About

Projects


A list of books I've read . And some on my bookshelf. *

Public Service

  • I am Founder and part-time Director of MoreQuality, a nonprofit that connects people with community and government to promote good governance and societal well-being.

Work

  • I'm a Developer at Granicus, supporting effective open government.

Education

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Web tools Organizations should know about:

Simona Padilla-Scholtens 2006 Campaign

Logo, Website, Poster and Flyer designs
for 2006 committee to Elect Simona Padilla-Scholtens using ruby, rails, dreamhost, and illustrator around 10/1/2005

User Interface

Experiments with UI, data, and components
democracy map opensolano protovis protovis - basic Gallery Google Calendar Google Calendar - HR Report Handlebars Metaprogramming timeline jquery - slider jquery - tabs jquery - vertical tabs
for myself using ruby, rails, and more around ongoing

Geo

Testing Geo shapefiles and such.
lookup solano county map3 simplegeo
for afomi using ruby around 10/01/2010

Nonprofits

Building a tool to connect with nonprofits in my local area.
index verify
for myself using ruby and rails around 08/15/2011

Pixel Paintings

Analyze raster images. Re-create with paint
for myself using asp, ruby, and illustrator around 5/25/2003

Posterous

Pulling my Posterous feeds into projects and screens
a list of posts
for myself using ruby, rails, and posterous.com around 08/15/2011

Govflix

Playing with Granicus ' Govflix API
for afomi using ruby around 5/25/2011

Student Enrollment Visualization

Visualizing Student Records to Address Data Integrity
for Mare Island Technology Academy using powerschool, oracle, ruby, and pdf-writer around 5/25/2009

schoren.com

website design and programming for a local business
for Schoren Network Solutions using ruby, rails, and dreamhost around

Scrapers

Building scrapers to bring order to the web. Liberat and share data easily in .json or .xml
index IRS ScraperWiki
for myself using ruby and rails around 08/15/2011

OpenGov Community Calendar

Tracking events, challenges, efforts, and websites advancing transparent, open governance.
for MoreQuality.org using ruby and rails around 4/15/2012

Coleslaw

Visualization of the United States Code of Law
readme create a .pdf poster text load
for Sunlight Foundation using ruby, and pdf around 06/15/2010

Vacaville Magazine

Converting a community event calendar to an open, shareable format
open event calendar their event calendar
for myself using ruby and rails around 08/15/2011

My Bookmarks

Removing Duplicate Google Bookmarks
upload bookmarks cleanup bookmarks delicious.com/afomi
for myself using ruby and rails around 08/15/2011

Timemapping

playing with timelines and Google Maps
timemap
for afomi using ruby, rails, javascript, and timemap around 03/01/2012

Collaborative Markup

Collaborating on crafting legislation
for myself using ruby and rails around 7/28/2010

Document and Image Viewing

wrote a Rails application to search, index, and display stored documents in Sungard Bi-Tech' s IFAS (Integrated Financial Accounting System)
for Solano County using .net, xml, informix, ruby, and rails around 01/01/2007

Messing with MongoDB

Learning about MongoDB and document stores
index
for myself using ruby, rails, and mongodb around 07/01/2010..12/31/2099

Computational Governance

Automating social well-being for greater levels of human expression
thoughts
for myself using ruby and rails around 4/3/2012

Advanced Court Reporting

website design and programming for a business in Oregons
for Spotlight Marketing using ruby, rails, and dreamhost around 6/1/2010