Erstwhile TDSB trustee candidate, Slashdot editor, activist, father, web programmer, freedom of information advocate.

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Michael Sims commented on Contact Scripts 2013-01-01 08:41:32 -0800 · Flag
I would find this useful. I would suggest a page to manage call scripts, including copying an existing script and modifying it and saving it with a different name, and the ability to select any of the existing scripts to accompany any sort of bulk calling task. If you’re cunning you could print the script as part of a printed walk list as well.

Nathan Henderson-James tagged Michael Sims' Email broadcaster should be sticky with Useful 2013-01-02 11:34:12 -0800

Email broadcaster should be sticky

If I click on the email button for a user, to send them a personal email, there's a drop-down box to choose which broadcaster is going to send the email to them.  This dropdown selection currently defaults to whichever broadcaster is first alphabetically.  It should default to whichever broadcaster you used to send the last email you sent.  Most often, users will want to send a number of emails in a row using the same broadcaster and this would save them a lot of clicks.


Donald Darnell tagged Michael Sims' more information when deduping with Important 2013-05-12 21:02:56 -0700

more information when deduping

Need to show slightly more information when deduping.  Apparently dedupe doesn't check address fields, though that would often be decisive.  Please show, with no extra clicks, some more information about the main and possible dupe people if it is non-blank in the database.  Seeing that the possible dupe entries both live at 917 Main St. is pretty decisive, but I can't see that without a half dozen clicks (must click through to both entries separately, currently).  Similarly if both entries have provided the same phone number, that's pretty decisive as well.


Michael Sims published Configure people listing view in Suggestions 2012-11-27 10:12:21 -0800

Configure people listing view

When looking at lists of people, I see their name, city, state, and country.  100% of my people are going to be in the same city, state, and country, so this is not useful information for me.  It would be handy to be able to configure the listing view to show other pertinent info about the people - for example to show their street address instead.


Michael Sims commented on Stripe Payment Gateway 2012-11-25 12:33:21 -0800 · Flag
I understand you can’t integrate everything, but Stripe is in many ways superior to Paypal, and I suspect that as time goes on, you’ll receive an increasing number of requests to add it as a supported option.

Michael Sims commented on Introducing Subnations: Empower your local groups with their own nations 2012-07-18 09:11:48 -0700 · Flag
Are supporters or voter file data shared up or down between nations and subnations? If not why not? :)

Michael Sims published Voicemail Flash player from Twilio not showing up in FAQ 2012-06-21 08:45:17 -0700

Voicemail Flash player from Twilio not showing up

When voicemails are saved by Nationbuilder, the Flash player to play them from the website is not showing up.  I see the code in the page source code (a div that goes to Twilio with a .swf player) but it isn't visible.  I've turned off all adblockers.  I'm using Firefox 13.0.1 with Flash player 11.2.202.236.  The 1pixelout.swf isn't being loaded and I'm not sure why.  Is there any kind of known bug here?  If you test it with Firefox does it work for you?