tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-356716422024-03-13T15:15:39.836-07:00Random Walk through Silicon ValleyRobert A. Ficcagliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09144689407549110602noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35671642.post-19114964171279574272012-12-26T10:33:00.001-08:002012-12-26T10:33:39.948-08:00Fooled by PercentagesI am reading Dan Ariely's Predictably Irrational, and he talks about the economic logic behind a choice between a Lindt truffle and a Hershey's kiss. He notes that the subjects of the experiment behave "irrationally" by choosing a free Kiss over a deeply discounted Lindt. The Lindt would give them considerably more "pleasure units" net of any cost, or "displeasure units". His point is that free Robert A. Ficcagliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09144689407549110602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35671642.post-7403658077197927932010-03-28T10:57:00.000-07:002010-03-28T14:13:57.566-07:00iPhone color Macroshttp://foobarpig.com/iphone/uicolor-cheatsheet-color-list-conversion-from-and-to-rgb-values.htmluseful for custom drawingalso useful for embedded UIWebView styling:http://lipidity.com/apple/iphone-webkit-css-3Robert A. Ficcagliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09144689407549110602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35671642.post-45087404109828886722010-03-16T16:28:00.001-07:002010-03-16T16:28:44.309-07:00OpenCalaisOf interest:http://vue.tufts.edu/gallery/index.cfmhttp://www.opencalais.com/Robert A. Ficcagliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09144689407549110602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35671642.post-26834667763945023522010-03-15T06:34:00.000-07:002010-03-15T06:35:39.150-07:00Fun Stuffhttp://www.labpartners-sf.blogspot.com/http://knol.google.comhttp://staff.pubhealth.ku.dk/~pd/ISwR1.htmlhttp://www.visualcomplexity.comRobert A. Ficcagliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09144689407549110602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35671642.post-83050757679779038372010-03-10T00:32:00.001-08:002010-03-10T00:56:34.178-08:00The Story Of Stuffhttp://www.storyofstuff.com/ is a good example of how media can be used for good. This is a clip I would show to my children. I doubt this will ever go past marketing, and catalyze real change, but it reminds me that, as an American, to subscribe to such mindless consumption is simply shameful. I'm all for consumption --- of services and ideas and innovation. Consumption with a purpose more Robert A. Ficcagliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09144689407549110602noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35671642.post-65576318743356268362010-03-09T21:38:00.001-08:002010-03-09T21:38:45.375-08:00Great iphone XML parser benchmarkoverall nice blog!http://www.raywenderlich.com/553/how-to-chose-the-best-xml-parser-for-your-iphone-projectRobert A. Ficcagliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09144689407549110602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35671642.post-78598798863916091472010-03-05T10:01:00.001-08:002010-03-05T10:01:27.682-08:00debugging iphone appshttp://developer.apple.com/mac/library/technotes/tn2004/tn2123.htmlhttp://developer.apple.com/tools/xcode/symbolizingcrashdumps.htmlRobert A. Ficcagliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09144689407549110602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35671642.post-20581562816490318142010-02-19T02:49:00.000-08:002010-02-19T02:53:40.233-08:00Misc Wordpress Shiny Thingshttp://wordpress.org/development/2009/12/wordpress-2-9/http://justintadlock.com/archives/2009/05/06/custom-taxonomies-in-wordpress-28http://justintadlock.com/archives/2009/11/09/excerpts-and-taxonomies-for-pages-in-wordpress-2-9http://justintadlock.com/archives/2009/11/16/everything-you-need-to-know-about-wordpress-2-9s-post-image-featurehttp://justintadlock.com/archives/2010/02/02/Robert A. Ficcagliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09144689407549110602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35671642.post-19959134969328736782010-02-08T13:47:00.000-08:002010-02-08T13:48:12.629-08:00enjoyed the blog!Some great apps:http://icode4iphone.blogspot.com/Robert A. Ficcagliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09144689407549110602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35671642.post-23329813539961189622010-02-06T09:03:00.001-08:002010-02-06T09:03:22.813-08:00Securing Amazon AMIshttp://www.cloudiquity.com/2009/04/system-hardening-guidelines-for-amazon-ec2/Robert A. Ficcagliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09144689407549110602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35671642.post-22408783384838915142010-01-30T21:16:00.000-08:002010-01-30T22:07:49.337-08:00Cool iPhone Overlay UIhttp://developer.apple.com/iPhone/library/samplecode/HeadsUpUI/index.htmlalso:http://www.skylarcantu.com/blog/2009/08/14/custom-uialertview-color-chooser/Screen grab:http://www.skylarcantu.com/blog/2009/10/16/saving-a-view-as-an-image/#more-299In general a good read:http://www.skylarcantu.com/blog/category/iphone-development/http://joris.kluivers.nl/iphone-dev/?p=CustomAlertRobert A. Ficcagliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09144689407549110602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35671642.post-58371566228211585782010-01-27T23:08:00.001-08:002010-01-27T23:08:30.618-08:00Tomcat Manager XML Outputhttp://www.informit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=java&seqNum=273Robert A. Ficcagliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09144689407549110602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35671642.post-69246235742470808492010-01-26T00:34:00.000-08:002010-01-26T00:35:26.951-08:00Misc Items of Interesthttp://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/entry.jspa?externalID=1601&categoryID=148http://www.dragthing.com/blog/?p=246Robert A. Ficcagliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09144689407549110602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35671642.post-21113028669801712312010-01-26T00:32:00.001-08:002010-01-26T00:32:56.272-08:00Wordpress Plugins to TryCan't say I like 'em yet since I haven't tried them:http://scribu.net/wordpress/front-end-editorhttp://www.onextrapixel.com/2009/07/17/the-autopsy-of-wordpress-as-cms-with-25-great-wp-plugins-designs/Robert A. Ficcagliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09144689407549110602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35671642.post-83790942005596881462010-01-22T15:55:00.001-08:002010-01-22T16:01:59.746-08:00iPhone Calendar Viewhttp://code.google.com/p/kcalendar-iphone/http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1201285/is-there-any-in-built-calendar-view-in-iphone-sdkNot iphone, but general:http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-googleclndr/?S_TACT=105AGX01&S_CMP=HPhttp://phpicalendar.net/Robert A. Ficcagliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09144689407549110602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35671642.post-20601525285262396562010-01-16T02:38:00.000-08:002010-01-16T03:01:53.038-08:00iPhone and Twitter integration hackeryWish I found this before the hour spent:http://code.google.com/p/tweetero/Setting up MGTwitterEngine with YAJL 1.0.6 for iPhone development ...Robert A. Ficcagliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09144689407549110602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35671642.post-6382696022953528442010-01-15T13:49:00.000-08:002010-01-15T16:56:35.164-08:00Critical Measures for HIT IntegrationReconciled list of patient medications used vs. prescribed vs. filled Physician alerts for drug interactionsphysician alerts for test resultsphysician prompts at the time of visitalert to chronic illnes risks, and query existing registriespatient review of EMR data --- and updatespredict quality by risk-based scoresmeasure the following which predict success:clinical time savedusability Robert A. Ficcagliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09144689407549110602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35671642.post-22718922067300569182010-01-10T16:43:00.000-08:002010-01-10T17:16:46.561-08:00Advancing Meaningful Use of EHRCritical areas of focus for Healthcare IT (HIT) include: 1. translating incorporating the results of research into health IT products 2. Creating breakthrough solutions, technologies, and services, which may be applied in health IT in the near- and long-term, and which address identified challenges and opportunities relevant to the adoption and meaningful use of health IT; 3. Identifying a Robert A. Ficcagliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09144689407549110602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35671642.post-53250582560051950112010-01-04T20:11:00.000-08:002010-01-05T23:03:35.656-08:00Be careful changing app name in XcodeApart from the fact that the PRODUCT_NAME var simply did not work, changing the name:http://www.iphonedevsdk.com/forum/iphone-sdk-development/8962-change-iphone-app-name.htmlalso means you need a new profile for ad hoc! C'mon Apple! Sheesh.Robert A. Ficcagliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09144689407549110602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35671642.post-30407016222197788972009-12-30T22:45:00.000-08:002010-01-01T20:07:36.674-08:00Augmented Video on iPhonehttp://www.morethantechnical.com/2009/08/09/near-realtime-face-detection-on-the-iphone-w-opencv-port-wcodevideo/http://www.morethantechnical.com/2009/05/06/iphone-camera-frame-grabbing-and-a-real-time-meanshift-tracker/video feed grabber:http://github.com/norio-nomura/iphonetest/tree/master/CameraTest/Classes/UIGetScreenImage post:https://devforums.apple.com/message/149553#149553http://Robert A. Ficcagliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09144689407549110602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35671642.post-44066756059149975412009-12-30T21:41:00.000-08:002009-12-30T21:42:19.379-08:00Government Standards for Cloud Computing Securityhttp://csrc.nist.gov/groups/SNS/cloud-computing/index.htmlRobert A. Ficcagliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09144689407549110602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35671642.post-38815938336043642882009-12-24T16:54:00.000-08:002010-01-01T20:08:57.655-08:00Useful iPhone SDK articleshttp://www.edwardbenson.com/2009/01/10/creating-a-blocking-nag-screen-with-nsuserdefaults/http://iphoneinaction.manning.com/iphone_in_action/2009/09/core-data-part-4-inserts-updates-deletes.htmlhttp://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/documentation/UIKit/Reference/UITextField_Class/Reference/UITextField.html#//apple_ref/occ/instp/UITextField/leftViewhttp://regexkit.sourceforge.net/RegexKitLite/Robert A. Ficcagliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09144689407549110602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35671642.post-9984645473911157472009-12-17T12:09:00.000-08:002009-12-17T12:10:50.616-08:00IPhone OS 3.1 Ad Hoc Distribution Woeshttp://www.bigspaceship.com/blog/labs/iphone-101-understanding-distribution-pt-i-of-ii/http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1264422/difficulties-with-iphone-ad-hoc-distribution-for-testingRobert A. Ficcagliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09144689407549110602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35671642.post-80478494138988315592009-12-17T12:08:00.000-08:002009-12-17T12:09:50.542-08:00Mobile Security Threatshttp://ericasadun.com/AppDEVkit/APIkit%20README.pdfhttp://oobject.com/home/new/developers-now-can-use-private-api-for-screen-capture-on-iphone-says-apple/39004/Robert A. Ficcagliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09144689407549110602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35671642.post-51673791575795530192009-11-04T16:01:00.000-08:002009-11-04T16:10:13.220-08:00PayPal Mass Pay DisbursementsHow is Mass Pay Disbursements product different than Adaptive Chained Payments??Their examples of disbursements include several overlapping scenarios:marketplacesrebatescommissionsaffiliatesrewardsgames/gamblingThese are the same ones they discussed in the Adaptive Payments session.Answer: volume --- MassPay up to 5K in one batch and async. Mass Payment API - 250 per API call and async. Pay API (Robert A. Ficcagliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09144689407549110602noreply@blogger.com0