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InBloom is the first-ever complete shop solution made to organize your store and run on your Mac, PC, or both. It’s the only inventory management, point of sale, check printing, contact & buyer management, and more solution that is networkable and customizable. You can use and create the sexiest reports & receipts you’ve ever seen, share data and network computers with multiple users, and it doesn’t require a whole technology staff to run. All you need is your computer and a printer.

So I’m still tinkering with FileMaker 8.5 and I’m not totally sold on the data-scrubbing PR that’s being spun in the direction of users.  For example, is it easy to get prices from a live auction on eBay?  From the visual, we are led to believe that we have to hard-code parts of the example […]

For those who don’t know, Filemaker offers password and file recovery services in case you ever need to repair a version 7 or 8 file.  But recently, I learned of a tool careof Passware.com and LostPassword.com, called FileMaker Key. The tool resets passwords to any FileMaker file, though version 8, to an 8-character string.  […]

So here’s the eighth volume of Secret Weapon Notes, and I’m reaching out to you readers as to your thoughts on such posts. Are they worthwhile for you? I love them in that they nicely consolidate a diverse and random set of links into a nice digest format and half the time I […]

Just a quick update that if you do not join the Flickr group, you will not be able to view the images in the pool.  In order to view the images WITHOUT joining the Flickr group, go to the following link:
http://flickr.com/photos/84279748@N00/sets/72057594085262702/

There are so many things wandering on my blogging plate that I’m going to let you see them all and sort the chocolatey goodness from the creamy nougat by yourselves:

I’m an Encouraging Creator c/o Personal DNA
FileMaker officially runs under Rosetta, while FileMaker Server does not (both of these statements obviously apply to running the software […]

Countless FileMaker have no doubt, encountered the daunting problem of Reporting. How do we produce polished, professional, powerful, and easy to write reports in a FileMaker system?
There have been a number of interesting articles on this topic in FileMaker Advisor and it is certainly a point of concern with developers and users. The […]

For those not “in-the-know”, and looking to perhaps up ramp their recognition in the FileMaker indutstry as a FileMaker expert, then look no further. You can now be certified for the version 8 toolset of FileMaker products which can offer recognition, reward, and competitive advantage.
There are several benefits to becoming FileMaker certified and you […]

FileMaker announced on Tuesday that FileMaker Mobile 8, its application designed for Palm OS and Pocket PC handhelds, is now shipping. Among the changes in the new version is the ability to synchronize handhelds with databases on FileMaker Server 8 and FileMaker Server 8 Advanced. FileMaker Mobile also includes six new starter templates including Contact […]

FileMaker has posted a few pics of their famous white pavilion booth that was at the MacWorld Expo/Developers Conference 2006.
I would have loved to have been there, and maybe shake a few engineers hands… then maybe exclaim “What took so long for tooltips???”
For your viewing pleasure, see the photos here.