Well said Joe! I second everything you said! Wonderful community of learning made up of a bunch of beautiful people!!

No truer words have been uttered.

Joe I know that euphoric feeling you're talking about. I hit that milestone late last year when I caught up with every Tech Help video as well as all the courses.

Perhaps Richard should fashion a new badge for completely finishing his website. Remember the commercial where the guy tells his wife he finished the internet?

I enjoy implementing what was taught and revel in making something work. I will spin in my chair in excitement! You would think at 59 years old I would grow up but alas, it is not meant to be.

Joe thank you for the kind words. I'm writing my Oscar speech now.

Seriously though, I'm thrilled you've gotten so much out of the site. It's awesome to see the transformations you've made, and the fact that you're still spinning in your chair at 59 just proves that you're never too old to geek out. I think that's the real secret to staying young - the excitement of seeing something work! I still love this stuff too... brings back memories of "wow, I can make it do that!" as an 8-year old programming my TRS-80.

And, as for the idea of a badge for finishing the whole site - I'm on it. Maybe we can call it the "I Finished the Zone" badge, and maybe toss in a confetti cannon for good measure.

Thanks again for being such a big part of this amazing community. I might be the teacher, but you all are the real stars here. This site wouldn't be anything more than a collection of videos without all of you.

Keep spinning that chair!

I don't give 5 star reviews to anybody.  Richard got close a 4.49999999 because I never give 5. But I agree. I've solved issues I would never have taken on 2 years ago.  I use Richards videos as the template and then I wonder off and do my own thing. Sometimes I get lost. Sometimes I don't. And if I was smart enough at one point I can go back to the backup.

Ah yes, I've got 85 reviews and 83 of them are five-star reviews and two of them are four-star. That drives me nuts because I'm like, "What do I have to do better to get that fifth star?" But I can certainly appreciate it if you don't give five-star reviews to anybody, if that's the bar you are setting. And I still have a 5.0 review on Google because I guess they overlook a few of the outliers. But I appreciate it. You're basically saying that five stars is like Warp 10. You can get up to Warp 9.999, but that Warp 10 is just impossibly fast... unless you're a Traveler. :)

Guess what? Just spun in my chair again. I used a web API (from phonevalidator) to determine what type of line a customer phone number is (Landline, Cell  Phone, or Fake). This tells me what numbers I can call or text customer responses to. I am steps away from using RingCentral or Twilio to improve customer service. I will create templates for answers to common questions and have those automatically sent and then logged into the activity table which is linked to the customer table.

I went from clicking a web link field, logging on to the website, copying and pasting the phone number, and clicking enter to just having to click a button in my database. I actually laugh a little and then spin in my chair when I have these little successes.

I completely agree with you. Just the other day I looked at my original database before finding Richard's lessons, and I can't believe how bland it was. I've learned so much, and some of his stuff I've had the pleasure of learning more than once because I can't remember it all!

Hear hear!!  Too busy to say more just yet ......