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FileMaker Success Tips 382: Installing a server, Lookups Vs script-based Record Repeat, When to use Commit Record Repeat Failing does not mean you are a failure: Why Failure Now Doesn’t Predict Anything About Your Success Later (with a Gary Vaynerchuck video at the link) You gotta get an SSL Certificate for best practice. And since google […]
Learning from Success and Failure: FileMaker is making a big push on the Custom Apps theme and offers a custom apps creation guide here: Download the Custom Apps Success Create Guide Wow. 16 TB of data in a 2.5-inch drive Users will be able to write 15.36TB worth of data on the drive every day […]
I just went through most of this setup of MirrorSync 2, and this video is helpful to those who haven’t set it up before. I am trying this out for client that needs two way synching with a MySQL database on a custom website. Since only parts of the database are synched, the process can […]
An interesting look at the use of color (or colour, as the Brits spell it) in websites, with a few tidbits on design and buttons that many FileMaker developers will find useful: Colour Theory & Website Design: How to Colour Your Website Effectively FileMaker Success Tips 381: Thu, 25 February 2016 381_FM_Success_Tips Apple and the […]
From Judy Belber at Soliant: Naming styles by use rather than appearance helps keep track of unique element types, making it more intuitive when to reuse and when new ones are needed. Pro Tips: Naming Styles and Interface Inventories Some failed multiple times before succeeding: 8 U.S. Presidents Who Started as Entrepreneurs DataBuzz is […]
FileMaker Success Tips 328: Deletion Sets, Filemaker/IOS SDK Released, PDF in container on Mac: Watch 30 Popular Life Hacks Get Put to the Test In This Video And it works on FileMaker Runtime solutions, as well: myFMbutler PrinterSwitch 3.0 brings 64-bit support A well thought out list with pratical advice: 12 Daily Hacks To Stay […]
I’ve read that highly successful people read, on average, about 60 books a year. And we’re not talking romance novels, here. Instead, they read business success books, how to books, personal and business development books, and books in a similar vein. Now I understand that reading 60 books a year won’t make me successful all […]
Training and Infinite ROI Seth Godin on employee training: Consider an employee who is going to work 2000 hours for you this year. It’s not unusual for an organization to spend only 10 or 20 hours training this person–which means about 1% of their annual workload. How much training would it take for this person to […]
Michael Rocharde and I visited for hours this past summer in Las Vegas, discussing countless topics: FileMaker development best practices, handling customer expectations, best business practices, quoting projects, needs analysis and more. For a glimpse of the topics we covered, check out his interview from that time here. And to learn more, buy his latest FileMaker […]
Are you satisfied with the decisions you make? Do you make emotional and irrational decisions that lead you to take actions that you regret? James Clear dug into research from around the world to identify and expand upon the most common mental errors that derail your decision ma His research led him to five common mental errors […]
The road to being a successful FileMaker Entrepreneur is full of potholes, wrong turns, valleys, and highs. It’s easy to get pulled off course, and a starting road map is a necessary step to take early on in your planning. Check out Richard Carlton’s new series of short videos on this playlist. It’s focused on helping entrepreneurs better […]
Tim Dietrich shares his thoughts on making a living as a full time FileMaker consultant: Earlier this week, I was speaking with a friend who is in the process of going out on his own as a FileMaker consultant. He wanted to “pick my brain” about what’s involved, get some advice that I have based […]
Learn more about Marc and Keith Larochelle, the driving forces behind Productive Computing in San Diego: How Marc got his start as a FileMaker Developer back in the early 90’s. How Marc met and tutored singer Patty Page and her husband, and helped then design a solution to help run a maple syrup farm using FileMaker […]
Are you building dashboards for your clients? Do you give your clients advice on what the dashboard should include and how it should function as well as what they spec out? If not, you should be. This is your opportunity to show off your understanding of business needs, and to build a better solution for your […]
Didier: Don, It's Seth Godin not Grodin
Don Clark: Thanks for the catch, Didier! It's fixed.