Blog Quandary

Blog Quandary

I am very excited to announce that this website is being redesigned professionally by the best web designer I know,.

Year-end Reflections

Year-end Reflections

This post was originally published on the NTEN Blog on December 24th, 2015. As years go, 2015 was a significant.

RFPs GOOD. Fixed Bids BAD.

RFPs GOOD. Fixed Bids BAD.

It occurs to me that my signature rant these days is not clearly posted on my own blog. Let’s fix.

Architecting Healthy Data Management Systems

Architecting Healthy Data Management Systems

This article was originally published in the NTEN eBook “Collected Voices: Data-Informed Nonprofits” in January of 2014. Introduction The reasons.

Making Your Website More Useful For More People

Making Your Website More Useful For More People

This post was originally published on the LSC Technology Blog in January of 2014. LSC is Legal Services Corporation, my employer..

Hacking For Justice

Hacking For Justice

This post was originally published on the LSC Technology Blog in May of 2013. Note that “LSC” is Legal services.

Delicious Memories

Delicious Memories

This article was originally published on the Idealware Blog in December of 2010. Like many of my NPTECH peers, I.

The Years Of The Kat

The Years Of The Kat

This is a memorial post for Krazy.com, a domain that I registered in February of 1995, back when Network Solutions was the only domain registrar and the annual registration fee was $0. I had recently closed my computer bulletin board system, which was called the Coconino County BBS, after the home of George Herriman's classic comic character, Krazy Kat. In it's place, I put up a web site that grew to be the most complete and best known source of information on the now somewhat obscure, but dearly loved early 20th century newspaper strip about a Kat, named Krazy, who loved a Mouse, named Ignatz.

Why SharePoint Scares Me

Why SharePoint Scares Me

For the past four years or so, at two different organizations, I've been evaluating Microsoft's Sharepoint 2007 as a Portal/Intranet/Business Process Management solution. It's a hard thing to ignore, for numerous reasons:

Oldstyle Community Management

Oldstyle Community Management

This article was originally published on the Idealware Blog in May of 2009. Photo by ferricide It’s been a big.