Marc ... is that you?

I used to have a little counter on the side of my blog, which tracked the number of unique vistors on my site.  I'm sure you've seen these gadgets before -- almost every newbie website designer puts them on their first website, and every professional web developer cringes at the sight of them.

I replaced the visitor counter with a widget from Clustr Maps (I suspect this gadget makes professional web developers cringe, too). Clustr Maps gives both a visitor counter, and it also tags the location of visitors on a world map..  Every now and then I'll go take a peek at the world map, looking for answers: who are you? Where do you come from? What brought you here?  Most importantly, how can I help?

Tonight, I discovered a new red blip in Hawaii.  Hey, that's where Marc Benioff lives!

Several years ago, after my first Dreamforce event, I sent a personal note to the Salesforce.com CEO.  I told him that I was blown away, that Dreamforce had changed my whole aura. Within an hour, Marc replied simply, "Mahalo."  It's Hawaiin, I had to look it up.

I wasn't exagerating in that note.  Dreamforce had changed something inside me.  When I returned home, I started doing more volunteer and local community service work.  I started approaching problems with a very different mindset.  I started sharing more.  I started blogging.  My career path changed.  Everything changed.

Dreamforce is now 4 months away.  If you are a Salesforce.com Administrator or Developer, Dreamforce is the most valuable event you can attend.  There is so much energy, learning opportunities, and networking opportunities at this annual conference.  It gets bigger, better and more festive each year.  Friendships that you make at Dreamforce will last long afterwards, and you will be able to tap them all year long.  I was "between jobs", and missed last year's Dreamforce event ... I can't wait to go back this year!

Will you be there?  Let's connect!

Register here: http://www.dreamforce.com/.  Register today!