Collective Gear List?

[The Monkey]

Is there a (relatively easy) way to create a collective gear list? I know we have the individual profiles and sigs, but it would be boss if we had some sort of searchable index/db/whatever so we could more easily find people with certain pieces of gear.

Thoughts?

[Grahame]

and you're volunteering to keep it updated as people buy, sell and trade?

[The Monkey]

Hell no. But there must be some sort of dynamic solution out there where people could update themselves. Don't some of you work with, like, computers and stuff?

[penger]

The easiest might be some sort of wiki page?

[GPH]

The easiest way for a couple of revolving-door members here would be to use Twitter...

[aardvark baguette]

excel or that newfangled google doc thingy

[aardvark baguette]

just testing attachment function

[Torpedo]

The xls file is a good format. The "problem" would be having it hosted in a way that after any of us edits and adds/removes gear, the updated file is saved automatically in the same place. It'd be possible that two people updating the DB at the same moment, produced a file which won't keep the changes of both if the file once updated has to be actively uploaded.

[aardvark baguette]

if 2 people have it open from same place, the 2nd one becomes "ldb" and read-only, afaik.

OF course if you're saving it locally, thats out the window.

[MexicanDragon]

What about having a Google Doc for it under a Head-Case user name with everyone (or possibly just everyone who wanted it) having the password? [email protected]? I'm sure it's available. It could always be stored/edited/saved there.

No way to make it to where someone couldn't just go in and change either someone else's gear or even change the password. Guess it depends on how much people here are trusted.

**BRENT**

[n_maher]

This reeks of insanity to me. A) there's no way it would stay current, no one keeps their profile/sig current, why would they do any different with a spreadsheet? It'd be way to easy for someone to accidentally delete data they didn't intend to and render the whole thing null and void. Good idea, sure, but impossible to manage.

[MexicanDragon]

This reeks of insanity to me. A) there's no way it would stay current, no one keeps their profile/sig current, why would they do any different with a spreadsheet? It'd be way to easy for someone to accidentally delete data they didn't intend to and render the whole thing null and void. Good idea, sure, but impossible to manage.

A) true

there should be an "undo" option, no?

**BRENT**

[aardvark baguette]

it probably is easiest to do something where maybe 3 or 4 people agree to update it.

[n_maher]

[The Monkey]

This reeks of insanity to me. A) there's no way it would stay current, no one keeps their profile/sig current, why would they do any different with a spreadsheet? It'd be way to easy for someone to accidentally delete data they didn't intend to and render the whole thing null and void. Good idea, sure, but impossible to manage.

Just for that, I am not going to put the Nugget Audio B22 in the supercool database for a full 2 weeks after it goes live.

[tyrion]

The easiest way for a couple of revolving-door members here would be to use Twitter...

I don't have time to be posting on twitter.

[Aura]

it probably is easiest to do something where maybe 3 or 4 people agree to update it.

I pity anyone who volunteers themselves to this task.

It would be awesome if it were realistically manageable, but as others have already posted I really doubt that it can be done.

[Sherwood]

Isn't the best way to find out who has a piece of gear just to post a negative review of it and see who responds?

[Salt Peanuts]

Isn't the best way to find out who has a piece of gear just to post a negative review of it and see who responds?

QFT, though it occurs much less over here than at HF.

[Dusty Chalk]

This sounds more like a wiki to me, rather than a multi-user document management problem. People shouldn't have the ability to change others' gear lists, unless specifically tasked to do so (Mike would need to delegate a secretary or something).

That said, I agree with Nate, I don't picture a solution to this problem.

[Spiug31]

Is there a (relatively easy) way to create a collective gear list? I know we have the individual profiles and sigs, but it would be boss if we had some sort of searchable index/db/whatever so we could more easily find people with certain pieces of gear.

Thoughts?

There is the option of googling for it, for instance entering

HD800 site:http://www.head-case.org/forums/members/

into the google box then pressing enter brings up a page for each member that has "HD800" mentioned in their profile page.

[The Monkey]

That said, I agree with Nate, I don't picture a solution to this problem.

[Hopstretch]

Also, what's the point when everybody will soon just have JH-13s and Slims?

[blubliss]

[digger945]

I think it would be a great idea. I was just involved with a pcb group buy on diyA where everyone update the google spreadsheet thingy themselves. It even has conditional's where if you mark your "paid" column "yes" the background color changes(probably nothing new to some of you fellas). No telling how many neato funtions are built in.