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Monthly Archives: March 2010

Functional vs Procedural programming

A few versions ago FileMaker added the ability to pass parameters to and receive parameters from scripts.

Business Culture – Is Yours Any Good?

This week I have been giving some thought to what makes a successful business. We all know the essential elements – expertise, great customer service, effective marketing and efficient management. However, culture also plays a critical role in any business but is often overlooked.

Chart Your Data with FileMaker 11

The main new user feature within FileMaker 11 is its ability to allow you to easily produce charts directly within FileMaker.

Marketing News

This week I’ve been doing some research into the latest marketing news. I thought I would share a few stories that may be of interest to you.

11 Marketing Tips

I’ve been thinking about marketing this week and have put together a few little tips which can help get you started! Hope they help.

FileMaker goes to 11!

So we’ve now got a new version of FileMaker . It’s got improvements across the board which make it a better, more productive development environment. There are no dramatic surprises as FileMaker has kept up their mantra of slow and steady improvement in the product. Many of the changes appear to be small, but smooth away the rough edges. The .fp7 file format has been maintained, so no conversion process is required to use an existing post-FileMaker 7 solution.

Life at Linear Blue

I have now fully settled into Linear Blue life and my new role. I spend most of my time working on marketing tasks and campaigns. These vary from writing newsletters and articles to analysing our website’s performance. But don’t panic, I won’t bore you anymore with Google Analytics, I went on about that enough in…

I don’t like change!!!!

As a rule, a lot of people don’t like change. They get comfortable with the way things are and don’t want it to change. That’s ok. I understand that, I’ve been guilty of that feeling more than once. You get your life how you like it and don’t want anything to shake the delicate balance…