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October 21, 2021October 21, 2021 Samantha Shain Salesforce, Uncategorized

data viz in salesforce: dashboards or lightning pages?

When you're looking to make report charts easily accessible in Salesforce, should you use a dashboard or a Lightning Page?

May 26, 2021August 29, 2021 Samantha Shain Ethical Tech, Salesforce

on jevons’ paradox

Do good databases save precious time? Let's see what 19th century British economists (and me) have to say about that! (Spoiler alert: the answer is no)

January 15, 2021August 29, 2021 Samantha Shain Salesforce, Uncategorized

snowfakery till you makery

Follow along with my first forays into Snowfakery! Warning: Code! Command Line! Im-pasta Syndrome!

December 11, 2020August 29, 2021 Samantha Shain Salesforce, Uncategorized

beginner’s mind

Learning a bunch of new skills and platforms leads me to reflect on the Zen Buddhist practice of Beginner's Mind. Plus, 6 new tools I'm learning.

September 25, 2020September 25, 2020 Samantha Shain Salesforce, Uncategorized

clouds

This Joni Mitchell + Brandi Carlisle + Zadie Smith + plastic suitcases full of beads + cloud-anatomy + data lovin' babe is living her best life, moving data between sandboxes and more! Cheers to THAT!

July 3, 2020 Samantha Shain Dear Spreadsheet Whisperer

Dear Spreadsheet Whisperer: capital-O Organizing

What's the best way to use a database for distributed organizing? Can Salesforce even do this? Plus, beautiful, custom watercolor illustrations from the one and only Katie Blanchard.

May 27, 2020 Samantha Shain Uncategorized

may showers

What do nudity, surveys, and spreadsheets have in common? Read more to find out! ps... Eureka!

February 5, 2020February 6, 2020 Samantha Shain Uncategorized

facilitation/difficultation

Introducing two facilitation techniques for helping a group tackle difficult database questions, plus some personal reflection about how I'm showing up as a leader and co-conspirator.

December 18, 2019December 18, 2019 Samantha Shain Uncategorized

toward a trauma-informed database culture

Five Trauma-Informed Care principles applied to our work as database managers... and a whole lotta opinions about what that means for our sector. Please engage with your ideas in the comments!

December 3, 2019August 29, 2021 Samantha Shain Salesforce, Uncategorized

iterative installments

Solving database problems is kind of like cooking without a recipe! In this post ... how to send donation notifications (plus installment info from recurring donations) plus a cute koala meme!

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