Seems way too simple, doesn't it? I guess the lesson is that things don't have to be too complicated in order to work.

Conclusion
One of the main reasons I've enjoyed working with Notes so much is that my persistence usually pays off. I'll stick with a problem until I've licked it or decided that it's not worth licking anymore. I'm happy to say that I'm rarely unable to come up with a solution that works.

I hope that this article has helped remind you of a similar need in your company that is just waiting for you to fill it. Applications and solutions don't always have to be complicated to be great. They can just help bridge that simple gap that exists between the user and the information he wants. And sometimes that bridge is just a LotusScript agent and a CSV file away. It's kind of like looking at Nikolas Tesla in those newsreel films that show him with a metal pole in each hand and suddenly a continuous spark goes from one to the other.

David Gewirtz is the author of How To Save Jobs and Where Have All The Emails Gone? For more than 20 years, he has analyzed current, historical, and emerging issues relating to technology, competitiveness, and policy. David is the Editor-in-Chief of the ZATZ magazines, is the Cyberterrorism Advisor for the International Association for Counterterrorism and Security Professionals, and is a member of the instructional faculty at the University of California, Berkeley extension. He can be reached at david@zatz.com and you can follow him at http://www.twitter.com/DavidGewirtz.