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Hey all, first blog here. I’m sure my prose will thrill the masses. What could be more exciting than reading about CRM? Truly thrilling!! We’ll try not to make it too dry. Maybe we’ll throw in some discussion around platforms and CSS and other equally compelling topics.
So let’s see, what’s going on. One word (or is it two?) Dreamforce! The center of our little universe. Been excited for an entire year. Last year was phenomenal. We ended up taking home the Appy Award for Breakthrough Application. John Barnes got to go up on stage and take home the dancing hula girl. It doesn’t get much better than that… We brought a great crew out there, I think we had about 15 people. This year I think we have 30 people going. Pretty crazy. It’s great for everyone though, the ultimate kool-aid and reward for great work. And of course fantastic networking with everyone in the eco-system.
So what am I excited about this year? The Foo Fighters maybe? Somewhat, although I’m from Seattle and do have some love for Mr. Grohl. But Dreamforce isn’t about the band. It’s all the cool companies we meet at our booth and around the conference and having a chance to catch up with customers and all the interesting things people are doing with SFDC that we collaborate on. And hearing about the roadmap and the cool new stuff of course. And then the drinks at night and hitting the Red Room around midnight and fighting for a spot at the bar and downing a few cocktails and then heading home around 3 and trying to be awake and good to go for the next morning keynote. The Monday morning general session is probably the most exciting part. All the energy in the room. The big announcements. Two years ago they announced dependant picklists and got a standing ovation from the crowd! Now that’s a room that seriously loves their SFDC…
I hope to post some blogs while I’m out there, but may not have time with all the running around. Here’s some of the stuff I think will be cool:
Monday 9:00 to 11:00 – General Session – The main keynote. We’ve seen some of the cool new stuff and it is cool new stuff.
Tuesday 3:15 to 4:45 – Keynote – Malcolm Gladwell is speaking, the author of the Tipping Point. Great book, supposedly he’s a great speaker, haven’t heard him before, but looking forward to it…
Tuesday 5:15 to 6:15 – Extreme UI – Using Adobe AIR and Flex to Make Your Apps *Bling* – The Adobe technology is very slick. This should be good.
Tuesday 8:00pm to 12:00am – Model Metrics Party at Foley’s – Shameless plug. Party of the year! Hope to see you there and have a pint.
Definitely stop by our booth (#625) if you are out at Dreamforce and say hi and check out some of our cool iPhone apps and portal demos. We would love to see you. We’re officially launching our new branding and website and logo as well. Hope you like them.
