Geek of the Month

Every month or so, IDN's own AlphaGeek (Peter Vogel, developer support manager) bestows the Geek of the Month award to a hard-working developer who donates time to help other developers on the IDN technical forums, answering questions and offering expertise. Here's a list of all those who've received the honor.

Jesse Greenwald (September 2008)
The ability to take multiple disparate resources and connect them together into a seamless software solution is what gets Jesse Greenwald at Pervasive Software going every day.  Learn more about Jesse and his QuickBooks Merchant Service integration with Salesforce.com.

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Zach Chandler (April 2007)
For .Net and PHP developers who work with QuickBooks, Zach Chandler recommends Ruby on Rails, a framework that helps build web applications quickly.  Zack relies on Ruby on Rails to enhance Service Sidekick's integration with QuickBooks.  Learn more about this open source framework and Zack. 

Ryan Szrama, Prima Supply (February 2007)
Even though his professional career is just getting started, Ryan Szrama knows his way around web services and e-commerce servers. A self-taught developer, Ryan gained his expertise by asking questions and doing research, along with good old trial and error.

Karl Pyatt, Digital Cows Technology (July 2006)
Digital Cows Technology Karl Pyatt knows that most of his customers want a quick-and-dirty way to connect their home-grown systems with QuickBooks. That chore, however, proves harder than milking a cow on a cold January morning.

Jennifer Wagner, Seed Technologies (March 2006)
Jennifer tackled an integration between her client's legacy ASP ecommerce app and QuickBooks Online Edition. After figuring out how to configure Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS), she posted her test code on the IDN site. Check out her code and see how this developer has been honing her craft since age 12.

Todd Bradfute, IDN (December 2005)
This geek comes from within IDN. Meet Todd Bradfute, the newest addition to the IDN support team. Find out what brought Todd to IDN.

Bill McCuistion, QBOpen (November 2005)
Bill describes his emerging business, QBOpen, and his plans for merging workflow and knowledge management with accounting. See how Bill makes DOM and XML bend to his will.

Karl Irvin, Q2Q (August 2005)
In the 1980s, Karl Irvin taught himself basic programming and VisiCalc on a TRS 80 model III from Radio Shack. Since then, he's combined his programming know-how and accounting experience to launch Q2Q. Find out what tools he relies on to develop his QuickBooks-integrated applications.

Ben Smyth, Sunburst Software Solutions (June 2005)
With 25 years of coding experience, Ben Smyth knows how to build applications for mainframes, IBM midrange systems, GPS, accountants, and contractors. Find out how this Geek of the Month balances coding, running a small business, and offering technical advice on the IDN forums.

Mark Nielson, Baus Systems (April 2005)
A senior member of the IDN technical forum, Mark Nielson has made more than 300 posts, offering advice and expertise on various subjects. He's developed the code for many different interfaces between QuickBooks and the barcode and scanning applications made by his company, Baus Systems.