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Attend Build Grow Learn in April – Real Speakers with Real-World Training

Attend Build Grow Learn in April! Built by entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs, who took everything they've loved about attending events for decades, and threw away everything ...

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Unlock the Best of Austin: 8 Insider Tips to Maximize Your Claris Engage 2024 Experience

Heading to Austin, Texas, soon for the Claris Engage conference? We've put together a list of recommendations for those looking to make the most of ...

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Looking Ahead to Claris Engage 2024 in Austin, Texas

2024 is a very special year for Claris, as it marks their 25th in-person FileMaker conference. The entire team at Portage Bay will be together ...

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Pause & EngageU: A Wonderful Wrap-Up to 2023

We wrapped up this last part of 2023 with participation in two wonderful Claris FileMaker conferences - Pause in Clayton, Georgia, and EngageU in Antwerp, ...

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Make Sure You and Your Staff Software Stay Relevant

As a member of Gen X, who cherishes a foundational essence of individuality gleaned from pivotal influences like The Breakfast Club, I surprisingly found myself ...

Grateful for the Uniquely Great Ecosystem of Pause 2023

Portage Bay sent three people from our team to the annual Pause ‘unconference’ for FileMaker developers. What did we see and learn this fall? Each ...

Add the Informative FileMaker DevCast to Your Listening Routine

Whether you’re a seasoned developer or just getting started, the FileMaker DevCast will provide valuable insights and inspiration to help you take your development skills ...

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Bringing a Strong Workflow Automation Discussion to Europe’s EngageU

Kate will be speaking about a topic close to her heart - workflow automation - in Antwerp, Belgium, at EngageU, the largest in-person European FileMaker ...

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Upcoming Events on the Road to Claris Engage 2024

Are you on the road to Claris Engage 2024? The 25th live event is just a few months away and will be held at the ...

Pause 2023 Takes Place Next Week!

John, Joe, & Xandon are headed to Pause next week, at the Kaplan Mitchell Retreat Center in the Georgia mountains. They're looking forward to again ...

FFmpeg, Part 4: Successes Found and Important Lessons Learned

An unusual set of requirements led us to utilize FFMPEG, a widely used command line tool, to integrate video manipulation capabilities into a custom FileMaker ...

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How To Utilize the New Custom Connectors In Claris Connect

We are excited to announce the latest feature in Claris Connect - custom connectors! This newest and greatly anticipated feature is now available in every ...

FFmpeg, Part 3: Handling the MP4 Conversion and Video Manipulation

In the previous blog post in this series, we explained the process of streaming video and audio from surveillance cameras via FileMaker. In this post, ...

Part 2 of FFmpeg series for live video and audio capture in Claris FileMaker

FFmpeg, Part 2: Streaming Both Audio and Video from Select Cameras

In our first blog post in this series, we provided some detail about how we integrated FFmpeg into a custom Claris FileMaker solution. This article ...

1,000 DevCast Downloads + Two New Episodes!

We've reached 1,000 downloads of our podcast episodes! That's a great reason to announce two more topics - Accomplishing API Integration with Postman, and Data ...