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life beyond googlegroups, or how we un-trainwrecked our listserve

The listserve management conundrum has flummoxed me and many of my peers and collaborators for years now, leading some groups to never form listserves, and others to permanently shut them down... sometimes with little or no notice. These same vexing digital communities also facilitate some of the most profound resource sharing I've ever known, and in many ways form the lifeblood of communities across space, time, and identities. Read on for how we sunset our old listserve on GoogleGroups and started fresh with Groups.io.

How to resize logos for Salesforce Classic Letterhead (Email Templates)

This is one of those things that SHOULD be so simple! Why is it not simple? *Shakes fist* My real goal: Automate sending emails to acknowledge donations in Salesforce. My interim goal: Update email templates that will be used in aforementioned automation. Where I got stuck: Updating the letterhead of the aforementioned email templates. This … Continue reading How to resize logos for Salesforce Classic Letterhead (Email Templates)

data and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party pt i: battle of the forms

On Instagram yesterday, Sista Docta Alexis Pauline Gumbs (@alexispauline) reminded me, "exactly 60 years ago today, Fannie Lou Hamer, Ella Baker, and others were fundraising as the Mississippi Democratic party to pay for buses and cheap hotel rooms on their way to crash the 1964 Democratic National Convention." This got me on a kick to … Continue reading data and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party pt i: battle of the forms