Strategic Developer | Martin Heller

ASP.Net MVC 1.0 now open source

Martin Heller — 2009-04-02T11:50:22-08:00

Rails-like .Net Web system can now be used on Linux with Mono READ MORE

LINQPad webcast coming up

Martin Heller — 2009-04-01T07:09:14-08:00

LINQPad has been enhanced to work with the Entity Framework READ MORE

uTest crowd-sources QA

Martin Heller — 2009-03-27T14:29:00-08:00

uTest has a pool of 15,000 capability-profiled QA professionals in 150 countries READ MORE

Joe Hewitt's Three20 project improves iPhone programming

Martin Heller — 2009-03-24T07:19:39-08:00

Yesterday Joe released a generic open source iPhone development library based on his Facebook Connect code. It looks like a big step up. READ MORE

The camera is dead; long live the camera

Martin Heller — 2009-03-23T03:00:00-08:00

Martin's daughter's pocket digital camera broke again not long after the warranty expired. Picking and buying a new one was tricky. READ MORE

More on XBRL from UBMatrix

Martin Heller — 2009-03-19T12:48:52-08:00

Adopting XBRL in 2005 let the FDIC quickly vet bank reports. So how did all those sub-prime mortgages make it under the radar? READ MORE

Skytap puts IT labs in the Cloud

Martin Heller — 2009-03-18T07:27:50-08:00

Skytap Virtual Lab is useful for development, prototyping, QA, training, and demos READ MORE

CUDA SDK is impressive

Martin Heller — 2009-03-13T13:36:22-08:00

Massively parallel GPU computing using the Nvidia tools is no harder than it needs to be. READ MORE

Comments on HIPAA and HL7

Martin Heller — 2009-03-12T08:43:58-08:00

Apparently my correction about HIPAA and HL7 only began to scratch the surface. Several knowledgeable folks commented further. READ MORE

Boot from VHD using Windows 7 Automated Installation Kit

Martin Heller — 2009-03-09T13:23:25-08:00

In Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, you can native boot from a virtual hard disk without a hypervisor READ MORE

HIPAA and HL7: a correction

Martin Heller — 2009-03-05T08:19:25-08:00

HIPAA 5010 is still based on X12 EDI. HL7 3.x is XML-based. Is the whole subject confusing? READ MORE

Ubuntu vs. Windows memory, and a backup solution

Martin Heller — 2009-03-04T14:16:17-08:00

Martin compares Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Ubuntu RAM usage; backs up the whole machine with Acronis; and finds some things Ubuntu does well, and others that he can't seem to get working READ MORE

Silverlight data visualization

Martin Heller — 2009-03-02T07:43:03-08:00

Infragistics' new NetAdvantage for Silverlight Data Visualization is a package of Silverlight user-interface controls focused on information dashboards READ MORE

Windows 7 compared to Vista

Martin Heller — 2009-02-26T12:04:15-08:00

Martin compares the system information, the experience index, and the task manager performance tab for Windows 7 and Windows Vista on the same hardware READ MORE

HIPAA, EDI, HL7, ICD, and DataDirect

Martin Heller — 2009-02-24T11:46:13-08:00

Martin visited DataDirect and learned about the headaches people will have conforming to the new HIPAA and ICD standards in the next few years. And, of course, he got a product demo. READ MORE