CloudFocus Weekly: Recent Episodes
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A weekly show covering the latest cloud computing news, Salesforce.com happenings and events. If it is happening in the cloud we are focused on it. Don't miss the CloudFocus App Pick of the Week at the end over every show.
We cover the big week of Apple announcements from products to software (oh and celebrate the Arkus 10th anniversary).
Need something to stream? We go over our biggest and best streams we have been sheltering in place with.
Two times this year. Say it ain’t so. We catch up on all things blog, talk about Dreamforce 20 and give our picks of the week.
Has it been that long? Welcome in 2020 with our first episode and like every podcast, discuss COVID-19 and Tiger King.
The new Salesforce Winter 20 release has been rolling out to orgs, we talk about some of the features we love and catch up on what is new on the Arkus blog.
Back from a Summer of GTD to go over some Salesforce purchases, Dreamforce 19 and catch up on Arkus blogs.
The third part of the GTD Summer Series is all about commitments, what they mean and how to handle them.
Second part of the third annual GTD Summer Series, diving deep into why we use OmniFocus.
A start to the GTD Summer Series with a recap of the GTD Summit that took place in June of 2019.
We go over a great article about life cheat codes, which ones we liked and that we use.
Automating Chatter posts, Pro Bono resources, Raiser’s Edge Migrations, Winter 19 and Salesforce buys Rebel
Live from San Francisco we go over all the announcements, keynotes and feelings about Dreamforce 18.
Catching up with all the Winter 19 release blog posts and a preview of our Dreamforce 18 plans.
Data breaches worry us, more Summer 18 highlights, ideas delivered and banter about tasks.
Facebook faceplants, a look at some of the goodies in Summer 18, a re-launched website and preparing for our GTD Summer Series.
Recapping “baby Dreamforce” (aka TrailheaDX 18) and the good, the bad, and the memories.
Volunteers for Salesforce, tuning up your GTD Weekly Review and our trip to Punta Dreamin.
It is all about Spring 18 and the features we love to love in the new Salesforce release.
iPhone X, Thanksgiving, final Dreamforce 17 blog posts, leaving it better than you found it and new Trailhead features.
Dreamforce 17 has come and gone so we go over our favorite things, new announcements and all the fun.
Success Community is now a Trailblazer, more Dreamforce 17 tips, and some Google security news.
Top reasons to go to Dreamforce 2017, sending email in Lightning list views, DF17 band, goodbye AIM.
Winter 18 is still coming so we discuss Salesforce Trailheads for non-profits and Winter 18 report builder, as well as Justin's adventure in Spain.
It is all Winter 18 this week as we discuss new features coming as well some retiring to Boca.
Making change one spreadsheet at a time and the Apple announcements of Watch, iPhone X and new Apple TV.
Some appreciation for all things Midwest Dreamin' as well as some hidden GTD projects and Justin cheats.
Back after our tour of GTD, we are catching up on blog posts and talking about our time at Midwest Dreamin' 2017.
Apple World Wide Developers Conference and Salesforce Trailhead. Two conferences, one podcast.
Some rapid reactions to Summer 17, permission sets, WWDC predictions, and cartoons taking over.
Getting started speaking at events, Talend and PostgreSQL, World Tour NY and PepUp Tech.
More Lightning ideas, using cases in Sales Cloud, a look at HEDA and Hulu's new streaming service.
Different ways people learn, data migrations from Raisers Edge, Salesforce Equality awards and Lightning Roadmap.p.
A trip down memory lane of Destination Success 2017, dealing with duplicates and a top 10 list as well as issues with Work.com licenses.
Back to our 2017 Salesforce resolutions, thoughts on Trailhead Super Badges, GTD Yearly Review and things Google killed but not Slack.
Back after a long time, more steps and a lot of Spring 17 catch up including 5 blog posts.
A new year and some catch up on 2017 predictions, end of year admin checklist and sharing certification.
On the week of Thanksgiving, we go over some new blogs on Lightning and Einstein as well as a list of things we are thankful for.
The Nonprofit Success Pack is relaunched and we discuss it from history to current state.
A special episode to talk about the things we are currently watching streaming or on TV.
A Dreamforce 16 recap and talk about what is new (good and bad) for Lightning in Winter 17.
We are live from Dreamforce 16 with impressions from announcements, sessions, and keynotes.
A CRM summit for non-profits, volunteer bootcamp, Dreamforce 16 and tons of buying and selling (companies that is).
It is a blog-o-palooza as we cover Salesforce Forms, IDEs, and Slack vs Chatter as well as a late WWDC and MVP Chicago Summit.
Recapping all of the "recent" Salesforce acquisitions and news over the last month (or so).
A deep dive into the world of NGO and Salesforce, the who, what, where and some history as well as resources for those new.
Tips and advice for business travel and vacations from tools to process and lists we cover a lot of lessons learned.
Plus and pitfalls of virtual training, Salesforce objects as Superheroes, Apple Encryption, World Tours and some acquisition news.
Doing round robin assignment for leads in Salesforce and a series of random thoughts that you might enjoy.
Some favorite features of NPSP, Arkus ideas needing some votes and we catch up on news in and around SFDC (Salesforce.com).
Back from a long hiatus and covering all the Spring 16 blog posts that have passed us by.
Another very special episode as we kick off the year by talking about what is on our iPhone home screens, the apps, the planning, the theories, it is all there.
Getting your Salesforce org holiday ready, reasons to be grateful for Salesforce in 2015 and cloud computing predictions for 2016.
SalesforceIQ overview, Facebook new non-profit pages with donations, Safety Check and a very social tweet.
The last of the Winter 16 blog posts including development enhancements and ideas delivered.
Back taking a look at the good, bad, and deadly sins of customer support with helpful tips and stories to tell.
What sales teams will like about Winter 16 as well as our thoughts after more wading deep into Lightning.
Winter 16, like Lightning in a bottle, is hitting Salesforce customers this fall so we go over our favorite and least favorite updates.
Back to cover a lot of the updates from Apple including Watch OS, iPad Pro and iPhone 6s.
Live from the podcast studio at Dreamforce 15, keynote reactions and special guest Adam Torman @atorman
Dreamforce 15 is less than a week away so we share our years of experience on tips, tricks and general survival.
New and improved Trailhead, permission sets grow up (kinda), the right time to hire a full time admin, Informatica and Google Alphabet.
Flowing with opportunity contact roles, some thoughts on Apple Music / Beats1 and a life hack.
Ideas from Arkus employees, getting ready to do some marketing automation, Foo Fighters for DF15 than a deep dive into the GTD Weekly Review.
Salesforce World Tour NYC recap and all the happenings of Apple's WWDC as well as a quick review of Apple Music.
June is almost over but we are back with blog posts about Summer 15 ideas and developer items, Sales Path and passing Pardot exam.
It might not actually be summer, but Salesforce Summer 15 is on the way, we go over a bunch of new features and things we are exited about.
A review of the updated GTD book, more discussion of Salesforce suitors and thoughts on keeping it independent.
Salesforce takeover over rumors, using Drawloop for non-profits, DropBox Notes, Apple Watch impressions and Summer 15 release notes are out.
Formula magic, Apple Watch day and we go over our top 5 App Picks of the last year (or two).
Sales mastery, data loading special characters, new Trust site and an in-depth breakdown of the pros and cons of NGO Connect.
The issues of merging, Lightning Connect, Computer Programming truths, Amazon Dash Button and Dreamforce registration opens.
A bag of blog posts about surveys, integration tools and lightning process builder as well as new MSFT and Salesforce announcements.
A well balanced life, Success community down, the Pebble & Apple smart watch wars and a mission to Mars.
A blog post about Salesforce community and a rebuttal to the Forbes article on why Salesforce has passed its prime.
A very special episode as we go through our top (or bottom) 5 TV shows that we are watching, with guilty pleasure.
One last run around the Spring 15 tree with some banking related features, 84 other Spring 15 features, a review of the Puls and Apple Watch news.
It is all about Spring 15, with a build up of blog posts bout the new Salesforce release, we pick the highs and lows.
A recap of our holidays, the new Trailhead and predictions for 2015. Warning, this episode is full of banter.
Ideas delivered this year, as well as changes to the IdeaExchange, Salesforce Files Connect, Bittorrent Browser and some Holiday Cheer.
Getting users excited about adoption, 3 AppExchange apps every Admin should have, Hubspot launches CRM and a Steve Jobs story.
We celebrate the 200th episode, talk about things we are thankful for, a checklist for disabling SFDC system admins, NGO Connect and our live David Allen session.
Back on a new platform with a catch up blogs, Salesforce1 World Tour NYC and new Salesforce1 Mobile.
Round up of Dreamforce 14 and onto news from Amazon and Apple, including firsts and lasts.
Day 3 of Dreamforce 14, live from the Admin Zone and podcasting studio talking about the big keynotes and announcements.
Day 2 of Dreamforce 14, from the Admin Zone podcasting studio talking about Tony, Hills and a 5K.
We are live at Dreamforce 14 from the Admin Zone and podcasting studio talking about everything that has been happening so far.
Lots of resources at DF14 including some for banking and where to fine Arkus as well as some Dreamforce tips & hints. Loyal listeners get a sneak peak at our new application.
All about Salesforce.com Dreamforce 14, from communities to new wearable tech being announced including some Winter 16 pre-pre-pre news.
Work.com enhancements in Winter '15 and all the Apple goodness including iOS 8 and hands on impressions of both iPhone 6 and 6 plus.
Winter 15 sales and service enhancements, the Salesforce.com Salesforce1 fund and the new virus threat.
New iPhone, Apple Pay and a watch, we discuss them all as we go over the pros, cons and features we are excited about.
Salesforce rebrands the Communities (we think) and goes all in on wearables as the impending Apple news hits the wires.
The Salesforce Winter 15 pre-release notes are out and we dive in to some of the big ticket items and hidden gems we are excited about.
Passing the re-certification exams, the key factors to a closed won opportunity and the viral ALS ice bucket challenge.
Reporting on attachments, what is new in the Non Profit Starter Pack 3.0, the power of the Power of Us Hub and 30 days of community heroes.
All access pass to the inner workings of CloudFocus Weekly as we answer questions for listeners and tell tales out of school.
Practicing wellness in the Success Community, Change Sets, Work.com Ideas and the idea of the century.
Some tips on managing referrals in Salesforce, some inter-galactic Dreamforce 14 news, NFL streams and being a customer company (rant style).
Work.com enhancements in Summer 14, a trio of new Dreamforce speakers and the World Cup technology.
Some quick talk of permission sets hitting Summer 14, our take on Google IO, Amazon Fire Phone, Songza to our hearts and Facebook Emotion-gate.
We have passed the date so we are deep diving into our favorite big and small features of Salesforce Summer 14.
A series of banking blog posts, as much as we can talk about the MVP Summit and what we are excited about from Apple's WWDC.
Some early plugs for Dreamforce, GTD and Midwest Dreamin than we dive into the news including the Microsoft and Salesforce.com new "partnership". Winners abound.
We deep dive into Work.com, the use cases, the features, the gaps and how it fits in the Salesforce.com universe of products.
The blog this week covers evaluating Clicktools, the huge new IE exploit, Netflix gets a real channel and Dreamforce 14 registration opens up.
Getting started with GTD, GOT crashes HBO Go as Netflix talks about raising prices, the cloud titan clash over charitable giving.
Getting started with Salesforce, WeddingForce, Salesforce1 Boston Tour, Heartbleed, Dreamforce App moving to Success and our continued struggles with Spring 14.
Some experience with tools to sync Salesforce with Outlook and Gmail, Google cuts cloud storage prices in a war of the clouds and Salesforce1 heads to bean town.
The blog is full of Dataloader.io and Conga Composer 8 with some sneak peaks at the next few weeks, we tell our Salesforce 15 origin stories and question why Spring 14 has been so delayed.
There were a lot of CloudFocus App Picks of the Week in 2013 so we pick our top and bottom 5 and come clean on some great and terrible picks.
Ways to take your Google Drive with you on iOS, a discussion around WhatsApp and the Facebook acquisition and the rising performance issues of Salesforce.com.
Options for syncing Salesforce with Quickbooks, a rat hole on Quickbooks Online, Project Loon and developing for Salesforce1.
The Permissioner has competition, so we break it down, Facebook redefines the UI in Paper, Salesforce kills off Blackberry support and is Bill Gates back at MSFT a good thing?
Google sells Motorola and we speculate why, Beats starts a streaming service and we speculate why also five trends from CES 2014.
Spring 14 blog posts pile up so we dig in, the 30th Anniversary of the Mac and the government capturing data in the clouds.
A new year starts with Google buying Nest, predictions for 2014 and the Salesforce1 event in New York York city.
In the last episode of the year we talk about Spring 14, Salesforce and OpenStack, Dropbox and one quick prediction for 2014.
Another special episode all about digital security in the new cloudy world, including passwords, logins, two factor and tons of tips and tools.
After a week of rest we talk about do a final recap of Dreamforce, rank it and discuss all of the hackathon controversy.
Another 24 hours at Dreamforce and we are back talking about the interview with Marissa Mayer, the Gala and overall feelings about what we have seen so far.
The keynote is over, Dreamforce is officially on and we are live from the Success Community Zone talking about all of it.
Twitter goes IPO, Amazon gets some Sunday delivery and we make sure you haven't missed one of the millions of times you can come see us at Dreamforce 13 next week.
Dreamforce 13 is coming and Arkus is all over it, non-profit resources at DF13, Chatter iOS updates and some good news for travelers.
Great travel apps for DF13, Apple announcements, Google+ custom domains and Do.com getting done.
Another special episodes where we go over our top 10 (five each) AppExchange apps of all time.
With a total lack of things to talk about we go over the little things that make a big difference, the new Dreamforce '13 agenda builder and other tidbits.
Winter 14 is almost here so we wrap up with two blog posts on the new features in Service Cloud and Permission Sets.
A wrap up and review of all the Apple announcements including iOS7 and iPhone 5 and the big outage to hit Gmail this week.
Winter is coming but before it comes we go over the top features of the Salesforce Winter 14 release notes.
The Power of US Hub, what we can discuss about the MVP Summit and call for help on the Dreamforce session.
Picking our top 10 TV shows (streaming of course) of all time in a debate for the ages.
The state of Salesforce mobile, new Chatter application and the crazy expensive Performance Edition license to rule them all.
Pros and cons of using the Salesforce native calendar functionality, the massive price hike of AppExchange security review and Redbox to Roku.
Managing sales with Chatter and tasks, Google's new Chromecast and how does it compare, Cloud Cannon using Dropbox and Benioff mocks MS Surface.
A special episode all about going, being and staying paperless. The why, the what and the gear that makes the how.
Using Google Hangouts in the enterprise, how Netflix might be the new HBO, PRISM and the struggles of Yahoo with a quick peek at the special episode next week.
Some Salesforce features that need some love, Arkus is hiring, Dropbox goes ape for apps, is Salesforce betraying customers with Oracle announcement and NYC gets its own domain.
A little follow up on meetings, cool things to do with Email-to-Salesforce, Marc and Larry sitting in a tree with winners and losers and the new communities sites.
A very special episode all about meetings, the good, the bad and the ways to be most successful with or without them.
Doing some work in the slums of Mumbai gets a special tweet, a Cloud Company Tour review, Salesforce buys EdgeSpring and we plan out the Meetings episode.
Doing some magic with custom buttons, Salesforce buys Exact Target and we cover some of the fun happenings out of WWDC.
A new home, a new studio, what sales teams should be excited about in Summer 13, Gmail's new tabs and Salesforce sandbox templates.
All about some Permission Sets you can use in Summer 13, Dreamforce 13 registration is open and all the happenings on Google I/O.
We mention the blog post of Summer 13 release notes, tell everyone about MVP office hours and deep dive into ways to make sure you don't let your cloud abandon you.
It is a deep dive session into the Salesforce Sumer 13 release, our favorite new features, some surprises and what to expect from Chatter Communities.
Back from a week trip down to Austin we do some catch up on the blog posts including a cool one on Record Types, Integration World, a new name for an old company and a sneak peak of the Salesforce Summer 13 release notes.
We go mono with new travel mics, tell the tale of IdeaExchange ideas needing your vote, Salesforce new Mobile SDK, listener feedback from the GTD episode and Facebook Mobile phone.
By listener request, we are going to deep dive into Getting Things Done (GTD), the questions, the answers and the truth.
Doing work on Do.com is the blog post of the week, do we trust Google and Keep, will Chatter UI be the only way and Apple goes two step authentication.
All sorts of check ups you should be doing to your org, Google kills the Reader and Drive goes down and Microsoft plays catchup by buying into the social.
Right after discussion taming the email monster we dive into a big discussion of support and all the different states of support. The good. The bad. The ugly.
Things to consider for your Salesforce implementation, Evernote gets hacked and things about two factor, Tizzy on IdeaExchange and 30% of brands have Twitter Server handles.
We look at the AppExchange All Star post then dive deeply into the new Salesforce.com branding message, likes, dislikes and all the rest. Never an opinion spared.
The newest blog post on making notes reportable, Google Glass and the new Chromebook Pixel, why you should NOT ban email and our deep discussion golden age of TV.
It is a Valentine's Day episode with things Developers can do to help out Salesforce admins, a Yammer safe haven and StarTrek all mixed together with roses.
How to quit 5 things, get unstack with Vendor Stack, secrets of working remotely and news of Pervasive being acquired.
It is time to dig deep into Salesforce's idea exchange, the concept and pick some of "our" favorite all time ideas to get the CloudFocus Weekly bump.
We look at some free data loaders, ask the question if Salesforce is moving away from The Social and are amazed that over 2 billion iMessages are sent a day.
Spring 13 is almost ready to be sprung so we go over a few of our favorite features, talk about Relationships 2.0 and going pro in Dropbox.
Full CES coverage (not really) with Salesforce showing up and Marc speaking. We also cover a very special birthday and talk about predictions for 2013.
Some best practices in sales discovery, Zuck gives bucks, Oracle buys into Eloqua and we get more details on the Obama campaign usage of Service Cloud.
Building one pagers to rule them all, Google 2012 Zeitgeist and how Obama's campaign used Salesforce.com (or did they).
We talk about the three extra digital brains, how Evernote is getting into the business game and the top 10 mistakes of software development projects.
Global Permission Sets get some love, AppExchange All-Stars, Salesforce buys Prior Knowledge and online black friday sales sets new records.
Love or leave things from the NPSP, Salesforce earning, Google advertising dominates and a review of the Touch App as well as some Thanksgiving Chatter.
A blog post about Salesforce Analytic Snapshots, Facebook taking a recruiting shot at LinkedIn and hands on with the iPad Mini.
Living with the Family Calendar, new Products all around, SAP goes social, Google Nexus Q is gone baby gone and Gmail tops out.
SORRY FOR THE SOUND. Jason's Mic was not working. Blame Sandy.
New hardware from Apple, CloudForce NY recap, Winter 13 has some discontent, Star Trek tech and our picks of the week.
CloudForce NY 2012 is here and we talk about it as well as Salesforce moving away from Oracle tech and answer the question of what is Social CRM and is anyone using it?
How to keep the momentum going T-Rob style after Dreamforce 12, ExactTarget buys Pardot and Oracle sends a letter to Ford.
Some insights of speaking at Dreamforce from a newbie, LinkedIn launches a few new features, we get into MapGate and talk about Google announcing 20million educational users.
It is a post Dreamforce world and we are podcasting in it with some thoughts, opintions and Google+ for the Enterprise.
The Dreamforce predictions episodes with groups to follow, ways to network and some things we just KNOW are going to happen. We squeeze in a little of the Apple announcement but promise to revisit.
Top conversations and groups in the Dreamforce, the perfect LinkedIn post, Common Ground gets a forced retirement and the CloudFocus Weekly Dreamforce Fan Contest is announced.
Anticipated sessions at Dreamforce 12, the new AppExchange launches, a little of the Winter 13 release notes and Dropbox does Two Factor.
The mystery of Arkus at Dreamforce is uncovered, we go "neg" on the agenda builder, Salesforce tries to trademark things and Amazon launches low cost storage options.
Top 10 reasons to go to Dreamforce, biking for MS, Buddy Media is now official, Salesforce.com launches communities (coming in 2013) and Work.com sneaks out of the rumor mill.
We are back with a review of LinkedIn for Salesforce, being a sophomore at Dreamforce and covering yet another Salesforce purchase, instantly.
We celebrate the 100th episode by reviewing our top 10 picks of all time and picking another 10 for good measure
Unfollowing chatter (like a pro), CEO musical chairs, Radian6 goes semantic and Microsoft goes "to the clouds" with Office 15. Our CloudFocus App Picks of the Week.
A bunch of podcasting apps that you must have or avoid, Salesforce suffers outages but buys GoInstant and Linked In untweets but makes money doing so.
A Chatter only intern, Google IO announcements, our bigger and better 100th episode plans and Orbitz pricing poorly.
Three must have iPad apps on our blog, Salesforce is in the buying mood and cloud outages make us question all the integration.
A review of Chatter Messenger, new Apple cloudiness, Salesforce turns up the Twitter hose, Microsoft is all in with Yammer and the AppExchange is going social.
Our CloudFocus App Picks of the Week.
Using Chatter for project management, MVPs abound, Dreamforce 12 news and updates, Google buys Quickoffice, Salesforce "officially" buys Buddy Media and LinkedIn is hacked. CloudFocus App Picks of the Week.
The different types of Salesforce.com portals, the new updated and cool Google Chromebooks and is Buddy Media up on the block? Our CloudFocus Weekly App Picks.
Google Chrime is #1, Facebook IPO is not, 1/3 of all Google Acquisitions were failures and Salesforce Chatter goes after Microsoft Skype. CloudFocus app picks of the week.
Building extreme Conga reports, Dreamforce 12 registration is open, Google Docs research. CloudFocus App Picks of the Week.
Summer 12 Hard Core, Dreamforce 2012 is almost open and Draw Something might have been the biggest scam ever. CloudFocus App Picks of the Week.
Summer 12 Release Notes, a rapid reaction, Google wins big in the US Gov and Salesforce buys Stypi, we pontificate on why. CloudFocus App Picks of the Week.
Salesforce.com's Many Who pilot, Google Drive is now live and the value of using Chatter Files. CloudFocus App Picks of the Week.
A new blog post on publishing apps to the AppExchange, Kicksarter goes wild, some downtime for Salesforce.com and Amazon launches an AWS marketplace. CloudFocus App Picks of the Week.
Outlook Sync Considerations, Facebook gets loco and the launch of our newest, most secret product ever, The Permissioner. CloudFocus App Picks of the Week.
Cross Object Workflows hit the blog, Google's Project Glass and the leaked Salesforce.com Summer 12 release notes. CloudFocus App Picks of the Week.
A blog recap of CloudForce SF, the death of the media disk, the iTunes outage, more Aereo and the Salesfoce.com disappearing certifications. CloudFocus App Picks of the Week.
Chatter Approvals, Zynga buys Draw Something, Google Maps charges and loses, the digital cloud gobbles us and we make our CloudFocus App Picks of the Week.
Repurposing your old iPad, news from Salesforce.com CloudForce SF, the death of AIM and the CloudFocus App picks of the week.
A review of Desk.com hits the blog and all of the Apple announcements including that "new" iPad (not the 3 or HD). CloudFocus app picks of the week.
Messages Review for OSX, Oracle recruits Taleo, Sneaky peak at Salesforce's Many Who pilot and some iPad 3 predictions. CloudFocus App Picks of the Week.
House holds, person accounts and doing it in batch, the rumors of Google Drive hit our agenda and Salesforce sets the date for the end of Google Adwords integration. CloudFocus App Picks of the week.
Analytics Edition goes free and we review it, Twitter gets branded pages, Desk.com goes live and Facebook is set to break records with an IPO. Our CloudFocus App Picks of the week.
Simple validation rules on the blog, Apple's big education announcement including the future of learning and a breakout session on Chatter adoption. CloudFocus App Picks of the Week.
Blackbaud byes Convio to get into the cloud game, we discuss SOPA/PIPA and the depreciation of features in Spring 12.