ROI – Return on Investment Chuck Melton of MainSpring posted an informative article on using a variation of Return on Investment (ROI) to help sell your custom application (hopefully FileMaker!). What is ROI? A standard definition for ROI is pretty straight forward: The return on investment ratio calculates the percentage return (profitability) on an investment. This is usually […]
Solving Problems is Your Job Most developers fall in love with writing code and making computers bend to their will….and of course solve problems. But the reality is that most developers are paid to solve problems, which means much more that bringing coding skills to the table. The successful programmer must learn much more than […]
So, how do you go about being responsible as a developer? Being responsible as a developer requires some thought and some concrete action. Susan Fennema and I discuss what steps you can take to help: As a developer, how can you keep yourself on track? Say no when there are too many demands Underpromise, overdeliver […]
Meeting Expectations In the fifth video of the Project Management – Sub Contractors series, Susan Fennema and I talk about tips for subcontractors to help with meeting expectations. Below the video is an overview…watch the whole video for all the useful details: What is the developer’s role in using project management tools? Checking off or […]
Company and Subcontractor Management Susan Fennema, Chaos Eradicating Officer (CEO) of Beyond the Chaos, and I discuss the ins and outs of company and subcontractor management in the third video in our 6 video series. There will be three more videos in the New Year. Today, we talk about communications, on boarding, and helping […]
Increase Code Quality While Staying Lean John Sindelar of SeedCode needs no introduction to FileMaker developers. Sindelar wrote the SeedCode calendar solution (now called Dayback), SeedCode Complete, FMChat, and his firm develops custom FileMaker solutions (naturally). So when Sindelar talks about increasing code quality while staying lean, it’s worth your time to pay attention: What […]
Hiring Subcontractors – Setting Expectations This week Susan Fennema and I get into the details of Hiring Subcontractors in our second video: Setting Expectations What to Expect What forms should a subcontractor sign before beginning work – and can you even hire a subcontractor? Why you ned an NDA Why you need a subcontractor agreement […]
Managing SubContractors and Project Management Join Susan Fennema – Chaos Eradicating Officer, Beyond the Chaos , Brandon Hayes (Director of Business Relations – Kalos Consulting, Inc.) and me in the first of six videos on Managing SubContractors and Project Management. The video series started today on Facebook at 11 Eastern…and I have shared it on […]
Tableau and FileMaker Luke Rochester’s presentation at DevCon 2017 shows how to build a dashboard in FileMaker using Tableau – in under 10 minutes! Sounds great, but what is Tableau? According to Wikipedia, Tableau Software is a software company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States which produces interactive data visualization products focused on business intelligence. […]
Henrique Bilbao of HiMaker Meet Henrique Bilbao, the founder of Brazil’s only Platinum level FileMaker business: HiMaker. Henrique is a mover and a shaker, very high energy, and is always looking for ways to improve his business model. Among other things, Henrique made several changes in the past year and watched his business grow: Leveraging […]
FileMaker and REST From Mason Stenquist of DB Services, watch this 6:23 minute video on integrating FileMaker and REST. And, better yet, download the free example file and have some fun picking it apart. CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) is the acronym used to describe the four ways to integrate with a datasource using the REST API, […]
FileMaker CopyFitting with JavaScript Aaron Giard shows how to use HTML5 Canvas and JavaScript to make FileMaker Copyfitting – the ability to automatically resize text make it larger or smaller to fit a designated space – a realty: There is a free downloadable file at the link, so pop on over and grab a copy. Source: […]
FileMaker Portal Filtering and Sorting FileMakerHacks recently posted on FileMaker portal filtering and sorting using SQL queries, something a lot FileMaker developer avoid due to the complexity of using SQL queries inside the FileMaker framework: In this article we are going to explain how to implement portal filtering in FileMaker portal using SQL techniques, because it is easy, […]
Mobile Device Management (MDM) Mobile Device Management (MDM) is Apple software that allows a user to manage medium to large numbers of iPhone and iPads. The workgroups range in size from just a handful for a classroom to deploying apps to thousands of users across the world. John Miller and Nick Amundsen of JAMF software […]
Susan Fennema: I love this! Great article and perspective.
Don Clark: Thanks, Susan! I used some of what I learned from you in our video series.
Alex Barattieri: Thank you for this article, Don. It is always healthy to remember that most things happen outside of our computing…
Don Clark: Thanks, Alex! Hope things are going well in Italia!