Archive for January, 2009

Taking Multi-Currency in SalesForce.com to the Next Level

mgsmith | Sunday, January 25th, 2009 | 5 Comments »

Note: Post updated 28 Jan 2009 to include the trigger code discussed. As SalesForce prepares the Spring ’09 release, I wanted to touch on what I think is an area they need to focus on – Currency Management. In my opinion one of the biggest missing components of SalesForce.com has been around Currency Management, specifically around viewing amounts in different

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Spring Forward with Force.com

mgsmith | Friday, January 16th, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Sping ’09 Release Preview Review

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Creating a Software Demo Video

mgsmith | Saturday, January 10th, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I recently had the opportunity to work with a friends company to create an on-line application demo video. This is similar to work I had done in the past, except that this was for a commercial application instead of for an in-house custom application. View the video here: http://www.bassets.net/edepre/demovideo/ I used Camtasia for the entire process – screen recording, editing, and final

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2008: Year In Review

mgsmith | Thursday, January 8th, 2009 | No Comments »

This is a repost of a JibJab video I first found on Mat Kennedy”s Pay4Rides.com Blog. Very funny.

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Big Mac versus the Whoppin’ PC

mgsmith | Monday, January 5th, 2009 | No Comments »

You gotta love the Mac-v-PC ads. Besides being a big fan of John Hodgman, they’re just plain funny. When I met my wife she was a Mac-head. I didn’t as much convert her as I did make the buying decisions for our home computers. Most of her friends have Macs. Even some of my friends have purchased Macs for home.

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