In this episode, we discuss field history tracking not available to unit tests, the Salesforce.com superlative index, the Salesforce.com data center teams and AWS, the SEC looking to crackdown on non-GAAP accounting, Salesforce opening a COE (center of excellence) in Hyderabad, and notable topics from the Salesforce TrailheaDX Developer Conference. Do test methods not update the history table? Why everyone* hates Salesforce's Marc Benioff Announcing the Salesforce.com Superlative Index Salesforc...
Jun 10, 2016•2 hr 21 min•Ep 85•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, we discuss asking questions on support forums, Google winning copyright lawsuit filed by Oracle, speculations on how Salesforce.com could utilize AWS, The Information's 2016 rankings of tech events to attend, social media struggling with social commerce, and Salesforce.com's acquisition of Demandware. Stinking Badges Joomla Forum Google Beats Oracle on Copyright, Defeating $9 Billion Claim Most Valuable Tech Events of 2016 Social Commerce Struggles To Drive Sales Sales...
Jun 04, 2016•1 hr 1 min•Ep 84•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, we discuss Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP), single barrel whiskey, Salesforce's recent acquisitions costing an estimated $75 million, Apple Store app approvals vs Salesforce AppExchange approvals, Salesforce.com licenses increasing by 40% in the UK, follow up on Amazon Smile, questions Jim Cramer asked Benioff on his recent political stances, Benioff's comments on the Q1 2017 numbers, and Benioff's response to more buyout rumors. Accelerated Mobile Pages Project Salesfo...
May 26, 2016•1 hr 12 min•Ep 83•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, we discuss charitable shopping with Amazon Smile, Google Home, issues with referencing static resources in the Summer'16 release, Fitbit acquiring Coin's wearable payment assets, Google spreadsheets integrated with Salesforce, Project Sayonara, Marc Benioff campaigning against George Lucas' museum, Salesforce.com's Fiscal 2017 Q1 Results, and more details on the NA14 outage. About Amazon Smile Camfed Google Home vs. Amazon Echo: Why Home could win Google Home crashes Amazon...
May 21, 2016•2 hr 13 min•Ep 82•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, we discuss Node.js and Javascript fatigue, Jeff Bezos making $6 billion in 20 minutes, the Salesforce NA14 outage, Salesforce using AWS, Salesforce's Thunder IoT Cloud, Cisco Jasper, and Dan Lyons' book "Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble" Electron 1.0 After a Year of Using NodeJS In Production Jeff Bezos just made $6 billion in 20 minutes Marc Benioff apologizes as Salesforce NA14 instance goes TITSUP Amazon Web Services just scored a big partner in $50 billion S...
May 12, 2016•2 hr 36 min•Ep 81•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Jeremy shares his tips on preparing tri-tip beef and we discuss annoying UPS warning tones, a reported incident at Apple HQ, Slack targeting Salesforce and Oracle, a debate on integration tools such as Informatica Cloud, the inability to change your rating on Salesforce Knowledge Articles, the lack of information on the TrailheaDX Salesforce Developer Conference, and Forbes interview with Adam Seligman on building apps for the Salesforce Platform. Slack Targets Salesforce, ...
Apr 29, 2016•1 hr 22 min•Ep 80•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, we officially announce our new Slack community and discuss Marc Benioff's most recent bonus, using FluidApp with Gmail, Gartner naming Salesforce.com the leader in AIM (Application, Infrastructure, and Middleware), TrailheaDX, Skuid's Rockaway release, a lightning round of Lightning UX topics, and the Lightning Locker Service. Salesforce just paid Marc Benioff a $2.3 million bonus, on top of the $56 million he made in four months selling stock FluidApp Google Inbox Citizen...
Apr 21, 2016•2 hr 30 min•Ep 79•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, we discuss Twitter acquiring Peer, Benioff using Microsoft's HoloLens, Dan Lyons' comments on Hubspot, National Equal Pay Day, Keith Block's new watch, Salesforce's Proxy Statement for 2016 Annual meeting of Stockholders, Salesforce being sued for discrimination, and Amazon reaching $10 billion in sales. Twitter acquires employee-feedback startup Peer Salesforce's CEO was blown away by Microsoft HoloLens when his friend Satya Nadella gave him a demo Jim Cramer Gives a Shout...
Apr 14, 2016•1 hr 11 min•Ep 78•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, we discuss The Clouds featuring Shell Black on bass, the StackOverflow 2016 Developer Survey, IBM acquiring Bluewolf, Salesforce acquiring MetaMind, Salesforce partnering with NEC, Apptus adding support for Microsoft Dynamics, and highlights from the Microsoft Build 2016 conference. The Clouds Featuring Shell Black on Bass Why IBM spent $200 million to buy a huge Salesforce partner with Marc Benioff's blessing StackOverflow 2016 Developer Survey Results Most Loved, Dreaded, and ...
Apr 08, 2016•2 hr 30 min•Ep 77•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, we are joined by guest host and long-time friend of the show Shaun Holmes to discuss and debate many different topics around the Salesforce.com platform including working with Salesforce.com Support. Shaun Holmes on Twitter Apple wants the FBI to reveal how it hacked the San Bernardino killer's iPhone Gartner Positions Salesforce in the Leaders Quadrant of the 2016 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise aPaaS, Worldwide...
Apr 01, 2016•2 hr 13 min•Ep 76•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, we discuss Dropbox building their own cloud and moving away from AWS, Marc Benioff's commitment to making sure the Salesforce Tower includes mindful spaces, using encrypted fields in Salesforce, the recently announced Salesforce Field Service Lightning, and Oracle's financial results. The Epic Story of Dropbox’s Exodus From the Amazon Cloud Empire Salesforce takes on ServiceMax, Microsoft and Oracle with new field service product Microsoft Corporation Takes on Salesforce with Dy...
Mar 18, 2016•1 hr 25 min•Ep 75•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, we discuss Salesforce.com's Q4 earnings, Alphabet and Salesforce Ventures invesing millions in ThousandEyes, and the FBI attempting to force Apple to provided a hack for iOS. Salesforce Announces Fiscal 2016 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results Alphabet and Salesforce's Venture Arms Just Poured Millions In This Hot Startup Apple to FBI: You Can’t Force Us to Hack the San Bernardino iPhone...
Mar 04, 2016•2 hr 36 min•Ep 74•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, we discuss choosing an MVC framework, how Salesforce MVPs are chosen, Tod Nielson leaving Salesforce, predictions on Salesforce.com's platform, PWC's talent exchange and the gig economy, Salesforce.com's acquisition of PredictionIO, Netflix's migration to the Amazon Cloud, and talk about the things we enjoy by playing Castaway/Desert Island. More Management Shakeup At Salesforce As Platform VP Will Leave PWC Talent Exchange Exclusive: See How Big the Gig Economy Really Is S...
Feb 26, 2016•2 hr 33 min•Ep 73•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, we discuss Oracle's continued transition into the Cloud and Apple’s fight against FBI demands to create a backdoor into iOS. VMware Fusion, Workstation team culled in company restructure Apple: A Message to Our Customers Tim Cook Says Apple Won’t Create Universal iPhone Backdoor For FBI Salesforce is facing competition from an unexpected place: Amazon...
Feb 19, 2016•1 hr 21 min•Ep 72•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, we are joined by our good friend Teddy Zemedie to discuss popular design stats in 2015 published by Avacode, managing and deploying Salesforce configuration and code changes using version control, and Heroku Connect. LinkedIn: Teddy Zemedie How designers worked in 2015 Things Are Good' At Salesforce, Notable Source Tells Deutsche Bank Analyst Solenopsis Git Documentation Heroku Connect Getting an error that a flow “was” activate and cannot be overwritten Your template contains a...
Feb 11, 2016•2 hr 31 min•Ep 71•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, we discuss gulp, twitter struggling to monetize, and the Salesforce live broadcast of their FY17 kickoff and product demos of new features for Sales and Service Lightning clouds. Gulp JS Electron IO CEO Jack Dorsey is trying to counter the company's flagging growth in user base Camfed - Campaign for Female Education FY17 Kickoff: First Look At Corporate And Product Strategy Automatic...
Feb 08, 2016•2 hr 6 min•Ep 70•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, we discuss the World Economic Forum in Davos, the SteelBrick acquisition causing partner pain, a seeming increase of reports that Salesforce.com will have a rough 2016, the Wave Analytics reboot and IoT, and Oracle offering sales people major bonuses for getting customers to buy cloud offerings. Salesforce causes partner pain with SteelBrick acquisition Apttus CEO Kirk Krappe Chats Candidly About 2016 Exit Will 2016 Be Salesforce.com's Worst Year Yet? Salesforce.com Cannot Defy ...
Jan 28, 2016•2 hr 45 min•Ep 69•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, we discuss cooking with a sous-vide, the current state of IoT, using ORM patterns in Apex, banned words for 2016, notable topics from the Spring '16 release notes, and reported updates to Salesforce Analytics (Wave). Basecamp Fuel UX 2015: The year the Internet of Things jumped the shark Spring '16 Release Notes Force.com IDE Spring '16 Release Notes Salesforce reboots Wave Analytics, preps IoT cloud...
Jan 14, 2016•1 hr 20 min•Ep 68•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, we discuss the recently announced Salesforce and Box integration, a possible Salesforce acquisition of SteelBrick, the Salesforce acquisition of MinHash, recent reportings of a price drop for the Analytics Cloud, and close out the year with some memorable clips and some predictions for 2016. Salesforce and Box join forces to put files where employees need them Salesforce said to be close to completing $600M SteelBrick acquisition Salesforce Has Acquired MinHash, Creators O...
Dec 24, 2015•1 hr 7 min•Ep 67•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, we record from Lone Star Taps & Caps where we sample various beverages and we discuss Swift going open source, Salesforce's Q3 financials, and other misc. topics.
Dec 11, 2015•27 min•Ep 66•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, we discuss recent Salesforce.com performance/connectivity issues, the confusing features of Chatter, the StackExchange's need for a new logo, Marc Benioff's office, the absurd idea of "free spec work", and a discussion on properly managing data migrations. Zulu Alpha Kilo – Spec | #saynotospec Let's pick a new logo for Salesforce Stack Exchange May The Salesforce Be With You: Inside CEO Marc Benioff's Office...
Nov 30, 2015•1 hr 10 min•Ep 65•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, we discuss Salesforce spending $3 million to close their gender pay gap, #NoCodeNovember, and tips and advice for common issues we face when reviewing existing Salesforce implementations. Salesforce Spent $3 Million to Close the Gender Pay Gap. Here's Why That's a Big Deal Salesforce Begins Paving A Long Road To Equal Pay One Tech Company Just Erased Its Gender Pay Gap 5 Reasons to go #NoCodeNovember Don’t let your Salesforce.com implementation become a horror story…. Wall Stree...
Nov 12, 2015•2 hr 30 min•Ep 64•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, we discuss Salesforce's ever growing real-estate needs, Salesforce Ventures, dealing with updates to PaaS environments, Larry Ellison's keynote from Oracle OpenWorld 2015, the value of the AppExchange to Salesforce, the confusion around Lightning and Skuid, and how JavaScript is more popular than ever. Salesforce — not a VC firm — is now the top investor in one of the hottest tech industries Larry Ellison Keynote Speech at Oracle OpenWorld 2015 - Part 1 Larry Ellison Keynote Spe...
Oct 29, 2015•1 hr 19 min•Ep 63•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, we talk about processes and estimating projects, get nostalgic about Back to the Future, gripe about annoying downtime and delays developing on Salesforce, and brainstorm on new cloud verticals for the Salesforce platform. Salesforce1 Should Show All List Views in the Salesforce1 App Salesforce Exec to Launch HR Startup...
Oct 23, 2015•1 hr 22 min•Ep 62•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, we discuss blue ice, Amazon pulling AppleTV from their catalog, Facebook feeds and ads, Benioff taking a break from Facebook, updates to MavensMate IDE, and Amazon's QuickSight BI tool. Blue ice (precipitation) Marc Benioff ditches Facebook, seeks 'peace through simplicity' Tap, Tap, Done: Testing a Simpler Way to Fill out Forms Hey Amazon: What Did Apple TV or Chromecast Ever Do to You? Amazon Debuts Fast, Cheap BI with QuickSight Crews searching for Salesforce ...
Oct 08, 2015•40 min•Ep 61•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, we discuss Salesforce's stance on CISA, the tech industry's impact on San Francisco, BASE CRM, the slow adoption of IoT, Microsoft's acquisition of Adxstudio, and creepy employee trackers. #SwearJar | @jeremy (0) | @john (2) BSA Letter to Congress SalesForce Says It Doesn't Support CISA After Signing Letter That Suggested It Did Tech overkill destroyed the loveliest, liveliest city on the West Coast This startup just got another $30 million to take on Salesforce Despite Salesfor...
Oct 01, 2015•1 hr 20 min•Ep 60•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, we discuss our experience from Dreamforce, Uber, Forbes' list of interesting things from Dreamforce, the Women's Innovation panel, Microsoft's strong presence at the conference, the winners and losers of the conference, Jim Cramer's interview with Marc Benioff, the creepiness of IoT, and a high-level breakdown of the companies that use Salesforce. #SwearJar | @jeremy (3) | @john (1) The 5 most interesting things from Salesforce's Dreamforce mega conference Dreamforce’s ‘Wom...
Sep 25, 2015•1 hr 12 min•Ep 59•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, we are joined by guest host Allison Bourn to discuss taking a step away from the madness of Dreamforce with activities like yoga, running, and morning dance parties. Allison also shares her thoughts on how Salesforce is working to provide solutions for higher education and healthcare industries. Allison Bourn - Twitter / LinkedIn...
Sep 21, 2015•46 min•Ep 58•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, we are joined by guest host Matthew Morris of the Technology Flows podcast and guest Kevin Reece , Sage Live Technical Evangelist and software engineer, to discuss the experience of developing Sage Live on the Salesforce Platform. Technology Flows Podcast Sage Live...
Sep 19, 2015•1 hr 4 min•Ep 57•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, we are joined by guest host Kristi Guzman to discuss the various sessions that we attended including trailhead, lighting experience, and debugging tools. We also learned more about the #GirlyGeeks (Women in Tech) group and how they offer support for women in the Salesforce community and the technology industry in general. In the after show, we discuss our initial impressions of Marc Benioff's Keynote and the Community Cloud Keynote. KristiForce Blog...
Sep 17, 2015•2 hr 34 min•Ep 56•Transcript available on Metacast 
