136: Salesforce Architecture & Community with Paul McCollum
Paul McCollum is a Salesforce Technical Architect over at Accenture. Though he pursued various interests in college, he eventually came to pursue a degree in Computer Science. From there, he began his first job as a Unix programmer and then found his way into architecture. In this episode, we talk about just that: all things architecture. Paul shares some cool concepts with us regarding application design, UX, and big-picture architecture as well as what’s coming up for architecture in the future. Tune in to hear it all. Show Highlights: Paul’s long history with computers and architecture. How he discovered Salesforce. Why the overlap between user interface and big-picture architecture is important. The level of planning and documentation an application owner can do without a designer. The rising importance of technical designers. Architecture blind spots Paul sees on the horizon. A hack that allows flow to work with infinite records. How Paul started getting involved in the Salesforce community and his current role in it. Links: Paul on Twitter Paul on LinkedIn Dallas Developer Group