FileMaker Database Consulting in Anchorage, Alaska. Home Again.
It’s been awhile. Two years now… But I’m doing some FileMaker database development again. Just a small project on the side of my very hectic schedule. I’ve been busting it with this hydrological training project–video production and animation. But I welcome a little variety to the routine, even if the schedule gets only crazier. I also enjoy the young man who is driving the project.
I first came to Alaska to craft a database for a training initiative up on the Slope. So carrying the title FileMaker Consultant? It’s like coming home. Again. File it!
Cave Man Fitness and a 2010 Goals Declaration
I try to see myself as a creative athlete, achieving peak performance for my clients as well as myself. But hey I also have a sweet tooth! To satisfy my ambition and my appetite I exercise 3 to 5 hours per week. I also try to read at least one technical or trade book per week to maintain professional muscle. (more…)
Contract with the Queen: Hydrological Training
Indirectly I am now under contract with the “Crown.” I am the sole non-Canadian involved on a government sponsored training project. The Canadian initiative involves training government employees on the safe operation of micro-potable water systems. The systems might be small but the initiative isn’t. Many Canadians live in remote locations where large scale plumbing is unavailable.
It was quite an honor. We were selected as the sole vendor from a pool of over 40 candidates. The project will extend through February. I will be providing industrial style animations. It is strange to be working on a project where the client is—at least symbolically—the Queen!
Ted Stephens Airport Animated Signage
It was fun to help Mad Dog Design and their client Span Alaska. I animated a digital sign that is used at the Anchorage International Airport.
Alaska Aces Animation Project
The Sullivan Arena in Anchorage rocks with a little more color this season. I was commissioned to build about twenty graphical animations for game-time use. These are the big screen graphics you see at a game like, “GOAL” and “DEFENSE.”
Airman Hall of Fame Video Tribute Kiosk
Forty-eight years old and I finally served in the military. Sort of. I just completed a 30 inch interactive kiosk that features video tributes to over 100 men and women in the American Combat Airman Hall of Fame. (more…)