Thoughts on Design, FileMaker, DevCon, Pause on Error, ROI (Return on Investment), and anything else related to what The Alchemy Group does on a daily basis. We care, so we share whatever we can with you. We are a full-featured FileMaker Pro development shop, with years of experience building systems for businesses, educational institutions, and non-profit organizations exactly like yours. Your unique processes will be exactly mirrored by the custom software we write for you, whether it’s for mobile or desktop.
New Digs!
As of August 1, the AG team has moved into a new, 1200 square foot office space in San Dimas. We are very excited to be in a new space that gives us room to grow ? and we are growing. Keep an eye on this blog for exciting new announcements about how our team is...
Platform Agnostic to the Extreme
Here's an interesting article about an attempt to design a development environment that is meant to be usable by any device, anywhere (editors note: the link is no longer active). The people behind this thinking should be commended for their foresight and sheer guts....
Interesting new development
There has been an interesting new development in the conversation about 3D vs. Flat Design. Read about it here:?http://gizmodo.com/androids-tips-for-beautiful-icon-design-are-the-opposi-837222105
A Way to Obtain a Natural Color Palette
If you are looking for a more "natural" color palette to use in your database solution, take a look here: http://moviesincolor.com/. Everything is drawn from actual movie stills. Very cool!
Video Testimonial from a VERY Happy Client!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk9s8b-9XoE&width=512&height=288
The Death of Irony
I was in Portland recently, where almost everyone there made me feel less cool than I thought I was. The clothes are cool, the speech is cool, the attitude is cool ? Even my hotel was cool, the Ace (there's one in NY and other locales as well). But coolness is...
Inspiration
There must be thousands of 25 (50, 100) best/great ?design pages out there. Some are better than others, and most will have some snippets that we FileMaker developers can use for inspiration. Every once in a while, I run across one that seems to be exceptionally good....
SkyNet, Skeuomorphs, and You
On occasion, I find myself obsessed with a set of concepts ? an internal conversation, if you will - for which I have no single, definitive term. In place of the tidiness of a self-limiting word is a whirling, soupy m?lange of random thoughts, half-baked ideas, movie...
Quality Control Teamwork
Here at The Alchemy Group, we pride ourselves on solid code and great interfaces. Part of delivering that to you, our valued client, rests in top-notch quality control. That's why we are happy to announce the addition of Monique Guzman to our team. Monique is one...
Lookout! Toast!
We bought a new toaster. It was necessary after.. the incident. But never mind that. The interesting thing about this toaster is that it beeps when the toast is about to pop up. "Lookout! Toast!" I'm not sure why this is necessary, because the mechanical sound of the...