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In this episode, our guest host Shell Black helps us kick off a week of live podcasting from the Salesforce Dreamforce 2015 Conference. We discuss various topics around the Lightning Experience and the use of analytics to enable intelligent systems. In the after show, we give a short recap of our experience in the Admin Zone Podcast studio, debate the size of the conference and whether it is too b...

In this episode, we discuss IBM's cloud commercial, the Apple September 2015 Keynote event, and tips for Dreamforce. IBM Cloud: The Cloud that Understands Business Apple September 2015 Keynote Technology Flows Podcast Dreamforce Admin Zone Podcast Studio Schedule

In this episode, we discuss Salesforce's Q2 financials and walk through some highlights from the Salesforce Winter '16 release notes. Salesforce Announces Fiscal 2016 Second Quarter Results Idea of the Week: Lock/Unlock a record in Apex Code Salesforce Health Cloud Salesforce Winter '16 Release Notes

In this episode, we debate the good and bad of the new Salesforce UI "Gatorade Edition" and what it could mean for customers, partners, developers, and the community in general. Oh, and don't use the hamburger! #SwearJar | @jeremy (2) | @john (0) Salesforce Lightning Why and How to Avoid Hamburger Menus Kill The Hamburger Button Salesforce Introduces Salesforce Financial Services Cloud

In this episode we discuss the "New Salesforce" event, our Dreamforce live recording schedule, Amazon's working conditions, rumors of price changes for Wave, Custom Metadata types in Winter'16, a brief discussion on the upcoming Salesforce Q2 financials,  and Microsoft's position as Salesforce's hottest competitor. #SwearJar | @jeremy (5) | @john (5) Salesforce is considering huge discounts o...

In this episode we discuss the Dreamforce Podcast Zone, donating to the ASPCA, installing Windows 10 and Visual Studio 2015, the Lexus Slide hoverboard, polymorphic fields, Dreamforce tips and trailhead, Sage Live, and dynamic apex. #SwearJar | @jeremy (0) | @john (10$ Quiz Payout) ASPCA - The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Windows 10 ISO Visual Studio Community Lex...

In this episode we discuss the AppExchange for Components, downgrading managed packages, highlights of the Skuid Banzai release, the inability to copy and paste from javascript, support for Custom Permissions in Apex, Amazon AWS earnings, Talend's CEO thoughts on Salesforce and Big Data, and the ineffectiveness of performance reviews. #SwearJar | @jeremy  (0) | @john  (2) AppExchang...

In this episode we discuss Talend's support for Salesforce Analytics, the Skuid Banzai release, RedMonk's language rankings, Illuminated Cloud  Force.com IDE for IntelliJ, the dangers of spaghetti code, asynchronous triggers, unexpected issues with getContent(), Moore's Law (again), and namespace support in Apex. Jeremy takes the "Who wants to be a Salesforce Admin" quiz. #SwearJar | @jeremy...

In this episode we discuss Salesforce reaching 1 million volunteer hours, Office 365, IBM's 7nm chip, jQuery 3.0, TideKit shutting down, Heroku Connect, Apex Metadata API support, improvements to the Salesforce Developer Docs portal, Salesforce Shield, Microsoft Cortana Analytics, Workday acquires Upshot, developer productivity, makers schedules vs. managers schedules, and .Net support for TL...

In this episode we discuss John becoming a Salesforce MVP, Microsoft cutting jobs, social network trends, Salesforce unmanaged packages, web form etiquette, and ways to structure a large web application. 3D-printed 'dough' helps fix your fractured bones Microsoft writes off $7.6 billion from Nokia deal, announces 7,800 job cuts Social.com Q1 2015 Advertising Benchmark Idea of the Week:&n...

In this episode we discuss Apple's battery replacement policy, printing latte art, automatic bug repairs, dependent page layouts, AppMesh's SalesMesh tool, Benioff's thoughts on regulators, issues with deploying list views, whether Slack would be a good acquisition for Salesforce, and promote the idea for a Dreamforce Cash Cab.  Bidding farewell to Google Code Apple will replace your bat...

In this episode we discuss hoverboards, Google's GitHub alternative, triggers on account teams, needed fixes to the Salesforce developer site documentation, price increases for Amazon's Mechanical Turk, Fitbit IPO, Salesforce Foundation's grant to CoderDojo, Larry Ellison's comments during the Oracle Cloud Launch webcast, Salesforce's Service for Apps, Salesforce's acquisition of Kerensen Consulti...

In this episode we are joined by our special guest Allison Bourn to discuss the Apple Watch, LastPass security breach, changes to the Salesforce ISV program, Salesforce's Marketing Cloud 2.0, the hidden potential of person accounts, Sales Wave Analytics, and the new Salesforce certifications. Allison Bourn -  Twitter / LinkedIn Apple watchOS 2 Of Course Someone Hacked Flappy Bird Onto The App...

In this episode we discuss receiving our registration confirmation for attending Dreamforce, getting our hands on a COIN credit card, recently announced Apple WatchOS features, the Salesforce Data Loader for Mac OS X, Gartner's magic quadrant for IaaS, and Salesforce.com making the Fortune 500. Salesforce cofounder: The Apple Watch is 'creating even more ADD' Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastr...

In this episode we discuss Sage's 2-2-2 charity model, the opening of the Salesforce Tower in London, Salesforce's acquisition of Tempo AI, and updates on Salesforce Wave. Sage opens a charitable Foundation as CEO Stephen Kelly plans for a cloud future Salesforce Tower London slaps down Salesforce's bid to rename Heron Tower Restaurant review: Duck & Waffle, Heron Tower, 110 Bishopsgate,...

In this episode we discuss SugarCRM's Sugarexchange, customer service software that can feel, Microsoft's bid to takeover Salesforce, Salesforce's Q1 financials, and Salesforce's market share. SugarCRM Announces New Sugarexchange for its Commercial CRM Users IBM’s New Customer Service Software Can Feel Your Pain Salesforce.com (CRM) Stock Up After Rejecting Microsoft's $55 Billion Takeov...

In this episode our friend and Salesforce MVP extraordinaire Shell Black joins us to discuss what it means to be a Salesforce MVP and his experience at #MVPSummit2015. ShellBlack.com Salesforce MVP Program Get high every morning with marijuana K-cups Private bus startup in San Francisco is temporarily off the roads Salesforce Raises Revenue Forecast Ahead of Potential Offe...

In this episode we discuss the #MVPSummit2015, using invocable methods with Skuid, Fitbit IPO, Windows 10 OaaS, Salesforce acquisition rumors, and Sage's SageLife application on the Salesforce.com platform. #MVPSummit2015 Using Invocable Methods with Skuid Fitbit Files For $100M IPO With Windows 10, The OS Becomes A Service Instead Of A Series Of Major Releases Salesforce.com (CRM) Stock Fall...

In this episode we discuss the latest on the Salesforce buyout rumor, May the (Sales)force, custom metadata types, and the new Salesforce platform cache feature slated for Winter '16 release. 5 thoughts on the supposed Salesforce takeover offer Oracle's Two CEOs Say They'll Win The Cloud And A Rival Buying Salesforce Would Help SAP Boss Denies Salesforce Takeover Rumors May the (Sales)force B...

In this episode we discuss Salesforce's App Exchange reaching 3 million downloads, Summer '15 release notes, Salesforce's HR tools, Amazon's cloud revenue, Benioff's interview with Cramer, and rumors of a Salesforce acquisition. Salesforce App Exchange Hits Three Million Downloads Summer '15 Release Notes Salesforce Makes Hard Push Into Human Resources With New Platform Amazon's cloud revenue is b...

In this episode we discuss Coin starting to ship, space coffee, taking a Salesforce custom UI and research survey, the cost of Dreamforce compared to other tech conferences, a women-in-tech article that had nothing to do with women, where to put validation logic in triggers, and potential price increases for Salesforce.com services. Coin, The One Credit Card To Rule Them All, Is Finally Shipping S...

In this episode we discuss Business Insider's article on what could be holding Salesforce.com back from being the biggest tech company and Stack Overflow's 2015 Developer Survey results. Summer ’15 Release Preview - Platform Feature Highlights These two things are holding Salesforce back from becoming one of the biggest companies in tech Stack Overflow 2015 Developer Survey Results 73% of Salesfor...

In this episode we discuss converting lead child objects using the Process Builder, Salesforce's purchase of Toopher, Zoho CEO's comments on venture-fueled cloud bubbles, and out first impressions of Salesforce Wave / Analytics Cloud. Salesforce buys mobile 2-factor authentication start-up, adds its tools to cloud platform Zoho CEO: cloud’s in a bubble, Salesforce is the new Siebel Salesforce...

In this episode we discuss getting rid of javascript (April Fools?), Salesforce.com 's deferred revenue numbers (again), quotes from Larry Ellison on Salesforce and Workday, and Process Builder. Intent to deprecate and remove: JavaScript Don't Be Fooled by salesforce.com's Deferred Revenue Vintage Ellison Sends Barbs To Both Salesforce And Workday Process Builder Winter '15 (Beta) Documentation Sp...

In this episode we discuss registering for Dreamforce 2015, Benioff winning the Celebrity Fitbit Challenge, issues with deploying large packages and metadata between sandbox and production, Benioff's stance against Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Drunk UX testing, and Benioff's interview at the Lesbians Who Tech conference. Dreamforce 2015 So which billionaire CEO won the fi...