-2001)
Microsoft releases Visual FoxPro 7.0 to manufacturing. Product
expected on the shelves in July. More details available in the
Microsoft VFP site.
(22-Jun-2001)
Schummer family become FamilyPC
Family Testers. We will be periodically evaluating new technology for
FamilyPC magazine.
(17-Jun-2001)
GLGDW 2001 Sessions selected. Rick will present "Developer
Tools: Build, Grab, or Buy" & "VFP Introduction"
(Pre-conference Session)
(28-May-2001)
"Deployment: Delivery Methods" article published in
FoxTalk's May 2001 issue.
(16-May-2001)
Sample chapters to 1001 Things You Wanted To Know About Visual
FoxPro (and other books) released on Hentzenwerke.com.
(1-May-2001)
Midwest FoxPro User Group
in Kansas City has invited the "Steve and Rick Roadshow" to
present several sessions July 26 and July 27, 2001.
(21-Apr-2001)
Rick Schummer will be presenting "How to Build a Personal Website"
at the Sterling Heights Computer
Club May 1, 2001
(2-Apr-2001)
Geeks and Gurus, Inc.
opens doors for business.
Three
geeks are better than one! Partners Steve
Bodnar, Steve Sawyer,
and Rick Schummer
already working to surpass customer expectations for complete computer
solutions.
(27-Mar-2001)
The "Steve and Rick Roadshow" makes a stop in
Cleveland as Sawyer and Schummer present to the Greater Cleveland PC User
Group FoxPro SIG.
(23-Mar-2001)
Humanity's greatest space station to date comes down in fiery
splashdown in the Pacific as Mir (meaning is Peace in English) returns to earth 15 years
after the first module orbited in space.
(15-Mar-2001)
Rick resigns for Kirtland
Associates, Inc. No worry, he starts as a partner in Geeks
and Gurus on April 2, 2001. More details to come.
(26-Feb-2001)
Microsoft decides to spawn Visual FoxPro out of Visual Studio
so it can ship sooner than Visual Studio.Net and better service the
waiting customer base. More details at the Microsoft
Visual FoxPro 7 announcement page.
(Rick Schummer posts his viewpoint on this issue in RAS.Commentary
(11-Mar-2001)).
(26-Feb-2001)
Therese and Rick return from a fabulous two week vacation in
Hawaii. Look for detail of the trip on this website in the future.
(25-Jan-2001)
Updated version of the RAS Hack SCX/VCX, download from the
HackForm
page
(10-Jan-2001)
DAFUG website has been
updated with the new schedule for 2001!
(01-Jan-2001)
Welcome to the real beginning of the Third Millennium!
(28-Dec-2000)
Received the Creating
Visual FoxPro Apps with Visual FoxExpress book from Hentzenwerke
Publishing. Just started reading it so there is no review at the moment.
(22-Dec-2000)
Looking for a Christmas Gift for Rick in 2001? Check out the
$72,000 operational Lunar
Rover on Space.com. If the Rover is
a bit pricey check out the Shuttle Space Suits on the same page as an
alternative <g>.
(26-Nov-2000)
RickSchummer.com gets all new facelift.
(8-Nov-2000)
Rick presented his final session (of the five) at the Great Lakes Great
Database Workshop in Milwaukee, WI, USA. Terrific conference. More details
can be found on the Presentations page.
(15-Oct-2000)
The official rollout of RickSchummer.com
is complete. See how this registration process was navigated and how
much easier it could be for others looking to get their website registered
on the web via the new Set Up Your Dot Com
page.
(28-Sep-2000)
Rick joined the Dot Com world by registering RickSchummer.com
(29-Aug-2000)
Rick gained Gateway Affiliate status. Click on the Gateway.com
link to hook up to the Gateway site for great computer products. Any
profit made from this venture is going to be donated to the Hospice
of Michigan.
(11-Aug-2000)
Covad connection to the web via IDSL is working and the home
office is fully web enabled <g>.
(15-Jul-2000)
GLGDW Sessions
Matrix announced. See when Rick and the other speakers are
scheduled to speak at the conference.
(2-Jul-2000)
GLGDW Sessions selected. Rick will present "Fishing
with a ProjectHook" & "Working with Adobe Acrobat and VFP".
(29-Jun-2000)
Actual copies of the 1001
Things You Wanted to Know About Visual FoxPro arrived at the Schummer
residence. We can finally say, "It Shipped" <g>.
(26-Jun-2000)
Rick Schummer passed the Analyzing Requirements and Defining Solutions
Architectures certification exam and is
now three-quarters of the way to becoming a Microsoft Certified Solution
Developer.
(15-Jun-2000)
Hentzenwerke Publishing has announced a new E-book version of the 1001
Things You Wanted to Know About Visual FoxPro is available for download.
(28-Apr-2000)
Hentzenwerke Publishing has announced that advanced orders are being
accepted for the 1001
Things You Wanted to Know About Visual FoxPro (co-authored by Rick Schummer). You can order
the books by going to this Hentzenwerke
site. E-Books (HTML Help format) can be downloaded
after ordering the book.
(28-Apr-2000)
Hentzenwerke Publishing has announced that advanced orders are being
accepted for the Office Automation with Visual
FoxPro. You can order
the books by going to this Hentzenwerke
site. E-Books (HTML Help format) can be downloaded
after ordering the books.
(3-Apr-2000)
CompuServe MSDevApps forum
(where FoxPro and other Microsoft Developers tools are supported) has been
opened to the general Internet public. Still the best place for FoxPro
related help and information.
(2-Apr-2000)
Schummer family gets a new dog. Biscuit is a Cocker/Poodle mix.
She was born on 29-Jan-2000. Pictures of Biscuit
can be found on her own page.
(02-Mar-2000)
Y2K (the 2/29/00 phase) was another non-event on February 29th. Looks like a
couple of weather systems and some systems in Asia that could not handle
this unusual event. For those not familiar, the leap year happens
every four years except for years that end in "00", except for
those "00" years that are divisible by 400. Therefore we got
to work an extra day this year. Not exactly how I wanted to spend a one in
400 year event. <g>
(07-Feb-2000)
Rick Schummer has passed both Visual FoxPro 6.0 certification exams and is
now a
(22-Jan-2000)
Rick Schummer has the second article in the Deployment series published as an Extended Article in the
January 2000 issue of FoxTalk. The topic is Walkthroughs.
(01-Jan-2000)
Y2K was a non-event on the day of the new year. This means that
several companies did a good job solving the Y2K issue. This does not mean
all is well. Most businesses will find out for sure on Monday the
January 3rd and more will find out on February 29, 2000.
(09-Dec-1999)
CompuServe combines FoxGang and VFox forums.
(27-Nov-1999)
Rick Schummer will be speaking at the Great Lakes Great Database Workshop (GLGDW) in
Milwaukee, November 2000. See VFP Books, Announcements, & Stuff
(7-Nov-1999)
Rick Schummer has recently agreed to write several chapters in Andy Kramek and
Marcia Akins' book 1001 Things You
Wanted to Know About Visual FoxPro published
by Hentzenwerke Publishing.
(23-Oct-1999)
Rick Schummer has started a new series in FoxTalk that centers the focus on Deployment.
The first in this series was printed as an Extended Article in the November 1999 issue. |
