If you visit salesforce.com/events you may be disappointed by the lack of events going on in North America right now. It’s not even a search option! Fortunately, salesforce.com/community has its own events page which does have a list of web-based events that do occur during North American business hours. One of which is coming up next week and sounds perfect for beginner to intermediate admins struggling with data issues. The webinar is being given by two salesforce.com employees and doesn’t mention any partners, so it should be a little less biased than a Dreamforce session.

For more details visit salesforce.com/community and click on the events link in the sidebar

If you’re not already addicted to Lifehacker, make it your new year’s resolution. The site is a must subscribe for anyone interested in being efficient regardless of where in your life or work you want to be efficient.

Kevin Purdy had a great post the other day about his five wishes for better webapps. I especially liked the part about walled gardens and how the ideal web apps let you get all your data out quickly and for free. For years, salesforce.com has offered free (weekly) data exports to its Enterprise and Unlimited Edition customers and a one-time free export to all other customers.

Speaking of data exports, that’s another great new year’s resolution. Schedule salesforce.com to export your data once a week, not only will it provide you with peace of mind, but it’ll make it possible to restore data if you ever accidentally overwrite or delete something.