The scenario The legacy Nurse Call system lacked many reporting features. The reporting features that where there needed specialist knowledge to prepare, and could take hours to run! The upgrade Replacing the Nurse Call System in the short term was not an option. So I built an agent to run on the Nurse Call server to trail it's logs and upload the call and response data to a MySQL database. On top of that database a PHP/JavaScript (AngularJS) reporting interface was created. This let … read more
Digital Business Cards with Ionic
GravMe Project Précis GravMe is a digital business card app that allows you to create a virtual, rich and professional business profile (aka digital business card) that you can send to others. There iOS and Android versions of GravMe. Visit GravMe.com for more information and download. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZuad0I7s5Y Unique Benefits 1. It's clutter free and intuitive design makes using the app fast and simple 2. The receiving party does not need GravMe installed, making … read more
Family Connect Project
The Family Connect Project is an initiative to connect Elders in nursing homes and assisted living environments with their family and friends using communication, video and social media platforms like Email, Skype, and Facebook. At FCP we see the barriers to connecting families and friends being simply a lack of a uniform and supported approach to the technology. While the technology is readily available and simple, a uniform and assisted approach is needed at aged care facilities to help … read more
A Business Approach to Social Networking
In this article I'm going to focus on social networking for business, and although I'll talk about the likes of Facebook and Twitter the same general ideas will apply to other social networks. My motivation for this article comes from the approach I find many businesses taking with their journey on Facebook. I'm not going to detail how to get on to social networking sites, but I will cover how you should approach social networking and what you should be thinking about. Going Beyond the … read more
Report Techniques using PHP using Jasper
I have a PHP web application which needed a new reporting engine. The old engine did nothing more than create html page reports. Yes, it was functional and easy to maintain, but for stylish printable reports that my clients can give to their customers or management, I needed something more. Enter Jasper Reports (www.jasperforge.org)! I first used Jasper Reports and iReports about 5 years ago in a Java app. My, how it has matured, especially iReports!. I played around with Jasper for … read more