Archive for January, 2009
By Luke Skywalker in
Design
Jan
31
When building a composite Force.com application, it is often necessary to dynamically generate the current Session Id and API Server URL from within Visualforce and Apex.
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Accessing Session Id and API Server URL parameters with Visualforce
By Luke Skywalker in
General,
Strategy
Jan
30
Last week I had the opportunity to attend Lotusphere in Orlando Florida. IBM has begun rolling out Cloud services around online collaboration with the announcement of LotusLive . To get an idea of how we think about IBM’s LotusLive, check out the keynote opening video starring Adam Gross .
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Force.com at Lotusphere
By Luke Skywalker in
General,
Strategy
Jan
30
Last week I had the opportunity to attend Lotusphere in Orlando Florida. IBM has begun rolling out Cloud services around online collaboration with the announcement of LotusLive . To get an idea of how we think about IBM’s LotusLive, check out the keynote opening video starring Adam Gross .
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Force.com at Lotusphere
By Luke Skywalker in
Design
Jan
30
If you’re developing on Force.com and haven’t installed the Salesforce Mobile app, install it! A new version for the iPhone was announced a few days ago, and it’s got some cool new features. If you already have it installed, you’ll have to update on the App Store to get these new features
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New iPhone version of Salesforce Mobile
By Luke Skywalker in
Strategy
Jan
29
This just in: Ex-Fannie Mae worker charged with planting computer virus By Freeman Klopott Examiner Staff Writer 1/29/09 A fired Fannie Mae contract employee allegedly placed a virus in the mortgage giant’s software that could have shut the company down for at least a week and caused millions of dollars in damage, prosecutors say. Rajendrasinh Makwana, an Indian citizen, was indicted Tuesday on computer intrusion charges. The former Gaithersburg resident is out on $100,000 bail, court documents said.
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Debunking the Myth of Control
By Luke Skywalker in
Architecture,
Strategy,
Training
Jan
29
I see that John Dvorak is blaming Intel’s Itanium for having “Killed the Computer Industry” . That seems like a premature obituary: overall PC unit sales in 2008 were up more than 10% versus 2007, with Gartner and iSuppli both projecting further growth (albeit only around 4%) in 2009. I can think of plenty of people who’d be thrilled to be having that kind of “collapse” (another of JCD’s hyperboles)
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Mental Model Updates Demand Real ROI
By Luke Skywalker in
Architecture,
Development,
Strategy
Jan
29
In my post about architecture yesterday, Andrew from CODA left an interesting comment – and today I came across this blog post by Phil Wainewright over on ebizQ, also mentioning the company. I love coincidences. The post is an interview with the EMEA director of Force.com, and I enjoyed this quote: these environments or platforms-as-a-service are actually free to developers, which gives them access to multi-million-dollar datacenters and architectures free of charge
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Interview about Agile Development in the Cloud
By Luke Skywalker in
Design,
Strategy
Jan
29
If you thought the infamous six blind men found too many ways to misunderstand an elephant , you don’t want to face the chaos that’s surrounding a current Slashdot discussion of Moore’s Law . “It says things get faster!” “No. it says things get cheaper!” “No, it says you’ll only actually do things if they take less than a certain threshold time to get them done!” Wrong, wrong, wrong, and in a way that actually matters
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The Six Blind Men and the Microprocessor
By Luke Skywalker in
Development
Jan
28
There’s nothing like free marketing opportunities, especially if you’re a startup! One of the best ways for entrepreneurs to get some free buzz is to take part in startup contests, competitions, submit for awards, etc.
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SaaS entrepreneurs: Tired of being under the radar?
By Luke Skywalker in
Design
Jan
28
I came across this little gem while browsing the blog sphere.
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Calling Apex Code from a Custom Button using a Visualforce Page