Van Jones is a master framer

Last Updated on Wednesday, 13 August 2008 01:05 Written by Steve Wednesday, 13 August 2008 01:05

And I’m not talking about Green building…

I’ve had a great time working with Green for All–they’re accomplishing amazing things very rapidly. And what Van is doing to set the messaging frame for the new environmental movement is invaluable. We all need to keep him out there, spreading the message.

• We can’t make a green economy by reclaiming thrown away stuff, we need to reclaim thrown away people.
• I can’t tell a drug dealer he’s hurting the community, and that he should go work for Walmart. They hurt the community, too.
• Green jobs not jails.
• Affluent people can spend money on “green premium” Priuses, but poor people can earn money and save money in a green economy.
• It’s not about crisis, it’s about opportunity

This is great stuff. He also calls out the biggest risk to this movement–a backlash alliance between polluters and poor people. I think he’s right on there.

2 miles from my house

Last Updated on Monday, 11 August 2008 11:47 Written by Steve Monday, 11 August 2008 11:47

Another reason I love where I live–Discovery Park and it’s miles of running trails right in the middle of Seattle.

Unintended Consequences of Apex and Visualforce

Last Updated on Thursday, 7 August 2008 03:24 Written by Steve Thursday, 7 August 2008 03:24

VisualForce and Apex use semicolons, and the Salesforce.com user forums software interprets semicolos as the eyes in a smiley face. Oops.

When you are struggling with syntax and you run across sample code that look like this, it kinda feels like getting kicked in the gut by a clown.