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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!
The Death of Irony

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...
SkyNet, Skeuomorphs, and You

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,...

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...
Lookout! Toast!

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...

Pre-DevCon Webinar: Long Live Your App!

If you are a FileMaker Technet or Business Alliance member, you can attend a pre-DevCon webinar I am presenting next Thursday, June 28. This is a highlights-only version of the “Long Live Your App!”session I will be presenting at DevCon 2012 in Miami. Hope...