by Bob | Oct 21, 2024 | Article, Blog, Custom Software Solutions, Software For Business
In the world of small business, one thing is certain: no two companies operate exactly alike. Yet, there’s a striking commonality in the challenges they face, especially when it comes to managing operations efficiently. At Alchemy Group, we’ve learned that while...
by Bob | Mar 11, 2020 | Article, Blog, Business, Claris, Custom Software Solutions, FileMaker, News, Software For Business, Workplace Innovation Platform
Continuity of Operations Have you ever heard the phrase, “continuity of operations?” Don’t feel bad if you haven’t, it’s just jargon for “keeping my business alive when things go wrong.” In a recent post, I shared some information about disaster planning and recovery...
by Bob | Mar 6, 2020 | Article, Blog, Business, News, Software For Business
Thinking about the Unthinkable Most humans don’t like to think about worst-case scenarios. It’s stressful and, usually, unproductive to dwell on the bad things that might happen. Yet every business small owner, every CEO, every IT department head, knows that at least...
by Bob | Feb 4, 2020 | Article, Blog, Business, Custom Software Solutions, News, Software For Business
The big news today is about the SNAFU in the 2020 Iowa Caucus, involving problems that are being blamed on an app that was developed to compile and report the candidates’ results. With 21 years of providing software to our clients, I can say that software is...
by Bob | Jan 28, 2020 | Article, Blog, Business, Custom Software Solutions, News, Software For Business
The Diagnosis: Stuff Blind My wife and I comment on “stuff blindness” – the ability to “not see” things we leave lying around the house. She doesn’t notice elastic hair bands that she takes out wherever she happens to be sitting. I don’t notice when I leave a pair of...
by Bob | Dec 16, 2019 | Article, Custom Software Solutions, FileMaker, News, Software For Business, Uncategorized, Workplace Innovation Platform
ShockeyUX, an Alchemy Consulting Group company, is proud to announce that MegaToDo has topped over 100 downloads. MegaToDo, better to-do management for FileMaker’s Workplace Innovation Platform, gives developers advanced features for managing To Do lists for any...
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