Really? You don’t like torture, Antonin? Methinks you do.

Last Updated on Monday, 28 April 2008 11:14 Written by Steve Monday, 28 April 2008 08:44

These are the people in positions of power in this country. These are the protectors of our constitution. I am dumbfounded. Is this the interpretation of the rules of our society that you want to live under? I take great solace knowing that if I am ever tortured by our government, something that would be legal today should Bush choose to torture me, it won’t be considered punishment under the law. And they call liberals ‘radicals’.

NPSF group reached 300 members today

Last Updated on Friday, 25 April 2008 04:16 Written by Steve Friday, 25 April 2008 04:16

The nonprofit Salesforce.com implementer community put up shop over on Google groups about a year and a half ago. Today we reached 300 members. If you’re interested in Salesforce.com and nonprofits, or just want to lurk on the best damn Salesforce.com implementer forum out there, feel free to join.

Macs at One Market?

Last Updated on Friday, 25 April 2008 03:54 Written by Steve Friday, 25 April 2008 03:52

A rumor is bouncing around that Salesforce.com Corporation is thinking about switching from Dell to Apple for all their desktops. Seems a bit far-fetched to me, but not impossible.

I think it’s far fetched because power users of Salesforce rely heavily on three things:

1. Awesome utility from a MS Outlook inegration
2. Dynamic spreadsheets with MS Excel integration
3. Mail merge integration with MS Word

I can’t believe that Salesforce.com would tell it’s staff that these tools will no longer work for them.

If this rumor is true, and not just a way for Marc to negotiate a better deal with Michael, look for:

1. Integration with Thunderbird to get real–Steven has been doing this project in his spare time
2. Mail.app integration may ge beyond what Simon has built for his own use
3. Mail merge integration with Google Docs or Mac Word
4. Dynamic reports in Mac Excel–google spreadsheets just aren’t powerful enough yet