Filemaker Go and The Mobile Opportunity

Todd Geist from Geist Interactive, started using FileMaker Pro in the early 90s when he was working as a biomedical researcher at Washington University in St Louis, MO. In seven years, he co-authored 17 research papers that were published in peer review journals and built hundreds of FileMaker Databases.

In 1997, he left academics to pursue a career in information technology. Since then he has been working almost exclusively with FileMaker Pro. He has written several articles for Advisor Magazine. he has contributed to White Papers published by FileMaker Inc. He has also been a speaker at several FileMaker DevCons, and MacWorlds both here in the US and in he UK.

He lives in Newbury Park, CA with his wife Lori. When Not programming, he enjoys running in the Santa Monica Mountains behind his house, and napping in the hammock in the back yard.

Agenda

The Mobile Opportunity

FileMaker Go gives FileMaker developers an easy way to serve a whole new class of client Who are these clients What problems do they have? Why is it such a great opportunity? Going Local - Give your FileMaker Go apps the best chance for success Installed Locally on the Device Targeted, task specific apps. What are the issues that need to be solved? Data Exchange Crummy Networks Transactional Integrity Deploying FileMaker Files to Mobile Devices GoZync is a framework and product that makes it easier to build robust FileMaker Go Apps that work offline Demo and Discussion Miscellaneous Topics and Demos ( if time )

GoSign Advanced Signature Capture for FileMaker Go Virtual Lists - very flexible way to calculate up and display lists of data on the fly Understanding Commit Record (if any one want to ask about the DevCon Session and if there is time)