http://fmpug.com/blogs/seattle Just another FMPug.com Blogs weblog Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:20:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Everything starts with a sale Everyone sells, every day. So many consultants talk about sales as if they are a mystery, something just outside of your control. It's not. As an in-house developer you may not even realize you're selling. You owe it to yourself to build skills that allow you ... http://fmpug.com/blogs/seattle/2011/10/18/oct-24-jason-thomas-everything-starts-with-a-sale/ Martha has kindly posted details and example files to go with the techniques she demoed last month. Thanks Martha! http://www.mightydata.com/blog/back-from-the-west-coast-tour-with-sample-files/ http://fmpug.com/blogs/seattle/2011/10/11/example-files-from-martha-zink/ Ideas for Enhancing Your Existing Solution With the Latest Features With every version of FileMaker, new features show up that make for easier development and better user experience. Oftentimes, we face resistance to upgrading an existing solution. This session explores the benefit of keeping up with the newest version, especially FileMaker ... http://fmpug.com/blogs/seattle/2011/09/21/sept-26-martha-zink/ Join us as we discuss the highlights of the 2011 DevCon in SanDiego. Seattle was well represented, so if you didn't make it to the show you'll likely learn a lot from those who did. If you did go, come share your thoughts, what you learned, and your feelings about ... http://fmpug.com/blogs/seattle/2011/08/17/aug-22-devcon-wrap-up/ Court Bowman from FileMaker Platinum firm Cleveland Consulting will be here to talk about CCPivot, their latest tool for FileMaker reporting. CCPivot makes use of some cutting edge stuff and easily attaches to other solutions. We'll be heading to Paddy Coyne's for a bite afterwards. More on CCPivot here: http://www.clevelandconsulting.com/cc_pivot/ RSVP here. Off to ... http://fmpug.com/blogs/seattle/2011/07/19/july-25-court-bowman-on-ccpivot/ Todd Geist of Geist Interactive and John Sindelar of SeedCode discuss their new "sync" framework for FileMaker Go: GoZync. We'll be talking about the challenges of syncing offline data entry with your hosted files, the GoZync framework in particular, and the joys of "going local": building local, offline, versions of ... http://fmpug.com/blogs/seattle/2011/06/15/june-20-filemaker-go-offline-gozync/ Michael Gaslowitz, creator of DocuBin, will be here from 360Works to talk about what DocuBin does, how it works, and some of the design and development decisions that went into making it. Even if you're not looking for an asset management solution, DocuBin is one of the most well realized commercial ... http://fmpug.com/blogs/seattle/2011/05/19/may-23-docubin/ Bruce Robertson - N Power Originally planned for PauseOnError, Bruce will be presenting the latest developments in his virtual list technique, including the use of arrays, repeating fields, and repeating variables to take these lists in new directions. A key technique for wan optimization, and for building sexy displays, this is not ... http://fmpug.com/blogs/seattle/2011/03/22/mar-28-sideways/ Those of us who made it out to Pause will be talking about the event, what we saw, and what we thought we saw. Should be a great meeting. RSVP here. Pizza, etc. if you RSVP, then to Paddy Coyne's for drinks and a bite. http://fmpug.com/blogs/seattle/2011/02/15/feb-28-pauseonerror-recap/ Happy New Year! We'll be getting together for our first meeting of the year this Monday, the 24th at 6pm. Same place: Group Health Cooperative in South Lake Union. It's been a while since we've seen each other so we'll just have a roundtable discussion about what's new, what we've been ... http://fmpug.com/blogs/seattle/2011/01/20/jan-24/