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Here are some of the resources I use to learn more, keep up with, and efficiently interact with Salesforce. I'm sure this list will evolve, but as of now...

 The Salesforce Admins Podcast - "products, community and careers", though community seems to get the greatest attention. No other place to hear about a component turducken.

Trailhead - THE BEST way to get hands on if you don't manage an org IRL. Even if you do, Trailhead lets you explore areas of the platform that you're not using in your day-to-day role.

Salesforce Ben - subscribe for regular emails of interest to admins on a variety of Salesforce topics. Even get tips and practice exams towards Salesforce certification.

Automation Champion - A Salesforce MVP blogging about automation... Process Builder, Flows, etc, with practical, detailed examples.

Force.com LOGINS - Chrome extension to simplify logging in. Especially handy if you regularly log in to different orgs (even, say, production and sandbox).

Copytables - Chrome extension that makes it easy to copy a table (or list view) and paste it nicely into an email, document or spreadsheet.




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