tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31131263.post8373812249086387450..comments2023-12-20T16:06:57.929-05:00Comments on Don't Tell the Donor.org: Convio practices what they preachUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31131263.post-43807036324571167262007-10-18T00:53:00.000-04:002007-10-18T00:53:00.000-04:00I don't give a crap about scooping other bloggers,...I don't give a crap about scooping other bloggers, especially when in this case the stakes are so high. Open APIs are something that the nptech community have been behind for more than a year so we really need to get it right. I've been somewhat disappointed with the quality of the coverage so far since very few of the bloggers who had the early posts even bothered to look at the API documentation for both Kintera and Convio. In the haste to post, I feel that good judgement was left behind. In the final analysis, do not let a vendor's charm offensive move you to post. It turns out that Kintera's API is superior to Convio's API but you can't tell that until you read the API docs. I think this is where IT director experience comes in very handy. You end up being somewhat leery of vendor claims until you see the product at hand. When I realized that I would only have a few hours before the availability of open.convio.com and the actual embargoed time (which Judi should have respected -- sigh) then I realized it would be a no-go for me. And this is where programmer experience comes in handy as well because as a coder you judge an API 's worth mostly by the methods that are available in it to invoke. It's simply not a good idea to make sweeping judgments about the relative worth of a vendor's open API strategy if you either don't take the time to look at their product or don't have the chops to evaluate their API. I know Tad (Convio's Communications Director) is a great guy but the Convio API is lacking a lot of functionality that the Kintera API provides.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31131263.post-10947399214375967172007-10-17T05:14:00.000-04:002007-10-17T05:14:00.000-04:00My experiences are that Convio doesn't know how to...My experiences are that Convio doesn't know how to practice what they preach. I've been completeley dissapointed with the knowlege base over at Convio. They have soooooo many bugs in their systems and seem unable to fix any of them. Their customer service is also very bad. I wouldn't tell anyone to go with their platform until they deal with their serious technical and management issues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31131263.post-52627449780175887582007-10-17T02:36:00.000-04:002007-10-17T02:36:00.000-04:00Here's another post from a bloggerhttp://www.nonpr...Here's another post from a blogger<BR/>http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/convio-and-kintera-open-their-apis-but-befuddles-codersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31131263.post-41024883285423515512007-10-16T14:26:00.000-04:002007-10-16T14:26:00.000-04:00it sure sounds cheaper than paying to have your PR...it sure sounds cheaper than paying to have your PR put out on press release wire servicesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31131263.post-63033321359940951272007-10-16T10:48:00.000-04:002007-10-16T10:48:00.000-04:00I wonder if they would have received the same leve...I wonder if they would have received the same level of cooperation from the blogosphere if they didn't make some writers feel special with the advanced info...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com