Get ready for another exciting episode of The Context Podcast, featuring Andrew LeCates from Claris. In this episode, Andrew joins Proof+Geist’s Martha Zink, Ernest Koe, and Todd Geist to talk all things Claris Engage 2024, a Claris developer conference set to take place February 6-8 in Austin, Texas. We discuss how excited we are for Claris Engage…

Featuring: Andrew Lecates, Chief Product Owner for Claris FileMaker Todd Geist Ernest Koe Corn Walker Description: Get ready for a special new episode of The Context Podcast! Join us as we sit down with our special guest, Andrew Lecates, Chief Product Owner for Claris FileMaker. In this episode, we discuss Claris's strategic shift towards a refocus…

Featuring: Martha Zink Todd Geist Chris Rogers Description: In this episode of The Context Podcast, Martha Zink and Todd Geist from Proof+Geist sit down with a special guest, Chris Rogers, the mastermind behind TourPro—a revolutionary software shaking up the dance event management scene. In this episode, Chris takes us on a journey through his rema…

Featuring: Todd Geist Cris Ippolite Description: In this episode of The Context Podcast, join Proof+Geist CTO, Todd Geist and Cris Ippolite, founder of iSolutions, as they dive into the fascinating impacts that AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) are having on our industry in general, and the FileMaker community in particular. Cris was an early pro…

Welcome to this episode of The Context Podcast where we explore the incredible capabilities of SimpleQ! This week includes our host Martha Zink, along with Corn Walker, Todd Geist, and Mike Perley. Join us as we delve into the intricacies of SimpleQ, explaining its seamless task handling and compatibility with various systems. Discover the advantag…

Featuring: Martha Zink Todd Geist Rick Kalman Description: In this episode of The Context Podcast, Martha Zink and Todd Geist talk to Rick Kalman from Claris about the launch of Claris FileMaker 2023. Together, they discuss the upcoming changes to the platform—including the switch to a year-based naming scheme, significant performance improvements,…

In this episode of The Context Podcast, we are joined by Todd Geist, Corn Walker, and Peter Vinogradov for an epic debate between Team Pro-Transactions and Team Anti-Transactions. They dive in and discuss the benefits (and bad habits) that come with transactions in Claris FileMaker 19.6. FileMaker’s 19.6 version release brought simplification and c…

Featuring: Martha Zink Drew Fessenden Shawn Kreuger Joe Ranne Marcus Swift Description: In the scenic mountains of North Georgia, open-minded attendees gathered together to connect, learn, and grow with one another. In this episode, our guests focus on why PauseOnError differs from traditional tech conferences and how it sparks new perspectives. Th…

Since PauseOnError 2022 ended, we’ve collected attendees’ big learnings and aha moments for The Context Podcast. Listen to their stories and discover why you might want to join them next year. This is the second of three episodes that feature participants’ stories.By Todd Geist

In the scenic mountains of north Georgia, open-minded attendees gathered together to connect, learn, and grow with one another. In this episode, our guests focus on why PauseOnError differs from traditional tech conferences and how it ignites new perspectives. Since PauseOnError 2022 ended, we’ve collected attendees’ big learnings and aha moments f…

Martha Zink, The Context Podcast Host & Proof+Geist Director of Marketing Todd Geist, Proof+Geist Co-Founder/CTO Matt Navarre, FileMaker Talks Co-Host Join Martha Zink, Todd Geist, and Matt Navarre from the FileMaker Talks podcast as they discuss changes coming to FileMaker, the Claris Platform, and strategies that businesses can use to benefit fro…

Join Martha Zink, Todd Geist, and Matt Navarre in this episode for a crossover podcast with 1 of the 2 Matts from the FileMaker Chat podcast. They discuss events led by the FileMaker Community, including AutoEnter Live and PauseOnError. You can also view this podcast on Youtube. Links: AutoEnter Live Rome FileMaker Week PauseOnError EngageU…

In this episode, join Ernest Koe and Martha Zink as they discuss the design thinking methodologies that informed Mizu, how it complements the modern FileMaker concept, and how the context of evolving user interface design and engineering principles will continue to shape Mizu’s iterations. What is Mizu (水)? It’s a material-inspired, lightweight Fil…

The Context Podcast: Expanding the Possibilities of Modular & Decoupled Development with OData Featuring: Martha Zink, The Context Podcast Host & Proof+Geist Director of Marketing Todd Geist, Proof+Geist Co-Founder/CTO John Renfrew, Independent Developer & Owner Episode Summary: The recent release of FileMaker 19.5 introduced a new feature for thos…

Featuring: Martha Zink Todd Geist Angelo Luchi FileMaker 19.5 comes with hundreds of bug fixes–some of them small, and some of them game-changing. In this episode of The Context Podcast, join your host Martha Zink in conversation with Todd Geist and Angelo Luchi as they discuss these various changes. Hear about new support for Unbuntu 20.04, added …

Martha Zink, The Context Podcast Host & Proof+Geist Director of Marketing Angelo Luchi, Proof+Geist Director of Infrastructure Todd Geist, Proof+Geist Co-Founder/CTO From the outside, hosting with FileMaker Server can seem simple and straightforward. But behind the scenes, there’s a whole lot more going on! Whether you’re hosting on-premise or in t…

Peter Nelson, Claris Vice President of Engineering Andrew LeCates, Claris Director of Platform Evangelism Martha Zink, The Context Podcast Host & Proof+Geist Director of Marketing Ernest Koe, Proof+Geist Co-Founder/CEO Todd Geist, Proof+Geist Co-Founder/CTO On Tuesday, April 26, 2022, Claris hosted a webinar on the future of their technology. In th…

Martha Zink, The Context Podcast Host & Proof+Geist Director of Marketing Todd Geist, Proof+Geist Co-Founder/CTO John Renfrew, Independent Developer in the UK & Proof+Geist Affiliate As the FileMaker platform grows and changes over time, so too will our views, approaches, and recommendations. In this episode, Martha, Todd, and John explore multi-fi…

(Audio updated with improved post-production: 03/14/22. Thank you all for your feedback and patience. Live, learn, adjust.) The Modern FileMaker Revolution Featuring: Martha Zink, Host & Director of Marketing of Proof+Geist Ernest Koe, Co-Founder/CEO at Proof+Geist Todd Geist, Co-Founder/CTO at Proof+Geist What is the ‘modern FileMaker revolution’?…

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Reach out to PauseOnError through their website. Listen to the previous episodes about PauseOnError 2021. Reflections Ep 1 Reflections Ep 2 Reflections Ep 3By Todd Geist

Ryan Gold is an Application Developer at Proof+Geist. Becca Ingram-Bryant works at Seedcode. Taylor Sharpe is President of TMS Software, LLC. Kimberly Carlson US Regional General Manager for Direct Impact SolutionsBy Todd Geist

Today these four people join us: Steven Ritchie of Proof+Geist. Heidi Porter & Chris Moyer of The Moyer Group Mike Ross of Ross Digital, LLC Heidi mentioned the book The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain, by Annie Murphy Paul. It's a great read. Pick it up here or at your local bookstore.…

Makah works at Soliant Consulting and has recently spoken at Claris Engage Beyond. Jonn Howell is an inhouse developer. You can find him all throughout the community. John Newoff is at Portage Bay Solutions.By Todd Geist

Information about ProofEDU is found here. Our topics today include: 1. The Party Model (see below for relevant links) 2. Table Hopping Performance issues. 3. PubSub Here's some great Party Model discussion links: FMBUG 59: Damon Casey presents Dave Graham shares in a recent FileMaker DevCon Geist Interactive's implementation of the Party Model The …

Did you know FileMaker has been featured in sports? Specifically an app built by today's guest appeared all around that world as one of the best apps in a particular segment. This amazing feat, making predictions about how individual players in the league would do garnered a lot of attention from inside the league and outside. And now Claris has fe…

You can start using the JS Dev Environment here, found here: https://github.com/proofgeist/js-dev-environment And a blog post describing its purpose: https://www.geistinteractive.com/2021/06/29/writing-js-better-for-fm/ Jason Young at Seedcode talks about how to work with a JS Dev environment in WebDirect here: https://www.seedcode.com/filemaker-19…

The FileMaker platform keeps introducing new ways to send and receive data from other files or from another service. IN the latest versions, oData was introduced. Many developers think the use of oData now is a game changer. Our Guest, John Renfrew, gives us all the details about oData and makes it clear it is a game changer. At first it seemed kin…

In this episode we speak about the JavaScript library JSONata. Kevin Frank is found at kevinfrank.com and fileMakerhacks.com The query language we're working with is called JSONata. Check out Kevin's post: FileMaker 19 + JSONata Check out Jeremy's post: Towards a Better JS Development Environment Kevin used data from restcountries.eu The JSON exerc…

Today’s episode involves no technical content about FileMaker. We’re not gonna talk about virtual lists or repeating fields or even javaScript. Instead, we talk about how to run a FileMaker business by the leader of one of the longest running and award winning fileMaker consultant shops in the world. David Knight, founder and CEO of Angel City Data…

Andy talks with us about the following topics: INTRO: 00:01:12 Community & Learning: 00:10:21 Claris Engage Beyond: 00:54:08 Claris' Agile Process: 01:13:24 You can find more info about Claris Engage Beyond here. We mention some great learning resources: RC Consulting and Productive Computing, But there are many more out there!…

Colleen Hammersley is the owner of DataWaves.By Todd Geist

Our main goal as Claris FileMaker developers is to solve problems for clients or for ourselves. Our secondary goal is to build systems which perform very well. Of course “perform very well” is subjective. For one client, a technique may perform well, but for another one, the technique is slow and untenable. Though it has different meanings for diff…

This episode is brought to you by Otto. Join Dave Graham for Office Hours, learning more about Otto. If you choose to learn another technology, JavaScript is a great thing to learn. Follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn. Say hi, and give your feedback on Apple Podcasts. Email us at thecontextpodcast@proofgeist.com for episode topic ideas and to be a pa…

Today's episode is brought to you by FMPerception. HEre's a list of the stuff we mentioned: Modular FileMaker Claus' episode on Modular FileMaker React and React Training Seedcode's articles on JavaScript and Web viewer work in WebDirectBy Todd Geist

Today's episode is brought to you by FMPerception (and FMComparison) Download the 14-day trial (macOS & Windows) and see how intelligent it makes you (about your FileMaker files). And sign up for FMPerception Office Hours, every Thursday at 4pm EST. Stay as long as you want. Kate Waldhauser, Development Lead at Portage Bay Solutions. Follow them on…

Tony White is at twdesigns.com Check out Tony's infographics and other resources. And follow him on Twitter. Here's the resources you can use to find local (or across-the-world) user groups: Tony White's source, and here's a list of the user groups Tony is a part of. Chis Moyer of the Moyer Group's list Check out the new Claris Connect user group F…

Today's episode is brought to you by Proof+Hosting (the + is silent). Email us at info@proofgeist.com for more info. Molly Connolly of Thorsen Consulting joins me. Molly has used many hosting providers in her time depending on her clients' needs. Here's a list of the ones she mentioned: Soliant.Cloud FMPHost 360Works And here's more Claris FileMake…

Claus is found at https://www.datamanix.com/ Modular FileMaker More About Add-onsBy Jeremy Brown

This Episode is brought to you by FMPerception and FMComparison. Jake Johnson is Director of Design at Angel City Data. Stuff we talk about: Apple Human Interface Guidelines No UI: how to build Transparent InteractionBy Todd Geist

Today's episode is brought to you by FMPerception and its companion product FMComparison (in beta, for registered users of FMPerception). Here's the pieces we point out: Communities: Claris FileMaker Community (and all the JS questions) The FMSoup FMForums Social Media: FB FileMaker Pro Users/Developers Group FB FileMaker UI Design Group FB FileMak…

The course description is found here. And check out the UI/UX Facebook page.By Todd Geist

Today's episode is brought to you by Otto. John Sindelar of SeedCode joins us today to talk about DayBack Calendar Here's the video of John and Todd coding. It's a highlight reel of three days of coding. Check out Pause on Error's Suitcase ProtocolBy Todd Geist

John Sindelar is CEO of SeedCode, makers of the DayBack Calendar (a new version for FileMaker 19!) Kimberly Carlson is President of AppWorks. Stephan Casas is found in the Claris Community. Follow him there.By Todd Geist

This episode is brought to you by LedgerLink. Check out the Add-ons blog post series starting here: And review videos about them from Claris. We have an entire framework that you can use to create add-ons. And we have some JS utilities you can use in your own work.By Todd Geist

My three guests today are Michael Layne CTO of Gearbox Solutions Find him on Twitter or LinkedIn Mary McCassey of Butterfield Technologies Inc. Andrew Duncan of DatabuzzBy Todd Geist

Check out FMComparison. It is in beta, and is free now and forever for licensed users of FMPerception. Follow FMPerception on Twitter. Follow Dave Ramsey on Twitter. Check out Dave's Podcast with Joe Simpson: https://project-update.com/By Todd Geist

Today's episode is brought to you by FMPerception Wim participated in two panels during Claris Engage. Check out Soliant's Cloud Services Wim and others at Soliant have written much about this topic.By Todd Geist

This week's episode is brought to you by LedgerLink Check out Andrew Duncan at Databuzz.com.au. Take a look at his products and services.By Todd Geist

Claris Engage 2020 is over, but the good times and reminiscing is not. We at Geist Interactive are still celebrating the event with a once-in-a-year 20% off Sale. Check it out. Todd spoke in two sessions. His first was on JS and Add-ons. His second was a panel about add-ons. They're found in the Claris Academy The Solving FM Use Cases with JavaScri…