Category: Google
Using RSA-SHA1 with Salesforce Crypto Class
July 6th, 2010, No Comments
This is a rather obscure post but it will definitely come in handy to someone trying to use the RSA-SHA1 algorithm with the Salesforce Crypto class. I’m spent the past two days trying to hook up OAuth using Apex and various Google Services. The standard HMAC-SHA1 algorithm is fairly straight forward with OAuth and Google [...]
Force.com Toolkit for Google Wave Demo at Google I/O
June 10th, 2010, No Comments
I attended this demo at Google I/O and am glad that the video is finally available. I’ve wanted to post it for awhile but Google put the video up about a week ago and then promptly took it down. Not sure why…? I think Quinton Wall and Kris Muller did an awesome job with this [...]
Google I/O 2010 Recap
May 24th, 2010, No Comments
I’m back from Google I/O 2010 in San Francisco and am finally able to take a breath. There were over 5,000 developers, 90+ technical sessions, over 180 companies peddling their tech in the Sandbox and a steady stream of product and technology announcements. It was two action-packed days of deep technical content featuring Android, Google [...]
Appirio Announces PS Connect at Google Campfire One
March 10th, 2010, No Comments
Last night at Google Campfire One we demonstrated PS Connect, a new extension to our PS Enterprise product that allows service professionals to run their business directly from their Gmail inbox. We were the closing presentation for the night and you can view the video of the demo below. It’s roughly a 5 minute video [...]
GWT UiBinder Hello World Tutorial
January 19th, 2010, 22 Comments
I’ve been working on a new project the past couple of weeks that (fortunately) requires Google Web Toolkit (GWT) and I wanted to use the new UiBinder that was released with GWT 2.0 in early December for a number of reasons (clean separation of UI and code, easier collaboration with designers, easier testing, etc ). [...]
Calling a REST Web Service (JSON) with Apex
January 6th, 2010, 7 Comments
Cross-posted at the Appirio Tech Blog. Using JSON RESTful Web Services with Salesforce.com opens up your org to a number third-party integration opportunities (Google, Yahoo!, Flickr, bespoke, etc.). JSON support isn’t baked into the Force.com platform but Ron Hess at Salesforce.com has created a JSON parser which will do the heavy lifting for you. Last [...]
Google Wave Desktop Notifier for Windows & Linux
December 23rd, 2009, No Comments
One of the main complaints regarding Google Wave is that it is yet another system to check (Gmail, Twitter, Facebook, etc.). Until (and if) Google Wave is integrated with Gmail, there are a few desktop options to notify you that you have new waves. I’ve been using the Google Wave Addon for Firefox for sometime [...]
Google Releases Google Web Toolkit 2.0
December 9th, 2009, No Comments
Google released Google Web Toolkit 2.0 (GWT) yesterday with some really cool features and improvements. For those of you not familiar with GWT, it is a development toolkit for building and optimizing complex browser-based applications. You write your front-end code in Java and it is auto-magically compiled into cross browser, optimized JavaScript. GWT is used by [...]
Using Gmail Notifier with Multiple Accounts
November 15th, 2009, 1 Comment
I live and die by Gmail but if you are like me, and have multiple accounts, it can be a challenge to keep track of them. Google has a nifty little Gmail Notifier that runs in your menu bar but it only works for one account. My problem is that I need to track my [...]
Salesforce Username Tip
October 7th, 2009, 5 Comments
If you are like me you probably have 1.35 million Salesforce usernames. You have usernames for productions orgs, sandboxes, developer orgs, pre-release orgs, partner portals, etc. and they all must be unique. So how do you manage this chaos in a manner that doesn’t drive you insane with password resets and security tokens? If you [...]
