Archive for December, 2008

Yes, I’m a LifeHacker

mgsmith | Friday, December 19th, 2008 | Comments Off

You’ve probably noticed that I use links to LifeHacker periodically and that I have a link to their main site on the right side of my blog page. I became addicted to LifeHacker.com a couple of years ago. If there is any one site I can recommend to check every single day – this is it. The great thing about

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Collaboration

mgsmith | Thursday, December 18th, 2008 | No Comments »

col·lab·o·rate intr.v. col·lab·o·rat·ed, col·lab·o·rat·ing, col·lab·o·rates 1. To work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort. 2. To cooperate treasonably, as with an enemy occupation force in one’s country. 3. Google Applications   I added #3, but it’s true. Google Applications means collaboration. And the best part is it’s free. There is the full suite of Google Applications where they link your domain to their apps

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May the Force.com Be With You

mgsmith | Sunday, December 14th, 2008 | No Comments »

Ah, yes. A techie-post. You knew it was coming. I just noticed that SalesForce.com released an update to their Winter ’09 IDE. If you are an SFC developer and  you’re not yet using the Eclipse IDE with the Force.com Perspective, I highly recommend it.  The IDE is a must if you’re doing anything with Apex Classes or Triggers. Sure, you

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Looking (Back Up)

mgsmith | Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I was just going through my Mozy.com Backup Settings making sure that it is backing up all of my important files. During that process, I came across some old code and documents I had written for Kepner-Tregoe way back in the 90′s. It was kind of nostalgic. Hard to believe that something I created helped run the business, and in

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