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Saying No

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

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Spin Cycle

I’ve been around long enough to know life moves in cycles.

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Top Chrome Extensions Every Salesforce Admin Needs

Most Salesforce admins have a list of favorite Google Chrome extensions they use to make their work just a little easier.

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Passing Your Salesforce ADM201 Certification Exam

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.

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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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