Archive for the 'FileMaker Inc.' Category

Page 3 of 3

Five Minutes with Philly FileMaker: Jason Mundok interviews John Sindelar

Published on August 15, 2009. 2 Comments

I just finished uploading my interview with John Sindelar from SeedCode. At IT Solutions, we’re definitely not strangers to incredible SeedCode catalog of products. John and I had a chance to catch up on Friday afternoon (8/14) during FileMaker DevCon day 2 at the Hilton San Francisco. John’s Year in Review session this morning was mind blowing and we break down some of the highlights in the 3 part interview below. It’s way too easy to go 15 or 20 minutes when sitting down to chat with John. Enjoy!

 
Published in Conferences, DevCon, FileMaker, FileMaker Inc., Interviews and Video by Jason Mundok. Tags:

Miscellaneous FileMaker DevCon links

Published on August 14, 2009. 0 Comments

FileMaker on FaceBook
FileMaker’s FB DevCon page here
Opening video from The Branding Agency here, click on HD video tab

Tim Dietrich covers the DevCon PHP User Group meeting here

Jason Mundok of IT Solutions Inc interviews Tim Neudecker here

Jason Mundok of IT Solutions Inc interviews Adam Aronson here

Chris Kubica’s blogging the DevCon here, and posted a pre-opening session video here

Rick Stringer’s blogging the DevCon: Early arrival here, precon and tweetup  here

#fmdevcon hashtag on Twitter

@phillyfilemaker on Twitter (will be tweeting links to blog entries)

Adatosol will be podcasting; you can subscribe to the podcasts in iTunes or look for them here.

FileMakerTalk (Matt Navarre & Matt Petrowsky) are posting podcast updates here

 
Published in Conferences, DevCon and FileMaker Inc. by Colin Keefe. Tags: Tags: , .

PhillyFileMaker Blogging from DevCon

Published on August 11, 2009. 0 Comments

The FileMaker Developers Conference 2009 in San Francisco is fast approaching – PreCon sessions start Thursday August 13 at 8 AM, and the official opening session is 6:30 PM that night!

Since the release of FileMaker 10 in January this year, best practices for a number of techniques, practices and design patterns have changed drastically due to script triggers, the toolbar, and myriad other new features, and many of the scheduled sessions reflect this change in the FileMaker programming landscape.

So the 2009 DevCon promises to be an exciting time…and the Philly FileMaker User Group will be there.  Jason Mundok of IT Solutions will be on the spot and posting to this blog whenever he can pry himself away from a session.  We have some ideas in mind that are still in the works, so watch this space on Friday, Saturday and Sunday!

Other resources for following what’s going on at DevCon this year:

NEW: Chris Kubica’s blogging the DevCon here

NEW: Rick Stringer’s blogging the DevCon here

#fmdevcon hashtag on Twitter

@phillyfilemaker on Twitter (will be tweeting links to blog entries)

Adatosol will be podcasting; you can subscribe to the podcasts in iTunes or look for them here.

There’s no official word from FileMakerTalk (Matt Navarre & Matt Petrowsky) that I know of, but I’m expecting them to podcast as well.

If you’re lucky enough to be at DevCon, then FMPug’s DevCon Scheduler is indispensable and FREE; find it here.  You can not only view session schedules; you can see how many people plan to go to each session – know which ones are popular, and which ones you’re likely to find a good seat in.  As a bonus, it includes a Friend Locator and a Message Board!

Finally, FMPug is also offering sponsor discounts on a slew of products during DevCon, whether you’re at DevCon or not. All that’s required is that you be an FMPug member in good standing.  Go here.

- Colin

 
Published in Conferences, DevCon, FileMaker Inc. and IT Solutions Consulting by Colin Keefe. Tags: Tags: , , , , , , .

Opportunities reminder

Published on July 17, 2009. 0 Comments

Just a quick reminder of upcoming training/learning opportunities:

7/21 -FileMaker 101 1-day session, offered by IT Solutions

7/22-23 – FileMaker Intermediate, offered by IT Solutions

7/28 – Philly FileMaker User Group Meeting: 2nd Semi-annual Design Critique/Discussion, free, sponsored by IT Solutions

7/30 – Survivor or Statistic Seminar #2, offered by IT Solutions – a comprehensive overview on how to plan for any type of disaster that could impact your business.

8/3-6 – FileMaker Training Series (FTS), offered by IT Solutions

Go find out more about our training offerings and schedules here.

8/6 – Free FileMaker Seminar – Better Data, Better Decisions, sponsored by IT Solutions – this event is especially oriented toward users wanting to learn more about what can be done in FileMaker, so please come even if you’re not a developer.

8/13-16. FileMaker DevCon in San Francisco, which is rapidly approaching - Go register here.

 
Published in Conferences, Design Critique Sessions, FileMaker, FileMaker Inc., IT Solutions Consulting, Meetings and Training by Colin Keefe. Tags: Tags: , .

FileMaker 10.0v3 Released today

Published on July 14, 2009. 3 Comments

FileMaker 10.0v3 (mac/pc) is available for download as of today.  Also made available is a new Server rev (10.0v2) for Macs.

It is HIGHLY recommended you apply this update.

The v3 updater addresses a number of minor issues, as well as two issues with the recovery process to make the process more reliable.  One issue was a pretty esoteric bug that only surfaced when hosting a recovered file whose original file referenced custom functions in auto-enter calcs – if you’ve never hosted a recovered file, this one would have been invisible to you.  Of course, you know you SHOULDN’T host recovered files.  Right?

Also worth noting is that the .DBF import/export format has been added back in – it was removed with 10.0v1, along with a number of other formats that went way back to the early days of FileMaker (anyone EVER import an SYLK file?  DIF? Anyone?).  In the case of .DBF files, however, there were a number of people still integrating with other systems that used the .DBF file format; they asked to pretty please have this format back, and FileMaker apparently heard.

The complete changelog is here.

 
Published in FileMaker Inc. by Colin Keefe. Tags: Tags: , .

FileMaker DevCon Preview, FTS samples: FREE Webex webinars

Published on July 9, 2009. 0 Comments

Back in January when Matt O’Dell presented on the new release of FileMaker 10 at our user group meeting, we mentioned here that FileMaker provides online Webex seminars on all sorts of topics, for those who can’t make it to in-person trainings or meetings.  Partly that was because Matt brought a winter snowstorm with him and some people couldn’t brave the roads, but still – it’s a great training resource.

Since the FileMaker 2009 DevCon is now rapidly coming upon us, it seems like a good time to mention it again – especially since some of the webinar content is explicitly a DevCon Preview.

http://filemakerevents.webex.com/

Continue reading ‘FileMaker DevCon Preview, FTS samples: FREE Webex webinars’

 
Published in Conferences, FileMaker, FileMaker Inc. and Training by Colin Keefe. Tags: Tags: , , , , , .