Archive for February, 2009

The Accountant’s Shanty

Life on February 26th, 2009 3 Comments

No, that title doesn’t connect to anything.  I just wanted to reference the ouevre of Monty Python. But, I did hire a professional accountant for the first time this year.  You might say it was a foregone conclusion after having to redo my own taxes for three of the past four years.  Plus, in 2008 [...]

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RepFinder: USPS and Congressional Data Mashup

Nerding on February 22nd, 2009 1 Comment

Last fall I had an business idea for the nonprofit and cause advocacy – allow people to look up their representatives through all levels of government with their address.  I did some sleuthing, found that the service was possible, and that already existed in several forms.  Most prominently, the CapWiz product from Capitol Advantage.  I [...]

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Twestival Yay, Testival Boo

Life, Nonprofiteering on February 15th, 2009 No Comments

I attended the Austin Twestival last night; it seemed to come off successfully though I did not stay until the end. A lot of people showed up – Ace’s Lounge did not look at all empty by 9pm and the crowd only thickened thereafter. I had the honor of locking horns with @aaronmsb [...]

One Silly SalesForce Internal Server Error

Nerding, SalesForce on February 9th, 2009 No Comments

After about a half hour of debugging, I figured out that if you’re calling a method from an inputText VisualForce element, a la
<apex:inputText value=”{!BiteMe}” />
And if that method’s setter is private, exempli gratia
public String BiteMe { get { return ‘gnash snarl’; } private set; }
Then SalesForce will give you an Internal Server Error.  Way to [...]

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Capturing, Subduing and Taming Technical Volunteers

Nerding, Nonprofiteering on February 9th, 2009 No Comments

This is my second post in a very short series about technical volunteers.  This topic has been capably covered before, so really, these are just my thoughts on the matter.  Jayne Cravens has some thoughtful content on the subject, among others.
So, how do you make the best use of your technical volunteers and keep them [...]

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