The fmSpark screencast that Ernest and Mike did with Matt Petrowsky at DevCon 2008 is now available on the FileMaker Magazine website. This is an in-depth, real time demo of fmSpark functionality, and a perfect introduction to what fmSaprk can do. Ernest and Mike did a very nice job showing it off!

Being “the web guy” in a FileMaker shop can sometimes be a solitary existence… even when you’re called upon to work on a FileMaker/Web integration point you usually get only a glimpse of the FileMaker solution you’re talking to, and the FileMaker developer gets only a glimpse into whatever it is you’re putting together. Most of the time there is not much discussion about what is going on behind the developers’ respective hoods, and that’s generally OK.

I had an awesome turnout for my FileMaker DevCon Workshop on Google Mapping in FileMaker today.  If you were in the audience I want to thank you for being there.  Stop me and say "Hi" if you see me around.

Here's a picture of me on stage.

Here's an example of the mapping output (shown directly in FileMaker via the web viewer).

Wow. That was cool... This morning Andy Lecates, the Systems Engineer Manager for FileMaker, Inc., featured fmSpark among a handful of great examples of the cool things that can be done with FileMaker 9 during his portion of the opening keynote address. He spent several minutes showing off how fmSpark can be used to create and send an HTML email, save templates, and manage recipients.