a couple of weeks ago i started looking at transfer. i found myself wishing that i hadn't missed out on mark mandel's presentation to the inland empire coldfusion user's group that he had given a couple of months ago. heck i would have been thrilled to see any presentation on transfer right then and there.

in an all-too-rare moment of clarity, i remembered that charlie arehart has a compendium of links to recorded breeze/connect presentations, including six on transfer and, as of this writing, 231(!) on various other topics. very nice.

i've been aware that this existed for quite some time, but i guess i took it for granted until i actually found myself needing it. i meant to post something back then, not only to thank charlie but also to mention the UGTV page in case there might be a few folks out there who were unaware.

fast forward to today. somebody on the BACFUG mailing list asked a question about code generation. i pointed out two resources that i thought may be of use (one being peter farrell's rooibos generator, the other being brian rinaldi's illudium p36 code generator).

charlie followed up by mentioning that he had compiled and maintains a list of various tools (including IDEs, code generators, blogging tools, CAPTCHA tools, and more) at http://www.carehart.org/resourcelists/tools_to_consider/. this one, unlike the UGTV page, was actually news to me. i took a look and all i could think was, "holy crap". yes, i'm nothing if not eloquent.

folks, this is the holy grail of "does anybody know of a tool that can do...." if it exists, it's on this list. not only was i suprised by how all-encompassing this list was, but it's also remarkably up-to-date. it's one thing to put forth the effort to compile such a list. it's another to put forth the effort that it must take to maintain it and keep it useful.

twice in the past two weeks i've been duly impressed by two of the many resources that charlie manages. i figure that if nothing else, that deserves a public "thank you" at the very least. so, thanks charlie. i'm sure i speak for quite a few people when i say that all of your efforts on behalf of the community are appreciated.