Comments for dotEvan http://www.dotevan.com Confessions of a Technology Junkie Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:31:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on iPhone and Diabetes by LeslieW http://www.dotevan.com/2010/05/01/iphone-and-diabetes/comment-page-1/#comment-692 LeslieW Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:31:47 +0000 http://www.dotevan.com/?p=80#comment-692 HIPAA + blood sugar / glucose tracking, let us know if you find out more =) ~Leslie HIPAA + blood sugar / glucose tracking, let us know if you find out more =)

~Leslie

]]> Comment on Why I use Smarty: PHP is an ugly templating language by Markus Wright http://www.dotevan.com/2009/02/05/why-i-use-smarty-php-is-an-ugly-templating-language/comment-page-1/#comment-690 Markus Wright Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:58:15 +0000 http://www.dotevan.com/?p=50#comment-690 Actually, the examples on nosmarty are much more extensive than that, and detail smarty's terrible syntax for variable assignment and function calls. I recommend using H20 templates or even better, just use Django and you're better of in every imaginable way. Actually, the examples on nosmarty are much more extensive than that, and detail smarty’s terrible syntax for variable assignment and function calls.

I recommend using H20 templates or even better, just use Django and you’re better of in every imaginable way.

]]> Comment on iPhone and Diabetes by evan http://www.dotevan.com/2010/05/01/iphone-and-diabetes/comment-page-1/#comment-679 evan Sat, 15 May 2010 04:43:03 +0000 http://www.dotevan.com/?p=80#comment-679 @Chris - No, I haven't bought dLife, however I have looked at it in the iTunes store. It does look nice, but at the same time, I really only want a glucose tracking module. I don't want recipes, videos on living with diabetes and a Q&A section. They are great resources to have, and they all have their places. I personally don't want to consume that information when all I want to do is simply enter one number and move on. @Wellescent - Perhaps. I haven't directly contacted any developer, small or large, to see if they would be open to suggestions. But that's just me since I know I can develop my own application for my own use that I can design however I want it. @Chris – No, I haven’t bought dLife, however I have looked at it in the iTunes store. It does look nice, but at the same time, I really only want a glucose tracking module. I don’t want recipes, videos on living with diabetes and a Q&A section. They are great resources to have, and they all have their places. I personally don’t want to consume that information when all I want to do is simply enter one number and move on.

@Wellescent – Perhaps. I haven’t directly contacted any developer, small or large, to see if they would be open to suggestions. But that’s just me since I know I can develop my own application for my own use that I can design however I want it.

]]> Comment on iPhone and Diabetes by Wellescent Health Blog http://www.dotevan.com/2010/05/01/iphone-and-diabetes/comment-page-1/#comment-676 Wellescent Health Blog Fri, 14 May 2010 21:42:42 +0000 http://www.dotevan.com/?p=80#comment-676 What is needed with any of these applications is a desire by the developers to take feedback and improve the application even if the feedback suggests considerable change. Normal software goes through numerous release cycles before being considered good, but the App store model seems, in my opinion, to promote a more disposable approach to software where developers can't make much off of any one application so they write them cheaply and move on. What is needed with any of these applications is a desire by the developers to take feedback and improve the application even if the feedback suggests considerable change. Normal software goes through numerous release cycles before being considered good, but the App store model seems, in my opinion, to promote a more disposable approach to software where developers can’t make much off of any one application so they write them cheaply and move on.

]]> Comment on iPhone and Diabetes by Chris Davis http://www.dotevan.com/2010/05/01/iphone-and-diabetes/comment-page-1/#comment-675 Chris Davis Fri, 14 May 2010 17:42:15 +0000 http://www.dotevan.com/?p=80#comment-675 Have you checked out dLife yet? It really is an amazing app with an extraordinary amount of information, videos and a glucose tracker. Have you checked out dLife yet? It really is an amazing app with an extraordinary amount of information, videos and a glucose tracker.

]]> Comment on iPhone and Diabetes by evan http://www.dotevan.com/2010/05/01/iphone-and-diabetes/comment-page-1/#comment-667 evan Sun, 02 May 2010 20:11:11 +0000 http://www.dotevan.com/?p=80#comment-667 Yeah, I've heard a lot about CGM devices. They're fairly new, coming on to the scene within the last few years. The problem is that many insurance companies are denying them as not medically necessary. It's all a bunch of horseshit, obviously, but the insurance companies just try to do everything to hang on to their money. It would be great to have a CGM device. I think (and hope) that it will be a standard issue device for every diabetic in the not-so-distant future. Yeah, I’ve heard a lot about CGM devices. They’re fairly new, coming on to the scene within the last few years. The problem is that many insurance companies are denying them as not medically necessary. It’s all a bunch of horseshit, obviously, but the insurance companies just try to do everything to hang on to their money.

It would be great to have a CGM device. I think (and hope) that it will be a standard issue device for every diabetic in the not-so-distant future.

]]> Comment on iPhone and Diabetes by Trevor http://www.dotevan.com/2010/05/01/iphone-and-diabetes/comment-page-1/#comment-664 Trevor Sun, 02 May 2010 03:23:50 +0000 http://www.dotevan.com/?p=80#comment-664 Have you looked at http://www.dexcom.com Being in the medical device industry I almost took a job with them. It is a pretty slick system. Have you looked at http://www.dexcom.com Being in the medical device industry I almost took a job with them. It is a pretty slick system.

]]> Comment on Why I use Smarty: PHP is an ugly templating language by FettesPS http://www.dotevan.com/2009/02/05/why-i-use-smarty-php-is-an-ugly-templating-language/comment-page-1/#comment-659 FettesPS Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:38:36 +0000 http://www.dotevan.com/?p=50#comment-659 I agree with your article, I've been using Smarty for 3 or 4 years and still love it. Mixing PHP and HTML makes for some serious ugly code. As for I also find that very ugly, and like the author I always type the full <?php part in the tag because back in my Dreamweaver days I was quite annoyed by people who didn't (if it's just <? then Dreamweaver doesn't recognize it as PHP, and I'm sure other IDEs have this fault too). I agree with your article, I’ve been using Smarty for 3 or 4 years and still love it. Mixing PHP and HTML makes for some serious ugly code.

As for I also find that very ugly, and like the author I always type the full <?php part in the tag because back in my Dreamweaver days I was quite annoyed by people who didn't (if it's just <? then Dreamweaver doesn't recognize it as PHP, and I'm sure other IDEs have this fault too).

]]> Comment on De-annoyifying Subversion Externals by evan http://www.dotevan.com/2008/11/08/de-annoyifying-subversion-externals/comment-page-1/#comment-649 evan Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:56:19 +0000 http://www.dotevan.com/?p=48#comment-649 Yes, you still do see that line, but since it doesn't actually check the external it returns you to the prompt quickly. Yes, you still do see that line, but since it doesn’t actually check the external it returns you to the prompt quickly.

]]> Comment on Why I use Smarty: PHP is an ugly templating language by evan http://www.dotevan.com/2009/02/05/why-i-use-smarty-php-is-an-ugly-templating-language/comment-page-1/#comment-648 evan Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:52:48 +0000 http://www.dotevan.com/?p=50#comment-648 Yup. The problem is that you can't be sure that short tags are universally available. Not a particular problem if you're only writing software for your own systems, but I think it's a bad habit to get in to. I always use the full <?php tag Yup. The problem is that you can’t be sure that short tags are universally available. Not a particular problem if you’re only writing software for your own systems, but I think it’s a bad habit to get in to. I always use the full <?php tag

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