How talking money with your clients will make you money Susan Fennema is the Chaos Eradicating Officer (CEO) of Beyond the Chaos, LLC, a project management and operations consultant company specializing in helping FileMaker development businesses. I did a very enjoyable series of interviews with her in early 2018. Sadly, I missed her DevCon 2019 […]
I happened across this post this morning: Is Being Introverted Affecting Your Confidence? We all know that the Big Five personality traits—openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism—are important personality-determinants. Their varying combination in each of us dictates why we evolve to become who we are. And up until recently, scientists believed that we can’t […]
Shipping Labels Using FileMaker and Shippo Brandon Ray, of DB Services, posts a great how to do it article on integrating FileMaker with Shippo, an inexpensive online service that allows you to use just about any major shipping service. Shippo provides an easy way to get shipping costs and allows you to print the label, […]
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 […]
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!
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 […]
Communicating with your Project Manager Susan Fennema and I just finished our 4th Facebook live video on Project Management: Communicating with your Project Management. In this video we talk about communicating with your project manager and cover the following topics (and more, of course): What information does a project manager need from a developer? When […]
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 […]
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 […]
FileMaker 16 Progress Bar in a Card Window Vince Dolan of the Support Group shows a very slick way to easily build two types of FileMaker 16 progress bars using a Card window, a data viewer, and some basic html. There isn’t a downloadable file, but this is simple enough to put it together from […]
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 Relational Design Jeremiah Hammond from DB Services on FileMaker Relational Design, something every aspiring FileMaker developer needs to understand at a deep level: Understanding how to use the relationship graph is fundamental for custom app development in FileMaker. Developers must understand both relational design—tables, keys, and how to use keys to relate tables—and context. […]
FileMaker Licensing Explained. This is the best explanation of the current state of FileMaker Licensing I have read/heard so far. Kudos to Mislav Kov of Soliant Consulting for taking the time to untangle the maze: Over the past few years, FileMaker, Inc. has introduced new products and functionality to expand the FileMaker platform, tweaked its licensing programs, […]
Susan Fennema: Thanks for your great commentary and for sharing this with your list!