I attended my first Dreamforce two years ago and I was kind of surprised at how open everyone was. Product managers stood around taking questions about which features made the cut and which were deferred, they passed out their cards to people who wanted to follow up, and it seemed like every presentation included some […]
Crossing the Pond for Developer Conferences – Big and Small
This year, I have the privilege of going to the two largest Salesforce Developer events in the calendar. Last week I was at TrailheaDX, the Salesforce run developer conference in San Francisco, and I will soon be at Forcelandia in Portland, the community-driven event for Salesforce developers. They sound so similar, so you may ask, […]
Forcelandia – Learning in My City
I moved to Portland in 2012 with energy and optimism, but without a job. Within six months, I was fortunate enough to find a job, in part due to having “Salesforce” on my resume. I’d first used Salesforce as an AmeriCorps member. I input volunteer statistics, and when I learned that my data helped my […]
Forcelandia Shop Now Open!
One of the things we often look forward to when attending a tech conference is grabbing some swag. Swag can take 2 forms – high volume, but low quality or low volume but high quality. We have opted for the second option – high quality branded conference merchandise that you will actually want to wear […]
Forcelandia – It’s Because of the Community
When I was asked to contribute a blog post for the Forcelandia site I wasn’t quite sure what to write about. A technical post? Something more personal? But the more I thought about it, the more I realized that the best topic for my first post would be about the amazing community of Salesforce Users, […]