Monthly Archives: July 2008

Top 10 Concepts That Every Software Engineer Should Know

Posted on July 29, 2008 by Bob

Check out Top 10 Concepts That Every Software Engineer Should Know. The key point here is concepts. These are (arguably) part of the foundation that all good software engineers should have: Interfaces Conventions and Templates Layering Algorithmic Complexity Hashing Caching … Continue reading →

Posted in Programming, Technology, Tools | 1 Comment

Digital Devices and EHRs: the ROI

Posted on July 28, 2008 by Bob

Here’s a piece that provides a quick analysis of the ROI of having vital signs and ECG devices connected to an EMR: Digital Devices and EHRs — Perfect Together The right way to do it: Electronic transfer of patient information … Continue reading →

Posted in EMR, Medical Devices | 1 Comment

Upgrade to WordPress 2.6

Posted on July 26, 2008 by Bob

It’s been over a year since my original WordPress installation.  I started with 2.4, and ignored the 2.5 release.  Since 2.6 was recently released I thought it was time to take the leap. I followed the upgrade instructions closely. Here’s … Continue reading →

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Loading Individual Designer Default Values into Visual Studio .NET Settings

Posted on July 23, 2008 by Bob

The VS.NET Settings designer creates an ApplicationSettingsBase Settings class in Settings.Designer.cs (and optionally Settings.cs).  The default values from the designer are saved in app.config and are loaded into the Settings.Default singleton at runtime. So, now you have a button on … Continue reading →

Posted in .NET, Programming, Visual Studio | 1 Comment

Interoperability: Google Protocol Buffers vs. XML

Posted on July 14, 2008 by Bob

Google recently open sourced Protocol Buffers: Google’s Data Interchange Format (documentation, code download). What are Protocol Buffers? Protocol buffers are a flexible, efficient, automated mechanism for serializing structured data – think XML, but smaller, faster, and simpler. The documentation is … Continue reading →

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More Software Forensics and Why Analogies Suck

Posted on July 1, 2008 by Bob

There’s a recent article in the Baltimore Sun called Flaws in medical coding can kill which just rehashes static software  analysis (hat tip: FDA Trying to Crack Down on Software Errors). I’ve discussed software forensics tools before. Yes, bad software … Continue reading →

Posted in FDA, Medical Devices, Software Quality | 3 Comments