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Archive for January, 2008

Noteworthy Shots “Around Town”

By Emile • Jan 30th, 2008 • Category: General

In the spirit of 37Signals “[Screens Around Town]” occasional posting, I recently came across some designs and discussions that caught my attention.
Easy Price Quotes
While researching shopping bags for a promotional event, I came upon an innovative pricing table at AbsorbentPrinting.com. Rather than having to bust out a calculator, or click and submit various quote […]



It’s Official. I’m blogging from FileMaker!

By Denis • Jan 29th, 2008 • Category: General



Woohoo!

By Emile • Jan 28th, 2008 • Category: General

Busy is not a word.  It’s a lifestyle!!!  In recent news, there was the treat of being featured on Tim Dietrich’s FileMaker Addict blog.  It’s a great blog with some insight into the people behind all of the developer-related FileMaker news we all read about.It’s worth the read (the blog in general) and I recommend checking […]



The Best Help Manual… Ever?

By Emile • Jan 2nd, 2008 • Category: General

In the world of software and ever-increasing complexity in software, help manuals with proper grammar, clearly written language, and even better visual demonstrations of functionality are a hard thing to come by.  Should software even have a manual? How would you explain advanced functionality to users? As I’m finishing the 50+ page to the InBloom […]