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I would like to show the first or last value from a related object using Rollup Summary fields. We can’t do this right now–we’re limited to COUNT, MAX, SUM, and MIN.

I’d like to see FIRST and LAST, which would require another criteria–field on which to decide FIRST and LAST. In my case, I think this would always be a date field.

This would allow me to do things like generate my own Last Activity information. Or show the amount of the most recent Opportunity. This would be powerful, I think.

Developer Hero Scott Hemmeter just added some really cool functionality to his already best-of-breed mapping application for Salesforce–driving route generation.

Check out his demo of creating driving directions for visting multiple sites in the Chicagoland area.

Really slick, Scott!

About a month ago I was lucky enough to be joined here at ONE/Northwest by Joey Gray, an old friend of mine. Joey joins the CRM team here and is coming up to speed on Salesforce.com and our consulting processes.

Joey has a Masters in Library and Information Systems Science and was working on her PhD until she decided to move back to Seattle and take the job. Before studying information, she ran the UPA, and organization close to my heart. And before that she played on Naughtybear, the co-ed ultimate team we founded a bunch of years ago.

I’m so glad she’s here and it won’t be long before she’s running her own projects and expanding the reach of the work we do. Really exciting!

Which brings up the fact that we’re thinking we might be hiring again soon. We’re probably going to be looking for another CRM staffer in the next few months. With Joey’s process mind, we’re thinking we’ll create a more technical position, and hire someone who can write software and make Salesforce.com really sing.

Apex, Python, Javascript, and a datahead…

If you’re think you’d like to work with us, drop me a line! We’re looking for someone full time in our Seattle office. We might consider someone in Portland as well, but onsite is important.

I’ll post again when we have a job description and start the real search.

It’s really annoying when you pay lots for a technology system and they make it really hard to get your data out. Even if you’re using their software, it’s your data.

Here’s a short video on what getting data out of a software system should look like. If your vendor doesn’t respect your right to getting your data enough to give you an interface like this, you might want to rethink your relationship with them and move to a vendor that isn’t afraid to lose you.

First, I recommend watching Obama’s concession speech from New Hampshire. It’s an amazing speech, again. We don’t have many opportunities to hear this kind of oratory in the public sphere. So whether you support Obama or not, I think it’s a fun few minutes.

And I don’t recommend watching McCain’s acceptance speech. Arguably he had a lot more riding on this speech as a great bit of earned media, and he sure sucked. No one can convince me this wasn’t the worst acceptance speech of the contests to date.

If you didn’t see Obama’s victory speach the other night, watch it:

His buzword is change, but the biggest change for me is that we could have a leader that has the ability to inspire and help us realize that we can and should strive to make America into what we want it to be.

Our current leader is amazingly uninspiring. On TV last night I saw the opening line of Bush’s victory speech in South Carolina in 2000. “South Carolina has spoken!” Delivered with the oratorical flair of a frat boy.

The opener in Obama’s acceptance is perfect–in timing and content. I got chills.

And I found myself feeling apprehensive watching this moving speach. I found I was expecting something bad to happen.

But right now I’m excited not because Obama is ahead in a horse race, but because I feel the energy he alone has the ability to harness. 75% of this country is sick and tired of what’s going on, and Obama can turn that into a landslide. Just watch what happens in New Hampshire.