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Reflections, projects, and ideas worth sharing in more than a passing thought.

The Beatles Song That Really Isn't a Beatles Song

There’s a lot of hubbub in the news and online about the “new Beatles song” that dropped yesterday. As a life-long semi-pro musician, this headline hits a sour note with me.

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Tinylytics for Micro.blog 3.0 Released

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It took a minute to wrap up, but I’m happy to announce that my Tinylytics for Micro.blog plugin has been updated to version 3.0, adding a bunch of new options to bring it to parity with Tinylytics.app features @vincent has released over the last couple of months.

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Tinylytics for Micro.blog v2.1 Released

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Hot on the heels of uptime monitoring on Tinylytics, I’m stoked to share that my Tinylytics for Micro.blog plug-in has been released as a 2.1 version to take advantage of it.

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Tinylytics for Micro.blog 2.0 Release

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I’m happy to share that my Tinylytics for Micro.blog plug-in has been released as a 2.0 version.

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Tinylytics for Micro.blog Updated to 1.0.6

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Fresh on the heels of new Tinylytics.app updates, my Tinylytics for Micro.blog plug-in has been updated to take advantage of the new Kudos feature introduced in the latest release. If you look at your installed site plug-ins, you should see an update available as 1.0.6.

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New Plugin: Tinylytics for Micro.blog

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I published my very first Micro.blog plugin today: Tinylytics for Micro.blog. You can find it in the Micro.blog plugin directory.

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A Better AppleScript to Compress Files or Folders

A while ago, I created an AppleScript that allows you to compress files and folders by simply dropping them onto the applet.

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Seeing the Forest for the Trees

No matter how well-intentioned we are, sometimes we allow things to sneak into our lives under the guise of it being something important.

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It's Your First Dreamforce. What Should You Expect?

Yay! It’s your first Dreamforce! You’re pumped to finally be part of the magic…

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The Ant Mound

One of my earliest childhood memories is traumatic.

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Start Somewhere

Eventually you use up every excuse in your book for not doing the thing you keep saying you’re going to do.

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Memorable Cigarettes

After nearly fifty years, I can still remember the first time I smoked a cigarette.

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Eliminating Digital Distractions

Life is so full of distractions. It seems everything is vying for our attention in one way or another these days, with most of it coming from our electronic gadgets.

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Saying No

Saying no can be one of the hardest things to do.

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Passing Your Salesforce ADM201 Certification Exam

From the first week I began working with Salesforce, I decided attaining certification was something I wanted to pursue.

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AppleScript to Compress Files and Folders

I had the need to select several folders at once in the Mac OS Finder and zip them up as individual archives. This AppleScript to compress files and folders was the solution I came up with.

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Salesforce Flows, Visualforce and Context

I was asked to find a solution for our field reps that would simplify the process of adding a completed task to their activities when they visited one of our retail stores.

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Making a Field Appear Required on a Visualforce Page

I’ve been working on a force.com app with the requirement that a user must enter a valid email address on a Visualforce page before being able to save a record.

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AppleScript to Add Files in the Mac Finder

Today I had the need to add a bunch of named text files to a folder in the Finder on my Mac.

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AppleScript to Toggle the Mac Desktop

Here’s an AppleScript I use to quickly toggle desktop visibility for taking screenshots and recording screencasts that I thought might be useful for others.

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Rebuilding the Apple Mail Envelope Index

Some time ago, I set up my Gmail account in Apple Mail to copy over messages which were not sent to my jimmitchell.org account. I’m one of those guys who likes to have everything all in one place at my finger tips when I need it.

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