00:00:Welcome 00:50: Apple Shareholder Conference Recap 04:30: Exciting news from DevCon! 04:50: FileMaker acquires Stamplay. Possibilities for integrations with Claris Connect! 05:55: FileMaker is rebra

February 4, 2019 - Dan explains his reasons for attending the Apple ShareHolders meeting.

Feb 4th, 2019

Dan goes back to the beginning of his FileMaker experience to explain why he’s so passionate about FileMaker, his frustration at its lack of acceptance and his audacious goal of attending the Apple shareholder’s meeting to question Tim Cook abo

October 19, 2018 - APIs! - Cris Ippolite of iSolutions

Oct 19th, 2018

00:00 - Intro: Cris Ippolite of iSolutions 01:30 - FMDiSC (FileMaker Developers in Southern California) - http://www.fmdisc.org/index.php 01:50 - DevCon 2018: Rebranding FileMaker, or clarifying its "Category Definition"

September 10, 2018 - HOnza Koudelka of 24U Software

Sep 10th, 2018

00:00 - Intro 00:20 - Today's Guest: HOnza Koudelka of 24U Software 00:49 - Dan's post-DevCon rant regarding FileMaker's marketing rebrand as a "Workplace Innovation Platform" 01:50 - "Why isn't FileMaker changing

August 27, 2018 - LiveCode for FM @ DevCon 2018

Aug 27th, 2018

00:00 - Intro 00:45 - David Case interviews LiveCode CEO Kevin Miller 01:10 - Turn an existing FileMaker solution into a native application for Android, iOS, Mac, Windows and Linux (Android and Mac now available in Beta 1)!

August 4, 2018 - DevCon 2018 Preview

Aug 4th, 2018

00:00 - Intro 00:34 - Adatasol @ DevCon 2018 02:55 - DevCon vs. PauseOnError 04:33 - What we expect to hear and see DevCon 2018 06:17 - User-based licensing 13:38 - First ever publicly broadcast

June 30, 2018 - David Knight: Angel City Data

Jul 30th, 2018

00:00 - Intro 01:15 - D Works and Angel City Data 03:45 - The importance of staff retention and client retention 04:20 - The three focuses of Angel City Data's business are 1) strong attention to design, 2) strong

June 2, 2018 - Dave Ramsey: FMPerception

Jul 2nd, 2018

00:00 - Intro 01:00 - Our guest today: Dave Ramsey, developer of FM Perception 01:28 - What is FM Perception? What are Database Design Reports (DDR)? What were the precursors to FM Perception (fmXRaySpecs)? 08:30 - Dave discusses some of

June 12, 2018 - PauseOnError 2018: Women of FileMaker

Jun 12th, 2018

00:00 - Intro; Lessons learned presenting at PauseOnError 2018 05:40 - Susan Fennema - Chaos Eradicating Officer at Beyond the Chaos and Lead Facilitator for Women of FileMaker 06:50 - Women made up 40% of the attendees and 60% of the spe

April 28, 2018 - "Our number one mission today is to help people and businesses have their own software."

Apr 28th, 2018

00:00 - Intro 00:35 - Where does Todd Geist find his inspiration? 04:28 - Database Transactions 07:09 - Consulting vs. Products at Geist Interactive 08:09 - Barcode Creator 08:35 - FM Perception 09:30 - One Spark Academy 11:00 - C

March 27 2018 - "Trying to be everything to everyone—it just doesn't work anymore."

Mar 27th, 2018

00:00 - Intro 00:30 - Eat your vegetables, FileMaker. 01:20 - "On a daily basis, I fight for an understanding of why we develop using FileMaker." 02:26 - What's grinding your gears, Dan? 03:13 - 1) Leader

March 14 2018 - Adam Fetrow: Systems-Level Thinking

Mar 14th, 2018

Dan and Nick welcome Adam Fetrow, Senior FileMaker Developer at Adatasol, to the podcast to discuss systems-level thinking. Adam draws on his experience studying engineering and chemistry when developing in FileMaker to ensure that new features

February 25 2018 - Adatasol Value: Be a Hero

Feb 25th, 2018

Dan and Nick welcome Bridget Brown, Senior FileMaker Developer at Adatasol, to the podcast to discuss one of Adatasol's core values: Be a Hero. Bridget shares tips on how to go the extra mile, eliminate pain points the client doesn't even know

February 07 2018 - Augmenting FileMaker with Web Development

Feb 7th, 2018

00:00 - Introduction 00:50 - Background on TourTools Res Site and its primary architect, Adatasol's Director of Web Development, EJ Sexton. 02:48 - The first iteration of the Res Site 03:26 - Selecting a Framework

January 04 2018 - Matt Navarre of AppWorks

Jan 4th, 2018

Dan and Nick welcome guest Matt Navarre of AppWorks back to the podcast to discuss business at Adatasol and Appworks, consulting versus vertical product development, FileMaker licensing, and FIleMaker evangelism, education and community.

December 10 2017 - "You want to find those customers for whom what you do is the mission."

Dec 10th, 2017

00:00 - Introduction 01:51 - How Adatasol and Seedcode have changed in the past several years ("Getting Out of the Business" of your business). 03:48 - DayBack Calendar by Seedcode - https://www.seedcode.com/filemaker-calendar/ 04:25 - "It f

December 04 2017 - Know What FileMaker Can't Do

Dec 4th, 2017

Dan and Nick discuss the need for experts in disparate technologies, specifically web development technologies, in order to meet customer needs and stay on the cutting edge.

November 22 2017 - Our Stack is Filemaker!

Nov 22nd, 2017

Dan and Nick discuss FileMaker's effective bug fix in update 16.3, other "low-code" development environments and competing technologies, and Adatasol's push into web.

November 15 2017 - Growing and Scaling Your Business

Nov 15th, 2017

Dan and Nick discuss strategies for growth and scalability, including "getting out of the business" and the processes and tools we use for developer and project management.

November 11 2017 - Inventory Management and Barcode Scanning

Nov 11th, 2017

Dan and Nick get technical with barcode scanning, discussing strategies to optimize inventory management, how to handle different barcode symbologies and the benefits of creating your own internal SKU system.

October 26 2017 - FileMaker Road Map

Oct 27th, 2017

Dan and Nick get back to discussing the Filemaker side of Filemaker, including the Filemaker Road Map, features coming in future releases, Database Design Reports (DDR) and DEVCON 2018.

October 16 2017 - Beer Friday

Oct 16th, 2017

David, Scott, James, and Nick join Dan at the office to discuss growth strategy, hiring and onboarding new developers.

SEPTEMBER 20 2017 - Adatasol's first acquisition and WebDirect deployment.

Sep 20th, 2017

Dan and Nick discuss Adatasol's growth by acquisition plans and their first acquisition. They also discuss the lil' miracle that is WebDirect.

SEPTEMBER 6 2017 - Dan and Nick discuss the return of the PodCast and Devcon 2017

Sep 6th, 2017

Dan and one of his developers Nick discuss the return of the Podcast and how it's changing for the better. They also review FileMaker DevCon 2017.

JANUARY 28 2016 - Mike Beargie of MainSpring discusses his session for PauseOnError

Jan 28th, 2016

Dan and Mike discuss Mike's experience with other programming technologies and how they compare to FileMaker which he is the subject of his PauseOnError discussion.