Apr 1Sovereign Citizen DeveloperLike most Salesforce developers, I’ve long suffered under the misrule of so called governor limits — an artificial restriction imposed by our Californian overlords and passively accepted by the community. No more. If you feel the same way, welcome to the Sovereign Citizen Developer movement. …2 min read
Aug 21, 2021Salesforce++ Top PicksSalesforce++ is the new streaming service that marries up the excitement of enterprise software with the creativity and spontaneity of reality TV, showcasing exclusive original content that other services can only dream about. We’ve watched them all so you don’t have to, so read on for our pick of bunch…Satire3 min read
Aug 8, 2021Avoiding ReturnaggedonHow a company has treated its staff over the last 18 months, and how they treat them over the next few months as traditional workplaces open up, will have a huge impact on their future. …Future Of Work3 min read
May 8, 2021Remote Work — The End of the Beginning?As we head into May in the United Kingdom, COVID-19 cases and deaths have settled at around 2–2.5k and 10–40 respectively, so the planned relaxing of lockdown looks set to continue. Vaccine data from around the world makes us cautiously optimistic that the impact of catching the virus is significantly…Remote Work4 min read
Apr 1, 2021Einstein Not Your Worst ActionEinstein Next Best Action has been a feature of Salesforce for a while now, bringing the right recommendations, to the right people, at the right time. …1 min read
Mar 27, 2021Org Documentor — Field Count BadgesIntroduction With large, mature implementations, it’s sometimes difficult to keep track of how close you are getting to the field limits — for example, the total number of fields on an object, which varies from instance to instance, or the total number of relationship fields, which is 40 unless Salesforce are…Salesforce3 min read
Mar 25, 2021The Value of DiminishingI’ve been reading recently about diminished reality, where hardware devices and/or software remove items or stimuli from your environment. What drew me in was the diminished aspect, which I originally assumed was a joke about a device that would make things worse, but that isn’t the case. While we hear…2 min read
Mar 20, 2021London’s Calling 2021London’s Calling 2021 was an all remote affair — the 2020 edition started this trend, but there was a small in person presence as the physical facilities were all in place. A sound decision this year, as we are currently under restrictions that mean we can meet one person for…Salesforce4 min read
Mar 16, 2021A Year RemoteToday (16th March 2021) marks the one year anniversary of BrightGen pivoting to a fully remote workforce. We knew it was possible, as we’d carried out a trial run the week before, but we didn’t know how well it would scale, or indeed how long it would last for. It’s…Remote Working2 min read
Mar 6, 2021The Substack ExperimentWhat is Substack? I’ve been hearing a lot about Substack recently, mostly on technology podcasts and particularly on those that sit at the intersection of media and technology. …Substack4 min read