Workflow
2009-11-23
I've been interested in Workflow and Business Process Management. Boiling business processes down to essential components, such as:
- Input
- Approval
- Execute
- Record
- Reconcile
I've seen quite a few workflow products on the market, and...
Student Lottery "App"
2009-11-19
Spring is around the corner, and the school will be accepting new Student Applications. The Middle School
Program is strong and a Waiting List is anticipated for 6th grade enrollment, like every year.
Last year, I wrote a webpage that pulls the names of the students from a flat-file...
Google Apps & Ruby/Rails
2009-11-17
At MITA, we use Google Apps for email, and online documents, spreadsheets, forms, chat, and more. I've been weaving Applications together in an Intranet, using Ruby & Rails. Ruby is a pleasure to work with - it is logical, flexible, and powerful object-oriented scripting-type language. The "Sta...
Website Redesign
2009-11-15
Recently, I've been working on a redesign of this website - focusing on more color and applicable content.
The Knight Foundation has a contest that ends on Dec 15, which I've been contemplating along with too many
other good ideas to pursue at once....
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church
2009-11-09
I've met with the good people from Shepherd of the Hills Church regarding a website redesign. Like many organizations, they want a quality web-presence, but lack a dedicated, technical resource. Afomi was designed specifically for this situation, and I'm glad we may be able to work together to get a ...
Ruby PDF Writer
2009-01-14
At MITA, there is an an older model HP Laserjet (some model number), plotter printer, and I really wanted to make use of it.
Because I had discovered many invalid Re-Enrollment records in PowerSchool, I wanted to visualize the records to get
a clear sense of the the data structure.
Neverthel...