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The first database rule | FileMaker inspiration

The first database rule | FileMaker inspiration | Learning Claris FileMaker | Scoop.it
If you participate in a database about people or their work, the first rule is simple: it should be as simple to fix an error as it is to make one.

 

If you mischaracterize something, get a digit wro…

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Seth's Blog: Numbers (and the magic of measuring the right thing) | FileMaker off topic

Seth's Blog: Numbers (and the magic of measuring the right thing) | FileMaker off topic | Learning Claris FileMaker | Scoop.it

What you measure usually gets paid attention to, and what you pay attention to, usually gets better. 


Numbers supercharge measurement, because numbers are easy to compare. 

Numbers make it difficult to hide. 

And hence the problem. 


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Software is testing | Seth Godin - FileMaker tip

Software is testing | Seth Godin - FileMaker tip | Learning Claris FileMaker | Scoop.it
Writing the first draft of a computer program is easy. It's the testing that separates the professional from a mere hack.

Test and then, of course, make it better.

 

The same thing is true with:

 - Restaurant

 - recipes

 - Essays

 - Web user interface

 

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On paying for software

On paying for software | Learning Claris FileMaker | Scoop.it

The business of software is a bit of a miracle.

Properly designed, software isn’t more expensive to create when more people use it.

In fact, when network effects are involved, it’s actually more efficient when more people use it.

That’s one of the reasons that people hesitate to pay for software. There isn’t a feeling of scarcity, that the store will run out if it’s free…

But of course, this overlooks the two-and-a-half essential missing factors:

 

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Seth's Blog: Our software must get better

Seth's Blog: Our software must get better | Learning Claris FileMaker | Scoop.it

Our software must get better
“That’s good enough, let’s move on”

Lots of things could be better (cars, buildings, candy, etc.) but we understand that the cost of pushing through to the next level is prohibitive. It might be because, as in the case of candy, the mass market just won’t pay for premium ingredients, or, in the case of buildings, the cost of retrofitting the billions of buildings in the world is just too big to fix the stuff that’s already out there.

The building doesn’t fall down, it sort of works, better than good enough, let’s move on.

But software, software is different. Consider:



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Training and Infinite Return on Investment | FileMakerProGurus

Training and Infinite Return on Investment | FileMakerProGurus | Learning Claris FileMaker | Scoop.it
Training and Infinite ROI Seth Grodin on employee training: Consider an employee who is going to work 2000 hours for you this year.

It's not unusual for an organization to spend only 10 or 20 hours training this person--which means about 1% of their annual workload.

How much training would it take for this person to …

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