FileMaker: Explore – Reflections

Siri Rocks!!!

Rich Coulombre long held out on upgrading to a smartphone. Siri and the iPhone 4S finally convinced him.

Prepaid, Discounted FileMaker Consulting

Our Sapphire Maintenance Plan is an annual service and support agreement that provides you with ongoing access to a team of expert FileMaker Certified developers at a reduced rate.

Life Lessons: Backing Up

"Smart people learn from their own mistakes; really smart people learn from the mistakes of others." Consider your backup strategies. Don't wait for the bad stuff to happen. It's too late then.

“Why should a human do this when a computer can do it?”

FileMaker has come a long way over the years, but at its core, it's still about allowing people to get stuff done.

Jud Wolfskill: How I Became a FileMaker Developer

Jud Wolfskill, our Senior Developer, tells the story of how he came to use FileMaker Pro, and decided to pursue it full-time as a developer.

How I Got Started with FileMaker

We're launching a series of occasional entries on "How I Got Started with FileMaker." Some of us were hardcore Computer Science majors. Others of us stumbled into FileMaker in previous jobs. We just want to share some stories of how we each got where we are today.

Why Use FileMaker? Total Cost of Ownership and ROI

Check out the free white paper from FileMaker, Inc.: Supercharging Return on Investment with Rapid Application Development Tools - Total Cost of Ownership

Aha!

The iPad creates an interesting opportunity for delivering and collecting business data. And now with FileMaker Go we have the ability to quickly and easily deliver "data to go". It's a bold new world.

FileMaker Go is a Go

FileMaker Go is now available for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, giving you mobile access to your FileMaker systems. Go get it!

Will There Be an iPad App for FileMaker?

A reader asks: "Is there, or will there be, an iPad app for FileMaker and Server?"

Table View is Awesome

I'll admit it: prior to FileMaker Pro 10, I didn't give much thought to viewing a layout as a table as opposed to a list. But FileMaker Pro 10 made me start to think differently. And now, in FileMaker 11, I'll say it: table view is awesome! It's now the first place I go to analyze my data. If you haven't explored all you can do in table view, well... you should.

FileMaker Pro 11: First Thoughts

Some initial thoughts on some of FileMaker 11's new features, and how they impact users and developers, from Chad Novotny.