Seeing the Forest for the Trees
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
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?
Saturday, November 9, 2019
Yay! It’s your first Dreamforce!
You’re pumped to finally be part of the magic. I bet you’ve already looked at a lot of other blogs to learn how to be ready before you landed here.
These are a few of my recommendations to make it a more memorable experience.
The Ant Mound
Sunday, July 29, 2018
One of my earliest childhood memories is traumatic. At least it would seem traumatic to a three-and-a-half-year-old little boy. Though it didn’t turn out to be the end of the world, it seemed like hell when it happened. I still carry the memory with me more than a half-century later, so it damaged me on some level.
Start Somewhere
Friday, July 27, 2018
Eventually you use up every excuse in your book for not doing the thing you keep saying you’re going to do. You’ve procrastinated yourself into a corner and realize it’s either time to just do it, or finally forget about it and move on.
Memorable Cigarettes
Saturday, April 28, 2018
After nearly fifty years, I can still remember the first time I smoked a cigarette. It was early spring and my family lived on a farm in a semi-rural part of Colorado, a little north of Denver, at the foot of the Rocky Mountains.
Eliminating Digital Distractions
Thursday, April 13, 2017
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.
Saying No
Sunday, March 12, 2017
Saying no can be one of the hardest things to do.
Spin Cycle
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
I’ve been around long enough to know life moves in cycles.
Top Chrome Extensions Every Salesforce Admin Needs
Thursday, August 18, 2016
Most Salesforce admins have a list of favorite Google Chrome extensions they use to make their work just a little easier.
Passing Your Salesforce ADM201 Certification Exam
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
I passed the Salesforce ADM201 certification exam today. It’s been a five-year road to get here. From the first week I began working with Salesforce, I decided attaining certification was something I wanted to pursue.
AppleScript to Compress Files and Folders
Saturday, August 2, 2014
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.
Salesforce Flows, Visualforce and Context
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
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.
Making a Field Appear Required on a Visualforce Page
Friday, October 19, 2012
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.
AppleScript to Add Files in the Mac Finder
Friday, August 12, 2011
Today I had the need to add a bunch of named text files to a folder in the Finder on my Mac.
AppleScript to Toggle the Mac Desktop
Saturday, October 16, 2010
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.
Rebuilding the Apple Mail Envelope Index
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
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.