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VivaLaData is the DBA for my sole proprietorship. I'm Diana Simonson. I got into the business in 1995. (Back then, I had a different last name.) I started making websites, Filemaker databases, cgis, applescripts, and Frontier solutions while working as a secretary for Pat Spellacy at the University of Minnesota Policy and Procedures office in 1994. I had many great mentors who helped me develop my skills including Chuck Shotton, the creator of MacHTTP which went on to become WebStar, the first prominent web server for the Mac. I also worked with Eric Bickford of WebFM, the first commercial cgi that put Filemaker on the web. Besides developing solutions, I also started a series of online tutorial pages called "The Learning Links" and adopted the motto "Will Work for Chocolate". The first chocolate I ever received was a five pound bar of Ghirardelli chocolate from author Jon Weiderspan of ComVista. Since then I have received much delicious chocolate from around the world. In 1996, I was invited out to Apple headquarters in Cupertino to give a hands-on class using Filemaker and WebFM to about 60 Apple employees during Apple Webedge. By then I was also fluent in Bill Doerfield's Lasso, WebFM's first competition. After that, I moved to Connecticut to work with Wayne Walrath of Acme Technologies. I have since moved to New York state where I continue developing solutions for my clients. In addition to solutions, I've also been published:
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