Monthly Archive for October, 2010

Next meeting 12/7 – 6th Annual Year End Bonanza!

Published on October 28, 2010. 0 Comments

We’re going to skip November again and head right into the end of the year with our 6th Annual Year End Bonanza, on December 7th.

Usually we do product giveaways, but frankly I don’t want to wear out the munificence of all the awesome product vendors who’ve donated in the past, so I’m going to be working on other creative ways to celebrate. Pretty sure there will be some kind of swag/gifts involved.

Details to come!

Also, of course, we’ll review last year’s predictions and make some new ones for 2011. You guys scored much higher this year than last, though that isn’t saying much, since last year predictions were 0% accurate.

Names of predictors withheld, except where shaming is necessary.

PREDICTIONS FOR 2010

  • Marc Adler will easily pass the FM 11 Certification Exam- True!
  • Marc Adler will fail the FM 11 Certification Exam – False, and gee, we’re a sarcastic bunch, aren’t we?
  • NASA will make First Contact – False!
  • BJ and the Bear will be released for the big screen – False!
  • FileMaker/Drupal integration will mature – True!
  • FileMaker will introduce a new version of FM that introduces no new features – False, and shame on you, J.S.  You’re fired.
  • FileMaker will release a native iPhone app – True!
  • Native FM scripting will allow full SQL manipulation (no plugin) – False!
  • Apple will introduce a tablet computer that runs FileMaker – True!

I suppose there’s still two months left for the aliens to call the White House, but I’m not holding my breath.

 
Published in Meeting Announcements by Colin Keefe. Tags: Tags: .

Please Join us October 26: Integrating FileMaker with Amazon Web Services

Published on October 14, 2010. 0 Comments
Our next Philadelphia FileMaker User Group meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday evening, October 26th 2010 at 6:00 PM.
The meeting will be held at the IT Solutions Fort Washington Office:
+  414 Commerce Dr., Suite 150, Fort Washington, PA 19034
+  Google Map: http://bit.ly/d7L05o
As always, pizza and soft drinks will be provided.
Please  RSVP here if you are planning to attend this meeting.
INTEGRATING FILEMAKER WITH AMAZON WEB SERVICES

With Alan Deffenderfer, CEO, ABD Enterprises

This presentation will provide a brief overview of Amazon Web Services and then focus on performing a REST request to return product data from the Amazon product advertising API.  Amazon API credentials, requirements and limitations will be discussed as well several strategies for performing a REST request from FileMaker that is AWS compatible.  A use case that employs SmartPill PHP and XML/XSLT will be presented as one way harness and deploy Amazon Web Services in the real world.

About the Speaker

Alan Deffenderfer is CEO of ABD Enterprises, Inc. and has been developing with FileMaker since 2004.  He has been a college professor for the last 14 years and has worked in the book industry since 1993.  He currently uses FileMaker to run his own online book business.

Jason interviewed Alan before the 2009 DevCon recap; you can see the interview here.

Door Prize

We’ll also be giving away a door prize, courtesy of our User Group membership with PeachPit Press.  Assuming we can obtain interesting stuff from PeachPit going forward, this may become a regular thing.

Undercover User Experience Design

Undercover User Experience is a great little primer on UX work, written by Cennydd Bowles and James Box.

About the Philadelphia FileMaker User Group

The Philadelphia FileMaker User Group was founded in 2004 as an initiative by FileMaker Business Alliance Platinum member IT Solutions Consulting.  The group’s goal is to provide an open forum for FileMaker developers and those interested in FileMaker to meet, brainstorm and network.

We hold meetings the 4th Tuesday of every month at 6PM, in the office of IT Solutions Consulting, Inc., at 414 Commerce Drive, Suite 150, Fort Washington PA.  Meetings are open to all, regardless of background and there’s no charge to attend.

Please subscribe to our Mailing List to get announcements on upcoming meetings. The list is set to Announce only, so the volume is typically between one and 2 emails a month.

You can read our blog to get updates and meeting recaps.  Twitter here.  Facebook over there.

We’re also an FMPug Chapter.    Consider membership today, especially if you purchase training, plugins, 3rd party products, or web/filemaker hosting – FMPug membership affords considerable discounts across a range of offerings.

Finally, The Philadelphia FileMaker User Group is hosted by:

IT Solutions Consulting, Inc.

Employee ownership – fueling our innovation, strengthening your business.

http://www.itsolutions-inc.com/

- Learn about IT Solutions in our new Blog and Videos section of our website!

- Follow ITS on LinkedIn and learn more about the company:

IT Solutions Consulting, Inc. on LinkedIn

 
Published in Meeting Announcements and Meetings by Colin Keefe. Tags: Tags: , , , , , , .

Heads up: meeting 10/26 – Integration with Amazon Web Services

Published on October 4, 2010. 0 Comments

A more formal announcement will go out in a week or two. RSVP here.

We’re pleased to have Alan Deffenderfer speak at our next meeting.  He’ll be discussing his experiences integrating Amazon Web Services with his FileMaker vertical market solution for booksellers.  He’s a professional bookseller and an accomplished FileMaker developer and has deep insight into the issues and opportunities Amazon Web Services offers.

Jason interviewed Alan before the 2009 DevCon recap; you can see the interview here.

We’ll also be giving away a door prize, courtesy of our User Group membership with PeachPit Press.  Assuming we can obtain interesting stuff from PeachPit going forward, this may become a regular thing.

Undercover User Experience Design

Undercover User Experience Design

Undercover User Experience is a great little primer on UX work, written by Cennydd Bowles and James Box.

 
Published in FileMaker and Meeting Announcements by Colin Keefe. Tags: Tags: , , .