Diadem Software

I hope everybody has a Merry Christmas this year. Insert Kwanzaa, Hanukah, Festivus or whatever you believe in.

Where have I been? I don’t really know. Time seems to go by so fast and the last time I posted was September! My consulting business always picks up towards the end of the year. I never accept […]

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I’m sure the way I will go about programming won’t make much sense to anybody. I look at it like I know what the end product needs to be. I have many tasks to get to that point and they all have to get done, so the order might not matter as much. Chipping away […]

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Yep that’s right. I have done the unthinkable and have started programming my app today! You can only plan so much and at some point you just have to jump in and get going. Next post I’ll sum up my first day.

It wasn’t easy though. I had to ignore all the distractions around me. I […]

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I knew from the beginning that this project would require some kind of database. I have created custom databases in Access (blech!), Filemaker and have some experience with Microsoft SQL for a few clients of mine. Of the two Filemaker was more enjoyable to use by far. I had thought about making my project with […]

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I should be used to this now. About this time every year I get burned out with my business. Of course this coincides with our family vacation every year also. One thing I’ve learned about being in business for a while is that there are times when you need to walk away and recharge your […]

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I have a feature list pretty much locked down. I have done this to narrow my focus on actually getting something done. I have found out that it is pretty easy to see something and think “That would be pretty cool in my app”. Feature creep has reared it’s ugly head in my direction yesterday. […]

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This was a tough decision for me to make. I purchased a license of REALbasic and went to work learning the ins and outs. They had changed their IDE around version 2006. There seemed to be a few negative things I saw posted regarding the new IDE interface from version 5.5. I actually prefer the […]

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Sounds funny? I was able to get started on this project due to my business being slow for the last couple of weeks. Well wouldn’t you know it that as soon as I get going with this my phone is ringing off the hook (or buzzin of the table for you younger crowd). Everybody is […]

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That was the question. Of all the topics that can create passion it is the Mac versus Windows subject. This topic will bring more people out of the woodwork then arguing about abortion. I’m not going to dwell too much on that right here. Let’s just say I like what I like and that’s all […]

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ISV = Independent Software Vendor. Micro well means micro! It is pretty well established that the word Micro-ISV was started by Eric Sink. A Micro-ISV is pretty much me, myself and I (at least from my point of view).

Isn’t it the goal of every software developer to make a killer product then sell the whole […]

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