6 days agoOrganize anything using the LASR methodWhere is that thing? Why can’t I find it? There’s too much stuff! And I’m not just talking about your desk. Maybe your closet is a mess too. Or home. Or the files on your laptop. Or even the documents in Confluence. The story seems to be the same wherever…Cleaning5 min readCleaning5 min read
Dec 23, 2022WTF are Design Tokens?A summary of Jina Anne’s 2021 video. While on the Salesforce design systems team circa 2015, Jina was using design tokens to coordinate with Jon Levine on the engineering side. Don’t have 12 minutes to watch their awesome overview? Here is a quick summary: Design tokens are similar to…Design Systems2 min readDesign Systems2 min read
Dec 17, 2022Keeping up the faith in career transitionsChange happens, and it’s better to control it than run away from it. You have been in your current role for a while. Maybe you’re with a company, maybe you’ve been soloing it for a while. Things are OK at present. But you can sense a change coming. …Career Change4 min readCareer Change4 min read
Nov 23, 2022Design systems advice from Clarity 2022: “It depends.”Are you implementing a new design system? Did you rescue a failed attempt? Is there a perfectly-crafted set of atomic components that remain unused? Are your product owners just saying they love what you’re doing, but they have tight deadlines right now? You want design system adoption and you’ve modeled…Design Systems3 min readDesign Systems3 min read
Apr 8, 2020Put Zoom in Stereo Mode(Thanks Sonicade and McKay Garner for the tip!) Zoom supports stereo but the instructions can be a bit much: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115004830406-Enabling-stereo-audio Here’s a quick guide: Part 1 https://zoom.us/ Sign In or My Account (top right). Personal > Settings > In Meeting (Advanced) > Allow users to select stereo audio in their client settings > ENABLE Part 2 Start Zoom App1 min read1 min read
Nov 14, 2018Understanding Lightning Components events naming and parametersUnderstanding component events that bubble up from Lightning Components feels like it should be easy, but the naming of event classes threw me for a loop until I talked to a colleague about it. While the documentation is extensive, there are some nuances to how you implement your events. Hopefully…Salesforce Development4 min readSalesforce Development4 min read
Oct 18, 2018Building a Real-Time Filtered List with Custom Lightning ComponentsEvery few years I find myself having to learn new development skills: this time I was using Salesforce’s Lightning Components to make a custom Lightning app. …Java Script18 min readJava Script18 min read
Apr 28, 2018Thoughts on the Computer, Thoughts on FreedomComputers for work vs computers for play. Sometimes they’re the same things, but generally-speaking, I find these differences: Work = Power I find that my computer for work is a beefy portable that connects to a big screen and has ergonomic peripherals so I can spend long hours in a one spot. There’s…5 min read5 min read
Published in Salesforce Designer·Aug 26, 2015The Lightning Design System — the Next Generation of Living Style GuidesSixteen years ago, Salesforce reinvented CRM in the cloud. Today our Lightning Design System reinvents enterprise UX at scale. We are giving our customers the same toolkit we used internally to develop our new Lightning Experience. Downloading the Design System gives you all our CSS, HTML, icons, color palettes, and…CSS4 min readCSS4 min read
May 5, 2015InfoGrain: GitHub HTTPS git clone fail? Try Personal Access Tokens!A frustrating hour of trying to figure out if my password was incorrect when cloning a GitHub repo by HTTPS was resolved after I learned: HTTPS cloning will not work if you have two-factor authentication enabled. That’s right, your username or password aren’t incorrect. You just need to generate a Personal Access token. Go to GitHub.com Go to Settings -> Personal Access Tokens Generate! Copy! Now you can: git clone https://github.com/some-repo/1 min read1 min read
