27 September 2023 - My Highlights from Dreamforce 2023
I know, its been a long while since I last wrote on my blog, so I thought I would break the silence with my thoughts on this year's Dreamforce. For those not in the know, Dreamforce is Salesforce's flagship yearly conference in San Francisco where thousands of Ohana friends and family gather and talk all things blue cloud. This and last year's events have had a more intimate turnout of around 40,000 attendees, a far cry from the 170,000 heady days of the pre-Covid and cost of living crisis that we now live in. There were also remarks that the city of San Francisco was not looking its best and had been struggling with increased homelessness, crime and grime. There was even a suggestion from Benioff that he would move Dreamforce away from his home town due to these issues in an attempt to kick the city into action. It seemed to work for the 3 days of Dreamforce. Now they need to extend that for all times and bring the city back to former glory. Putting these issues aside, i...