Category Archives: General

A developer review of the new FileMaker 11 – Part 2

By denis | Published: 3/9/2010
…Continued, from Part 1 of the review Quick Find in the native toolbar One of the major benefits of the native toolbar is that users are getting the benefits of increased innovation as FileMaker Inc. adds more functionality to the database. They have only added two functions to the customizable toolbar: a Save As Snapshot [...]
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A developer review of the new FileMaker 11 – Part 1

By denis | Published: 2/10/2010
I’ve been fortunate enough to use FileMaker Pro Advanced v11 and have been testing it since the 2nd week of February.  Per an email from FileMaker Inc, version 11 boasts the following top new features: FileMaker Charts – Create eye-catching reports using bar, line, area, and pie charts. Quick Reports – Make reports in a spreadsheet-like format. [...]
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About that iPad/iCanvas/iTablet…

By denis | Published: 1/26/2010
A little over 24 hours to go until Apple releases their next device which is going to end world hunger.  Not really, but the press build up seems to indicate that what is coming is worthy of such epic proportions. Most likely it will be a game changer but while many people are thinking that it [...]
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Talk about an efficient use of space!!!

By denis | Published: 1/8/2010
The Maeklong Market Train:
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2010: The question and the answer

By denis | Published: 1/7/2010
Ayn Rand quote to her “younger self”: “The question isn̻t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.”
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Parliament Design has a beautiful office space

By denis | Published: 1/4/2010
Kudos to the Portland-based design studio for adding such beautiful and classic touches to their modern -boned space. Click on the image for more images c/o Abduzeedo
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On Faith:

By denis | Published: 12/23/2009
“Different is beautiful, that it is not the body you are in but the soul that you have” http://ow.ly/OLtZ
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Concentrate on your words and nothing else: Ommwriter Beta v2

By denis | Published: 12/22/2009
Ommwriter on Vimeo. If you find yourself writing, and writing a lot, and you can’t help but be distracted by the ribbons, toolbars, paper clips, menus, and other attention parasites, then this app may be the bees knees for you.  As an added bonus, it seems to be free.  It’s for Mac only.  So go ahead, [...]
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Secure your installation of WordPress

By denis | Published: 10/21/2009
Lately, I’ve been noticing a lot more attacks on WordPress installations I’ve set up.  Images and false addresses have been injected into various folders and files.  So I’ve been reviewing a lot of general security procedures to ensure that such occurrences don’t happen again. I also found a great presentation which documents various techniques for really [...]
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Connect Dots & Build Bridges

By denis | Published: 10/17/2009
From Ideaspotting: “Creativity is the power to reconnect the seemingly unconnected” -William Plomer “When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.” -John Muir “The web of our life is of a mingled yarn…” -William Shakespeare
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