case studies
Dayton-area Tweetup: In-person and via UStream
We had a great meetup at Cold Beer and Cheeseburgers in downtown Dayton this afternoon. About eight of us showed up in-person, but I also was able to UStream the event via the New Media Cincinnati channel, so even more people showed up!
In-person (links to Twitter profile where available):
Rich Palmer
Jerry Minnich
Nathan [...]
Keeping upper management knowledgeable and salespeople paid
This is another post where I share technical details about a project I have been working on.
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Sales executives within the company receive monthly commission checks based on active client employee counts and gross payroll, for clients that they have brought on. In addition, upper management needs to see high-level numbers such as active clients, [...]
Microsoft Great Plains - Integration Manager in action
The company uses a version of Microsoft Great Plains (GP) that’s been customized for the PEO industry. One piece of that is Integration Manager (IM). I’ve talked about the bridge application a number of times before. With an Excel file from a client and, with some sophisticated programming, we create a tab-delimited [...]
Every programmer should be on a testing project
I think every programmer should get a chance to be on a testing project because it will make him or her a better programmer. On one project I supported the complete software development lifecycle process to develop a multi-tiered, Intranet-based, Product Data Management System from a software quality assurance perspective. The company is [...]
Helping company take advantage of a tax credit
Image by alberth2 via Flickr
I found out last year from the Accounting department at my current company that employers with tipped employees can get a tax credit based on how employees have reported their tips. I guess it’s the IRS’s way to encourage employers to get their employees to report tips so that they [...]
