So, today I happened to make mention of a peeve of mine – businesses that use Twitter not to engage or be personal with the masses, but who use it as a way to throw out the latest sale, offering, or blank “Come visit us ’cause we’re awesome” tweet. Of course, after quickly typing it,…
Our Common Goal Was Waiting For The World To End….The Best of 2011 List
So, I’ve been blogging for a few years now and every year I’ve put out a best of list IMO for the music of the year. And, to be honest, I almost forgot until a kind old soul I just don’t talk to enough reminded me that he was waiting to see what I thought…
Timesaver #8 – Calculating Business Days
Hey all, So, on Twitter this week Jon Adams from Florida asked a question using the #askforce hash – “Is there a way to replicate the WORKDAY function in Excel in SFDC?”. My first response was to send him as link to an answer on the Salesforce Community page which laid out how to calculate…
Know that I’m gonna be your dangerous side effect …
So, this past week, salesforce.com released a new feature within their core application called “Social Contacts”. Those who happened to attend or watch Dreamforce this year know that the Social Enterprise and the social contacts function got some major airplay during the Keynote speech by salesforce.com CEO Mark Benioff (if you watch again, you can actually…
Hello out there, we’re on the air, it’s ‘Hockey Night’ tonight…
So, those who know me know that my love of what I do for a living is superseded likely only by my love of hockey (of course my wife and kids come first for everything….). I played hockey for a very long time, until I couldn’t anymore, and now I spend a many a night listening and…
Long May You Run…
Yesterday, the world lost a technical icon, an entrepreneurial mentor and a great human being in Steve Jobs. The news came a day after the Apple 4s announcement, and the same day as Oracle Open World. As a friend of mine said via her Facebook status, “Every single comment or status update in my stream…
And if You save yourself, You will make him happy…
So, today is the 20th anniversary of the release of Nirvana’s Nevermind. I’m not going to wax eloquent about how this album changed the music world on its head, or spoke to a generation, or any of that. To be honest, there is enough out there on Nirvana’s impact by people far more smarter than I am…
Timesaver #7 – Forcing Opportunities During Lead Conversion
A couple of days ago, a good friend and fellow MVP, Becka who is also known as @SFDC_Nerd, put out a tweet using the AskForce hashtag. It was as follows: “Any way to have a trigger fire before lead convert? Trying to force oppty creation on all leads. #askforce (yeah, I’m back to this again)”….
It’s the End of the World As We Know It, And I Feel Fine
So, I sit here in the lobby of the Marriott Marquis, killing time before my red eye flight takes off from SFO. Another Dreamforce has come and gone, and once again salesforce.com put on an amazing show. From the Monday night pre-dreamforce meet ups and greet ups right to this morning’s final sessions, Dreamforce was…
When Something Stands For Nothing
So, while listening to the new Headstones song (BINTHISWAYFORYEARS…check it out!) I was also looking through twitter, when yet another #SFDCrevealed tweet came across my stream. Now, those who know me understand that I am not a big fan of the “attack ad”, or using any method of advertisement that boosts your service/product through the…