Monthly Archives: September 2011

Email Management: Keeping the Sink Clear

In my past blogs, I’ve discussed how to make things happen with goal setting, to-do lists and prioritization. But, how does the crazy amount of email that we receive daily fit into that? Many people receive over 200 emails per day. Here are some tips to help you stay on top of it. And watch [...]

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FileMaker Music Survey

Within the FileMaker community, there seem to be several subcultures. Music, photography, woodworking, and knitting just to name a few. At DevCon, we used to have a jam session that was generally packed with too many people wanting to play and sing. We had to impose limits such as only play for 3 songs, and [...]

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FileMaker Feud 2011, Round 2

This is the second video from the first annual FileMaker Feud at the 2011 FileMaker Developer Conference. (Here is Part 1). In this video, Laura Betz and Lee Lukehart take on Perren Smith and Mark Richman to determine who advances to the final round. The crowd was warmed up so there is plenty of friendly banter [...]

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How to Create Dashboards with FileMaker for Improved Business Performance

Join us for a Webinar on September 23, 2-3pm EST! Business analytics is one of the hottest topics in management today. Analytics, made visual with graphical dashboards, can provide a wealth of real-time information as to how a business is operating in simple-to-understand formats. Dashboards are windows into a company’s data, helping managers make decisions [...]

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The Importance of Consistency

Fields. Layouts. Calculations. Relationships. All of these are invaluable pieces of FileMaker and we, as developers, implement our own flare, excitement, and style to each of them. And as a lover of the Liberal Arts I believe that we should always thrive to be excited about what we do and how we do it. But [...]

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FileMaker Feud 2011, Round 1

What happens when you survey 100 FileMaker developers? The first-ever FileMaker Feud, hosted by MightyData, at the 2011 FileMaker Developer Conference. Two teams competed for the title of FileMaker Feud Champion (and cool prizes like the iPad 2 and MightyCoach) by choosing the most popular answer to questions about layouts, calculations and scripts. In this [...]

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