2 minutes on what drives me

Last Updated on Saturday, 16 January 2010 02:30 Written by Steve Saturday, 16 January 2010 02:25

I want to live my life with autonomy, mastery, and purpose*.

Autonomy–the freedom to act and decide my own direction.

Mastery–excelling at whatever I choose to do.

and Purpose–the why behind my actions.

My purpose in life is driven by a great love for people, and a desire for them to be powerful in their lives.

What is power? Power is the ability to make change, to accomplish things, to be proficient, to have a say.

When you have power, you are confident, you get things done, you can unleash your creativity in solving problems. Powerful people make change for themselves and others.

My purpose is to help others find their power. This applies to all people–

• I want all people to have a voice in decisions that affect them
• I want people to unleash their creativity in service of solutions that improve the world
• I want my children to grow up to be independent/free-thinking adults
• I want the opportunity for all people to live a life of autonomy, mastery, and purpose

The work I do supports this purpose, and I am always looking for ways to push my impact deeper and broader.

*Be sure to check out Dan Pink’s talk on motivation.

An Introduction to Exception Handling in Apex

Last Updated on Tuesday, 12 January 2010 10:48 Written by Steve Tuesday, 12 January 2010 10:48

I was privileged to get to write an article for DeveloperForce.com on exception handling in Apex. I wrote this article not from the perspective of an expert on the subject, but as someone who really wanted to learn more about my options for using exception handling in my Apex code.

I’ve always had a nagging feeling that I wasn’t following best practices in my exception handling in Apex. In most cases I wasn’t doing any exception handling at all. I decided to write up what I have learned about error handling on the Force.com platform so that others could jump into it full-bore, and make their programs more robust and fault tolerant.

I hope it’s helpful to Apex programmers out there. Let me know what you think!