Author Archives: Bob

Embedding Angular Components into a Legacy Web App

Posted on July 25, 2018 by Bob

 In a perfect world, you’d be able to create a greenfield Angular SPA from scratch. In the real world, that’s usually not the case. That legacy web application has way too much baggage to realistically convert it to an SPA … Continue reading →

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The Problem With Google And Why You Should Care

Posted on March 3, 2018 by Bob

When I read The Case Against Google in The New York Times last week it was with a typical technology interest eye. It was like reading the local paper about hit-and-runs, robberies, or the latest political scandal. Somewhat interesting, but it really … Continue reading →

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React JS Dynamic DOM Generation

Posted on September 13, 2017 by Bob

I had implemented an Angular 4 dynamic DOM prototype using the Angular Dynamic Component Loader and wanted to do the same thing with React JS. After doing some research I found that it was not very obvious how to accomplish this. By … Continue reading →

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The Real Impediment to Interoperability

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Bob

Medical device interoperability is one of my favorite subjects. With the meteoric rise of  IoT, there’s more and more discussion like this: Why we badly need standardization to advance IoT. The question for me has always been: Why is standardizing communications so … Continue reading →

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Canine Mind Reading

Posted on January 24, 2017 by Bob

That’s right! It is wallace-shawn-inconceivable that the Indegogo No More Woof campaign raised over $22,000 from 231 contributors. The project has been around since late 2013, but this is the first time I’ve run across it (via the recent IEEE article below). … Continue reading →

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Publishing an Angular 2 Component NPM Package

Posted on December 9, 2016 by Bob

It was suggested on the Angular 2 Password Strength Bar post that I publish the component as an NPM package. This sounded like a good sharing idea and it was something I’ve never done before. So, here it is. You should go to … Continue reading →

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Angular 2 Password Strength Bar

Posted on September 28, 2016 by Bob

I spent a little time updating AngularJS Directive to test the strength of a password to be a pure Angular 2 component and thought I’d share. A working demo and all of the code can be found here: Angular 2 Password Strength Bar. Notes: … Continue reading →

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Old Nerds

Posted on April 27, 2016 by Bob

Nobody is immune from aging. In the tech industry, this can be a problem as described in Is Ageism In Tech An Under-The-Radar Diversity Issue?.  Programmer age distribution from the Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2016 Results clearly shows this: Worth noting: 77.2% are younger … Continue reading →

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Melon Headband Android SDK

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Bob

It appears that the Melon Headband Alpha Android SDK is no longer available from Melon. See Melon Headband — Android Beta. Below is a copy of the SDK that I received in April 2015. I successfully built and ran the AndroidMelonBasicSample application on my … Continue reading →

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