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Interface Copy Rules

Interface Copy Rules

I found a great article from a designer at Google Ventures, about how to use text in interface design. Anyone who follows Alchemy Group knows that we focus heavily on the visual design aspects of interface design in our FileMaker business ?solutions. This article...

Why You Should Use FileMaker Pro

These days, the voluminous amount of data we collect in the course of conducting business transactions requires us to find an efficient way to manage it. There are already big names in the database management software niche, like SQL Server, Microsoft Access and...
Experience & Style

Experience & Style

Alchemy Consulting Group president Bob Shockey is speaking at the Experience & Style conference in Chicago on Tuesday, October 22. If you have not yet heard about this important conference, please check it out at experienceandstyle.com. Bob’s topic:...
New Digs!

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to design a development environment that is meant to be usable by any device, anywhere (editors note: the link is no longer active).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...
A Way to Obtain a Natural Color Palette

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!