As our human race progresses through the ages, we’re constantly after a bigger bang for our buck. We want more for less: more productivity for less effort i.e. efficiency. Read more...
The trend today is to have not only one but at least two gadgets: a smartphone and a tablet. And as these things are so handy, one uses them literally everywhere - at work, at home, at Starbucks... Read more...
Julie was away on a trip to the States. For someone who took great enjoyment out of laughing at the misfortune of the previous two victims, what better person to pull our next prank on. Read more...
Digital Fusion have been working out of Australia for a few years now, sharing an office in Sydney with one of our favourite clients - Streamtime. During this time we’ve had good success but not good enough for our liking. Read more...
Having more than one domain for a single website can be detrimental if not handled correctly. Here's what we've done for our website. Read more...
I’m a three-year Webstock veteran now... not bad for someone with no technical skills whatsoever - but that’s the beauty of this Wellington born and bred conference - there’s something for everyone. Read more...
When our clients choose FileMaker it’s usually because they want to do things their way. They want a solution tailored to the way they do business — they want flexibility and control. This is great and we love these forward-thinking visionaries. Read more...
Time to take a look at our own website and how we can improve search engine rankings. Read more...
The inaugural DF Soap Box Derby took place a little over a week ago as part of our end-of-year celebrations. The non-motorised racing event pitted DFer against DFer (and their loved ones) as 5 teams of 4'ish went head-to-head to design and build outrageous, human-powered soapbox machines. Read more...
Every business dreams of a paperless office right? Where administration takes a back seat to customer care and excellence in your field. Dr Alex Buller and his team at Eye Surgeons Hawkes Bay (ESHB) have put the blinkers on, buckled their seat belts and embraced this challenge with absolute determination. Read more...
We were supposed to be competing (hmm... let me think about that word?) in the Lakes Loop Challenge, originally set for early this month. But fate stepped in at the last minute and the event was postponed. Read more...
Imagine being able to access your business systems from anywhere, at any time, not having to run your own server, worry about backup, or have a plan for when the server dies… Read more...
Do you use a FileMaker database in your business? If so, then you may be interested to know that FileMaker have a mobile version for the iPad and iPhone called FileMaker Go Read more...
Mat was away on a two month trip of Europe. For someone who left before shifting into the new offices, what better time to pull our next prank. Read more...
I can't think of a better escape than a trip San Diego in middle of the New Zealand winter, which is exactly what Daniel and I did a couple of weeks ago as we headed off to the annual FileMaker Developer Conference (DevCon) - an annual geek fest in a nice warm place. Read more...
Constable Smith of the Christchurch police department got word of a meeting between Digital Fusion and Lone Star happening in the early hours on Friday morning. Read more...
By day, Steve is a database developer, quietly dealing to some of our most tricky database integrations, but by night, under the cover of darkness he's banging out some very sexy iPhone/iPad apps. His latest creation is "Canterbury Earthquakes". Read more...
I don’t know what we’ve done here in Canterbury, but now we’ve had our biggest snowfall in 15 years. Read more...
For a long time I was a bit of a Doubting Thomas when it came to the online accounting package cleverly named Xero. Well, I’m here to say I’m a convert. We love Xero!
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Bam! Another couple of decent shakes and I think it’s fair to say our confidence has taken a bit of a knock. This time however, our servers and workstations weren’t in the red zone and most importantly no-one was seriously hurt. We learnt a thing or two from the events on Feb 22nd, and for the most part we're back to business as usual. Read more...
We think those Aussies are kind of the same as us.... don’t be fooled they are most definitely not! Read more...
Being chucked out of our office premises suddenly and without warning has certainly tested our resilience from a technical point of view. We had some computers (laptops) and backups and were able to get most of our data back up and running within 2 - 3 days. Read more...
Time has flown by since the events of Feb 22nd and I think it’s fair to say we’ve learnt a thing or two about living under a “National State of Emergency”. All relationships are thoroughly stress tested when you go through the trauma of a natural disaster and while there were a few rocky moments, the team at Digital Fusion have predictably come through with flying colours. Read more...
Back in December, Digital Fusion launched FileMaker Weetbicks - a section of the main site dedicated to FileMaker articles of a technical nature. The idea behind creating the site was to give something back to the wider FileMaker community, and act as a resource for developers of all skill levels. Read more...
On Tuesday the 22nd of February at 12.51pm a horrific earthquake ripped through Christchurch leaving destruction and devastation in its path. For those that haven't visited our offices, they're located in the heart of the worst affected area. Read more...
Day after day, I looked by Craig’s fishbowl office and couldn’t help but think that it was calling out for a makeover. Time for a good old office prank. Read more...
We've just built our first solution for the iPad, a "Farm Diary" which allows a farmer to work from a map of the farm... Read more...
We love all things Apple, we live and breathe FileMaker and Web development, and we see some pretty interesting solutions at work. So, lets talk about it here on the official DF Blog... Read more...