Coder, Gamer, Nerd

CRM , Data Cloud , Marketing Cloud , Salesforce , Salesforce

Data Cloud: The New Journey

Within everyone’s career path, the journey will change. I went from Wordpress Developer, to email marketer, to teacher to consultant to Marketing Cloud subject matter expert. No path is ever straight and yet again my path is changing once again to Data Cloud....

by Orlando Villarreal

December 14, 2024

CRM , Salesforce

Salesforce Business Analyst Book Review

Being a business analyst always seems like one of those jobs that could mean anything within the tech industry especially with what I have heard from people who are actual business analysts. ...

by Orlando Villarreal

October 19, 2024

Book Review , Python , Reviews

Book Review: Python Data Analysis

Recently, I have been diving more into data analysis and data science. For the past few months, I have been really into it. Why? This is due to a variety of reasons, from Salesforce and Microsoft becoming more AI data driven, to the fact I think in 5 years, Marketing...

by Orlando Villarreal

February 13, 2024

CRM

How I passed the Salesforce AI associates exam

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by Orlando Villarreal

February 2, 2024

Life

2024 Resolutions and Goals

With every new year, everyone will make goals and or resolutions, goals of what they want to accomplish for the year. Or sometimes people don’t make goals and that is ok too. I for one like to make goals that I hope to accomplish for this year. I think this...

by Orlando Villarreal

January 7, 2024

Soapbox

What Apple Needs to Bring To 2024’s OS Updates

Another year, another round of updates to all of apples many devices, but this year had some good ones, and not so good updates. The ability to do quick contact sharing, and customizing your own contact call card, to even some great safety features like check in and lockdown mode....

by Orlando Villarreal

November 7, 2023

Book Review , CRM , Marketing Cloud , Reviews

Book Review: Automating Salesforce Marketing Cloud

I am returning to my book reviews, and what better way to start then with a book centered around what I currently do. Automating Salesforce Marketing Cloud, as always, I will dive into who this book is for and what I took away from it. ...

by Orlando Villarreal

September 27, 2023

CRM , Marketing Cloud , Soapbox

Will AI replace my job? Marketing CRM Edition

One of the questions I see popping up and being asked is, “Will the AI Revolution replace my job?” The answer is very simple; it’s a no. The Marketing CRM space will evolve yet again but how will it evolve with the use of “AI”. Well, I have some...

by Orlando Villarreal

August 25, 2023

Life

Texas Dreaming 2023 Announcement

What is texas dreaming you asked? It’s a Salesforce event for all of Texas to come and learn about more Salesforce, its for networking, meeting people, shaking hands, and overall a pretty good event that takes place over 2 days....

by Orlando Villarreal

April 26, 2023

Coding , Salesforce

Can I work from an iPad? Salesforce Marketing Cloud Edition

On the advent of the new year, one of the most surprising things I was asked was “Can you do your job from an iPad?”. This got me thinking…could I? or couldn’t I? That is the question. Looking at what my iPad Pro can do with the M1 chip…it got...

by Orlando Villarreal

January 17, 2023

Life , Soapbox

Is Psychohistory possible in today’s age?

With the premiere of Foundation on Apple TV back on September 24, 2021 as well as rewatching the show. It got me thinking back to 2003 when I read Issac Asimov’s Science Fiction epic. I began to rethink of the feelings I had about prediction planning and how maybe in...

by Orlando Villarreal

August 25, 2022

Life

Time Off

A sabbatical, time off, mental recovery, vacation, R & R or rest and relaxation are all terms used to describe times when we need to gather ourselves and focus on a mental recharge. One of the things I wish to discuss is when and how often you should be taking...

by Orlando Villarreal

May 22, 2022

Soapbox

My Thoughts on the Four Day Work Week

One idea that I have seen picking up steam recently is the idea of the 4-day work week. Is this possible? Would something like that be able to work within the US? Would I want to work 4 days?...

by Orlando Villarreal

May 9, 2022

Life

A Great Man Doesn’t Seek to Lead. He’s called to it

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by Orlando Villarreal

December 17, 2021

Life , Soapbox

Should We Embrace a Self Driving Future?

Self-driving in cars is becoming the new feature that is being added to nearly every new car, Tesla started the trend but now we see in Toyota, Honda and Ford is that self-driving is becoming the new must have feature....

by Orlando Villarreal

December 14, 2021

Soapbox

Apple…2 Steps Forward…1 Step Back

Apple has always been a company about pressing forward, creating the all in one Mac, changing the music industry with the iPod series, followed by the iPhone which disrupted the phone industry. To Apple it was always about creating innovation but not so much nowadays. Nowadays Apple’s marketing and design...

by Orlando Villarreal

October 30, 2021

Life , Questions and Answers

What Happens with Working Now?

One of the things that I see popping up is what is going to happen about work from home. Should companies continue with allowing work from home? Or should we transition back to an office? And the route forward with what to do after COVID isn’t one path but several....

by Orlando Villarreal

August 14, 2021

Reviews , Tech

iPad Pro 12.9 2021 Review

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by Orlando Villarreal

June 30, 2021

Reviews

My Thoughts on Apples Spring Loaded Event

With another spring we get another Apple event. This time its called “Spring Loaded” which they had on 4/20…which they totally should of called it “Spring Baked” but I digress, this is one of Apples few conferences this year where they show off their new products coming out within that...

by Orlando Villarreal

April 25, 2021

Questions and Answers

I Want to Learn – Saleforce

One of the biggest questions I got last year was “I want to learn Salesforce…what is it and how can I gain knowledge.” Salesforce is one of the biggest Cloud based CRMs or Customer Relationship Management systems....

by Orlando Villarreal

March 14, 2021

Coding , Swift

I Want to Learn to Code: Swift App design / development

Its 2021 and maybe you made a new year’s resolution for yourself to learn to code, maybe you have an app idea. Or maybe you lost your job and want to gain a new skill or maybe you just want to try something new. In my new series I will...

by Orlando Villarreal

February 7, 2021

Book Review , Reviews

Book Review: Leading Creative Teams

What makes a creative lead? Is it someone who understands design? Someone who knows how to fake it till they make it? What turns a creative into a creative director? Is it something people have versus what others might not have? Due to my background, I have been on Creative...

by Orlando Villarreal

November 19, 2020

Life

My Top Ten Horror Video Games

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by Orlando Villarreal

October 31, 2020

Book Review , Reviews

Review: Python Crash Course

The Python Crash Course book is essentially a bootcamp put into a book. This is a very lengthy book, it isn’t something you can do overnight but is something that can take weeks and weeks because there is a lot to cover. It goes from not knowing code to building...

by Orlando Villarreal

October 19, 2020

Questions and Answers , Salesforce , Soapbox

A Certification Does Not Guarantee a Job

Knowledge of a system vs experience with a system are two vastly different things. Going through a boot camp and gaining a certification is not necessarily experience. Instead what that is is knowledge....

by Orlando Villarreal

September 10, 2020

Soapbox

Where Should Star Wars Go From Here?

Being trapped indoors and having Disney + as well as having the ability to binge the entire Star Wars Saga has got me thinking…where should it go now?...

by Orlando Villarreal

August 28, 2020

Book Review , Reviews

Review: Navigating Hybrid Scrum Environments

In being in doors a lot lately and catching up on my humble bundle reading and wanting to learn more knowledge about scrum.I decided to dive into this book about navigating hybrid scrum environments by Frederik M. Fowler , feel free to check out my review and if you decide on...

by Orlando Villarreal

July 24, 2020

Life

Working From Home: Part 4 – Questions and Answers

I have received quite a number of questions concerning things with working from home. And so compiling them over the past few weeks, I have decided to write a blog with all the questions and answers for when it comes to working from home....

by Orlando Villarreal

July 21, 2020

Questions and Answers , Salesforce

How I studied for Marketing Cloud Exam

Here are a few of the tools and the places I used to study the content for the Salesforce Marketing Cloud Email Specialist test....

by Orlando Villarreal

May 19, 2020

Life , Soapbox

A Thought:Where Society Might Go After The Coronavirus

With these trying times, I have been asked about where do I think society as a whole is going and with all these companies changing their ways and workers adjusting. I have been asked what happens after all this virus is over? What will happen to society as a whole....

by Orlando Villarreal

May 5, 2020

Life

Working From Home: Part 3 – Ways To Stay Mentally and Physical Fit

One of the biggest questions I have gotten from people is how do I stay mentally and physically fit while being cooped up all day. Being indoors a lot more than normal and having to adjust your way of living can take a huge toll on people, it is taxing...

by Orlando Villarreal

April 11, 2020

Life

Working From Home: Part 2 – The Software & Hardware

In part 2 of this series, I will discuss what kind of technology that you can use for meetings, computer tech, etc etc etc. I will breakdown ways you can make an office at home and it doesn't involve buying the most expensive items or the most expensive software....

by Orlando Villarreal

March 28, 2020

Life

Working From Home – Part 1 – Getting Adjusted

Over the past week, due to the virus outbreak currently happening, a lot of companies are moving from in-office to full remote for their workers. I have had a few friends ask me how I got adjusted with working from home without getting insanely bored or distracted. Hopefully this will...

by Orlando Villarreal

March 22, 2020

Coding , Salesforce

Lightning Web Components: A Few Starting Tips

So recently, I started diving into lightning web components, and it was quite an experience from everything I have gathered from learning on Trailhead and attempting to build things on my own. Here are a few beginner tips I learned along the way of building some Lightning Web Components....

by Orlando Villarreal

January 9, 2020

Life

You Could Not Live With Your Own Failure, and Where Did That Bring You?

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by Orlando Villarreal

December 7, 2019

App Reviews , Reviews

Review: Trailhead GO

With Dreamforce going on, Salesforce dropped something that many had hoped for, for a long time. They have released Trailhead GO, which shifts the entire desktop experience to mobile. Since it was released I have spent the last few days diving into it, here are my initial impressions....

by Orlando Villarreal

November 21, 2019

Soapbox

Make It Hollywood: ALIEN OBLIVION

To celebrate Halloween this year, I decided to share an idea I had for the next Alien film, especially since it may or may not be happening since now Disney owns the entire Alien Universe. So everyone who knows me knows I am a movie person. I love going to...

by Orlando Villarreal

October 31, 2019

Reviews

First Impression: iPhone 11 Pro Max and iOS 13

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by Orlando Villarreal

October 12, 2019

Life

What I Learned When I Applied For 100+ jobs in a month…

In between contract work, I always work on my skills and keep my ear to the floor. I go to meet ups, shake hands, go to business conventions and always try to guess where the market is going. Recently with a decrease in contract work flowing in, I decided to...

by Orlando Villarreal

September 24, 2019

Book Review , Reviews

Book Review: The Agile Enterprise

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by Orlando Villarreal

September 3, 2019

Coding , Soapbox

Building A Healthy Coding Lifestyle

You get hired by a company. They supply endless snacks, drinks and you have to become a coding machine so you find yourself never leaving your desk, constantly chugging down energy drinks and snacking . We as developers can fall into this snackhole trap where we never leave our chair...

by Orlando Villarreal

August 12, 2019

Life , Soapbox

The Problem With Compartmentalizing Jobs

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by Orlando Villarreal

July 10, 2019

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