I am looking for someone to help me get started on a project.
I have 2 years of VB.NET experience and it's one of my classes.

So, by the end of next year i need to develop an application of my choice, only requirements are that it shouldn't be too simple (it needs to be a real-life usable application with enough features to make it usable by for example a company)

another requirement is that it needs to use databases.

So, i have some ideas running through my head already here, some of which i have a knowledge on how to (atleast) get started on, and some of which i don't

my ideas would be the following:

- develop an application that runs on a server. perhaps with both lan for use inside company, AND TCP/IP connection for outside use to connect to the main server from home.

- give the ability to users to upload/download files to/from the server, and have a nice overview of the files that are on the server (when uploaded? by who? size? description?). Here is where the database part would come in.

- Give the ability to users to exchange messages through a private messaging system (messages will be stored in database for administrative purposes)

those are just a few ideas from the top of my head, i could perhaps add more, or change some stuff.

So for my request now: i would like, if possible, that i could perhaps add someone to msn or anything so i can have a bit more live help on this. I will not be on your neck all the time asking stuff, i just need a few tips and pushes in the right direction at times as i go on. Just either send me a PM or reply here if you'd like to help me out in this.

many, MANY thanks in advance to all of you!