--- title: MainSpring Blog | Mike Beargie (5) description: Mike Beargie has been with MainSpring since 2013 and has over 10 years of application development experience. As a developer, he creates solutions for clients in a wide variety of sectors across the U.S. and abroad. Prior to working at MainSpring, Mike worked as the lead developer for a consulting company, serving high profile political, special interest and nonprofit clients in the Washington, D.C., and Columbus, Ohio, markets. Mike regularly presents solutions and best practices to the FileMaker development community around the country, and is well known as an answer man online as well. In 2014 and 2016, Mike was recognized with the FileMaker Excellence Award for community contributions. Mike is a man of many hobbies, including woodworking, home brewing, art and music. 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As a developer, he creates solutions for clients in a wide variety of sectors across the U.S. and abroad. Prior to working at MainSpring, Mike worked as the lead developer for a consulting company, serving high profile political, special interest and nonprofit clients in the Washington, D.C., and Columbus, Ohio, markets. Mike regularly presents solutions and best practices to the FileMaker development community around the country, and is well known as an answer man online as well. In 2014 and 2016, Mike was recognized with the FileMaker Excellence Award for community contributions. Mike is a man of many hobbies, including woodworking, home brewing, art and music. --- #### Articles by Mike Beargie 5 Minute Read #### [How to report FileMaker product ideas and issues](https://blog.gomainspring.com/filemaker-community/how-to-report-filemaker-product-ideas-and-issues) New ideas and thorough documentation of product issues are important for the continued improvement of any platform. The FileMaker Community has grown as a place where these two areas have become... Posted by [Mike Beargie](https://blog.gomainspring.com/author/mbeargie) [Read More](https://blog.gomainspring.com/filemaker-community/how-to-report-filemaker-product-ideas-and-issues) 1 Minute Read #### [FileMaker Cloud 1.16 Released](https://blog.gomainspring.com/filemaker-community/filemaker-cloud-1-16-released) FileMaker has released FileMaker Cloud version 1.16 worldwide, marking the most significant change to the product since its initial release in the fall of 2016. This update brings a lot of the... Posted by [Mike Beargie](https://blog.gomainspring.com/author/mbeargie) [Read More](https://blog.gomainspring.com/filemaker-community/filemaker-cloud-1-16-released) 2 Minute Read #### [4 Reasons Why Location Matters When Using the Cloud](https://blog.gomainspring.com/business-strategy/4-reasons-why-location-matters-when-using-the-cloud) Recently, I was asked why “geo”, or location, matters in relation to the cloud. As computing infrastructure transitions away from in-house hardware to cloud computing, there are key points to... Posted by [Mike Beargie](https://blog.gomainspring.com/author/mbeargie) [Read More](https://blog.gomainspring.com/business-strategy/4-reasons-why-location-matters-when-using-the-cloud) 3 Minute Read #### [Here's the Rundown on the 2017 FileMaker Developers Conference](https://blog.gomainspring.com/filemaker-community/heres-the-rundown-on-the-2017-filemaker-developers-conference) Last week, members of the MainSpring team traveled just outside of Phoenix to take part in the 2017 FileMaker Developers Conference (DevCon). This was a special year for DevCon, as it was the 20th... Posted by [Mike Beargie](https://blog.gomainspring.com/author/mbeargie) [Read More](https://blog.gomainspring.com/filemaker-community/heres-the-rundown-on-the-2017-filemaker-developers-conference) 2 Minute Read #### [Plug-ins for the FileMaker Go App SDK](https://blog.gomainspring.com/filemaker-community/plug-ins-for-the-filemaker-go-app-sdk) With all the new features in FileMaker 16, few have been discussing one of the biggest advances to FileMaker’s iOS presence... I’m referring to the new FileMaker Go plug-in SDK, of course. Since the... Posted by [Mike Beargie](https://blog.gomainspring.com/author/mbeargie) [Read More](https://blog.gomainspring.com/filemaker-community/plug-ins-for-the-filemaker-go-app-sdk) 3 Minute Read #### [What You Need to Know About FileMaker's New Card Window | MainSpring Reviews](https://blog.gomainspring.com/filemaker-community/filemakers-card-window-what-you-need-to-know) FileMaker 16 is here, and, once again, they're bulking up on the user interface features. New to the platform is a "card" style window. The card window is the true modal window that requires no... 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