MAKING CONTACTS

Cardbrowser.com collects business cards at trade shows and makes them searchable online. They have 210,000 of them currently and thousands more each… Read more

THE NEW GOLD RUSH

There’s a new gold rush. But it’s not for gold, it’s for data. Get your hands on the right data and you can build an important new website…. Read more

IPAD APPS

Here are a few of our favorite apps for Apple’s new iPad tablet. It is a computer, but it’s designed more for reading and entertainment than… Read more

FREE TEMPLATES FOR THE MAC

The fun thing about databases is that they can be used to organize any information, from address books to wine collections. Users of Bento 3, the… Read more

FILEMAKER TRAINING

The popular FileMaker database program runs on Windows and Mac computers and is a lot easier to learn and use than Microsoft Access. There’s a new… Read more

KEEPING TRACK

Thomas Jefferson was so good at keeping track of his expenses that we still have records of almost everything he spent, including the tips he gave… Read more

THE DATABASE

After having a word processor, the most important program you can have is a database. There’s one called Blist that is a blast. It is free online… Read more

ORGANIZE IT ON A MAC

FileMaker has released Bento, a $49 version of the FileMaker database for the Mac’s Leopard operating system. FileMaker is a really great database… Read more

BOOKS

“FileMaker Pro 9: The Missing Manual” by Susan Prosser and Geoff Coffey; $35 from MissingManuals.com. FileMaker Pro is an insanely popular database… Read more

A REAL NICE DATABASE

    Out favorite database, Alpha Five, is just out in Version 8. It has been our favorite for many years because it’s easy to use and at… Read more