Tuesday, May 27th, 2014 by Jim Mitchell Leave a Comment

Mailplane 3 Minimalist CSS

Due to an onslaught of spam that my hosting provider just can’t seem to get a handle on lately, I’m back to using Google Apps for email with my domain, and that means I’m back to using Mailplane as my app of choice to handle working with email messages.

In my opinion, the Gmail interface is a little bloated and busy, so I had to make it a little simpler and remove the clutter.

Below is the link to a Github Gist of the CSS I’m using to make my Mailplane 3 Gmail really minimalist. If you’re looking to pare down the Gmail UI in Mailplane, give it a try. Any customizations beyond what I’ve already done is up to you.

https://gist.github.com/jimmitchell/86cf545ed0593de6cb93

Share your thoughts in the comments.

Tuesday, January 14th, 2014 by Jim Mitchell Leave a Comment

A Must Have Chrome Extension for Salesforce Schema Builder

If you work with the Force.com schema builder at all and use Chrome as your browser of choice, then this extension is a must have tool. It will toggle the Salesforce header in the Schema Builder and give you back almost 2 inches of screen real estate.

Monday, January 13th, 2014 by Jim Mitchell Leave a Comment

iMac (Late 2013): Understanding the first startup cycle

Via Apple Support: After you press the power button on the back of an iMac (Late 2013), the computer might appear to not start up.

When I purchased my 2013 iMac, this happened to me the first time I booted up, and again after I installed new RAM. It freaked me out a little when it happened, thinking I managed to get yet another lemony-fresh Mac.

Monday, January 13th, 2014 by Jim Mitchell Leave a Comment

A Growing List of Salesforce Blogs to Follow

I came across this long list of Salesforce blogs to add to Feedly (or your preferred RSS reader) the other day. Unfortunately, I don’t recall where I stumbled on it, otherwise I’d give credit where due.

There are a bunch in the list I had no clue about. Props to Salesforce MVP Abhinav Gupta for making the list and sharing it as a Github Gist.

Friday, January 3rd, 2014 by Jim Mitchell Leave a Comment

Salesforce1 App Developer Guide

With Salesforce1, if you’re a Salesforce developer, you’re now also a mobile developer. To help you on your journey of Salesforce1 development, check out the Salesforce1 App Developer Guide. This is the book that I worked on along with many other talented folks here at Salesforce.

via Developer Force Blog.

This is kind of old news if you attended Dreamforce 2013. But since I didn’t, I had a bit of a time tracking it down.

Once I’m through the 12 Force.com workbooks, this is the next book I plan to tackle.