Monthly Archives: December 2008

Programming Languages for the New Year

Posted on December 26, 2008 by Bob

As the New Year approaches a software developer’s idea of renewal is typically learning a new programming language.  I ran across the following post which provides some interesting alternatives to consider. 10 programming languages worth checking out: Haskell Erlang Io … Continue reading →

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Networked Medical Devices

Posted on December 20, 2008 by Bob

If you work with networked medical devices, Tim’s post Medical Device Networks Trouble Industry is a must-read. In order to better illustrate the bigger picture I thought this diagram might help: This summarizes the relationship between the major players involved … Continue reading →

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The 2008 Year in Ideas

Posted on December 14, 2008 by Bob

The annual Year in Ideas New York Times Magazine issue is one of my favorites. Of the 58 ideas, only two are biomedical related: Automated Anesthesia (McSleepy) The Biomechanical Energy Harvester There are also a couple of other medical ideas, … Continue reading →

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What makes a good programmer? Acceptance of meaningless rules and conclusions!

Posted on December 12, 2008 by Bob

Boing Boing has this great post: Comfort with meaninglessness the key to good programmers. Research in the UK on teaching computer science found three groups of students: People who answered the questions using different mental models for different questions. People … Continue reading →

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Typealyzer

Posted on December 1, 2008 by Bob

Via Ayende, here’s a cool text analysis site: Typealyzer. They should really work on their spelling and syntax though (I made corrections). Here are the results for this site: INTJ – The Scientists The long-range thinking and individualistic type. They … Continue reading →

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