In the spring of 2009 we helped create a unique tool for connecting people with volunteer and donation opportunities, as part of the Change the Web challenge. It’s a great contest, and a cool technology, but it needs some explanation….
I found this open source library, and quickly realized that I needed some examples of how to use it. Finding none, anywhere on the internet, I struggled for about two hours before learning that you can chain together class names to reach internal classes. It wouldn’t be a SalesForce blog post without me bitching about [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 at inflatable [...]
