Comments for Fred Trotter http://www.fredtrotter.com Hacktivist, coding for social change Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:14:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Comment on Programmable Self Reading List by Quantified Self + Motivational Hacks = The Programmable Self - Forbes http://www.fredtrotter.com/2011/05/26/programmable-self-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-14541 Quantified Self + Motivational Hacks = The Programmable Self - Forbes Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:14:05 +0000 http://www.fredtrotter.com/?p=867#comment-14541 [...] Several books have recently popularized using money, in one form or another, as a motivational tool. There is some evidence, for instance, that people feel worse about losing $10 than they feel good about earning $10. This is called loss aversion, and it can easily be turned into a motivational hack. Having trouble finishing that book? Give 10 envelopes with $100 each to your best friend. Instruct them to mail the envelopes to your favorite (or most hated) charity for each month that you do not finish a chapter. Essentially, you’ve made your friend a “referee” of your motivational hack. [...] [...] Several books have recently popularized using money, in one form or another, as a motivational tool. There is some evidence, for instance, that people feel worse about losing $10 than they feel good about earning $10. This is called loss aversion, and it can easily be turned into a motivational hack. Having trouble finishing that book? Give 10 envelopes with $100 each to your best friend. Instruct them to mail the envelopes to your favorite (or most hated) charity for each month that you do not finish a chapter. Essentially, you’ve made your friend a “referee” of your motivational hack. [...]

]]> Comment on Programmable Self Reading List by The Rise of the Programmable Self | The Health Care Blog http://www.fredtrotter.com/2011/05/26/programmable-self-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-14535 The Rise of the Programmable Self | The Health Care Blog Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:08:08 +0000 http://www.fredtrotter.com/?p=867#comment-14535 [...] Several books have recently popularized using money, in one form or another, as a motivational tool. There is some evidence, for instance, that people feel worse about losing $10 than they feel good about earning $10. This is called loss aversion, and it can easily be turned into a motivational hack. Having trouble finishing that book? Give 10 envelopes with $100 each to your best friend. Instruct them to mail the envelopes to your favorite (or most hated) charity for each month that you do not finish a chapter. Essentially, you’ve made your friend a “referee” of your motivational hack. [...] [...] Several books have recently popularized using money, in one form or another, as a motivational tool. There is some evidence, for instance, that people feel worse about losing $10 than they feel good about earning $10. This is called loss aversion, and it can easily be turned into a motivational hack. Having trouble finishing that book? Give 10 envelopes with $100 each to your best friend. Instruct them to mail the envelopes to your favorite (or most hated) charity for each month that you do not finish a chapter. Essentially, you’ve made your friend a “referee” of your motivational hack. [...]

]]> Comment on Making QR code stencils by Fred Trotter » Blog Archive » QR code stencil upmanship http://www.fredtrotter.com/2011/06/11/making-qr-code-stencils/comment-page-1/#comment-14145 Fred Trotter » Blog Archive » QR code stencil upmanship Sun, 04 Dec 2011 11:15:55 +0000 http://www.fredtrotter.com/?p=876#comment-14145 [...] far as I know, I was the first person to publish a generalizable method for creating a QR code stencil or to even clearly document why such a method was [...] [...] far as I know, I was the first person to publish a generalizable method for creating a QR code stencil or to even clearly document why such a method was [...]

]]> Comment on QR code stencil upmanship by ftrotter http://www.fredtrotter.com/2011/07/19/qr-code-stencil-upmanship/comment-page-1/#comment-14144 ftrotter Sun, 04 Dec 2011 11:13:34 +0000 http://www.fredtrotter.com/?p=920#comment-14144 I am hopeful for the android digital-divide crossing devices. QR codes will be the first viable 2d-bardcode URL technology available in the third world. Its not perfect, but its the best idea I can think of... I am hopeful for the android digital-divide crossing devices. QR codes will be the first viable 2d-bardcode URL technology available in the third world. Its not perfect, but its the best idea I can think of…

]]> Comment on Programmable Self Reading List by What motivates healthy behavior? - Quora http://www.fredtrotter.com/2011/05/26/programmable-self-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-14091 What motivates healthy behavior? - Quora Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:34:48 +0000 http://www.fredtrotter.com/?p=867#comment-14091 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> Comment on QR code stencil upmanship by Marc http://www.fredtrotter.com/2011/07/19/qr-code-stencil-upmanship/comment-page-1/#comment-13962 Marc Mon, 14 Nov 2011 02:39:29 +0000 http://www.fredtrotter.com/?p=920#comment-13962 hmmmmmm, ur worried about creating a QR code stencil with a laser cutter as a "rich world device" when the every user has to have a hand held computer with a a digital camera and an internet connection to make any use of it....OK. hmmmmmm, ur worried about creating a QR code stencil with a laser cutter as a “rich world device” when the every user has to have a hand held computer with a a digital camera and an internet connection to make any use of it….OK.

]]> Comment on QR code stencil upmanship by Fred Trotter » Blog Archive » VistA Custodial Agent Launches, and it doesn’t suck (much) http://www.fredtrotter.com/2011/07/19/qr-code-stencil-upmanship/comment-page-1/#comment-13682 Fred Trotter » Blog Archive » VistA Custodial Agent Launches, and it doesn’t suck (much) Wed, 19 Oct 2011 07:18:24 +0000 http://www.fredtrotter.com/?p=920#comment-13682 [...] on my last blog post on Tiag. I remain surprised by things like that, since I write primarily about things that amuse me in ways that amuses me. I always assume that my readership is limited to other geeky ideological information [...] [...] on my last blog post on Tiag. I remain surprised by things like that, since I write primarily about things that amuse me in ways that amuses me. I always assume that my readership is limited to other geeky ideological information [...]

]]> Comment on QR code stencils, the problem by qr codes http://www.fredtrotter.com/2011/03/02/qr-code-stencils-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-13625 qr codes Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:03:21 +0000 http://www.fredtrotter.com/?p=828#comment-13625 Hi, have you tryied http://uqr.me? Is one of the best qr code generator world wide... Permit to link to urls, files, a full customizable mobile ready page, a paypal payment, a vCard and they permit to beautify your QR with rounded corners, gradients, centered image etc.. Hi, have you tryied http://uqr.me? Is one of the best qr code generator world wide… Permit to link to urls, files, a full customizable mobile ready page, a paypal payment, a vCard and they permit to beautify your QR with rounded corners, gradients, centered image etc..

]]> Comment on Steve Jobs is dead. Long live Steve Jobs. by Kevin Morrill http://www.fredtrotter.com/2011/10/05/steve-jobs-is-dead-long-live-steve-jobs/comment-page-1/#comment-13479 Kevin Morrill Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:59:39 +0000 http://www.fredtrotter.com/?p=961#comment-13479 Great post Fred. I lost my mom to leukemia. I do feel moments where the things I am working on could make a real difference. We're talking to a physician right now about using our software for a liver transplant trial, and I am anxious to roll up my sleeves and get to work on it. I hope too the work we're doing can make a real difference. I think it does. Great post Fred.

I lost my mom to leukemia. I do feel moments where the things I am working on could make a real difference. We’re talking to a physician right now about using our software for a liver transplant trial, and I am anxious to roll up my sleeves and get to work on it. I hope too the work we’re doing can make a real difference. I think it does.

]]> Comment on Google Health: influential, controversial and gone. by sallyhealthcaretech http://www.fredtrotter.com/2011/07/05/google-health-influential-controversial-and-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-13463 sallyhealthcaretech Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:58:43 +0000 http://www.fredtrotter.com/?p=911#comment-13463 I never got a chance to try Google Health myself, but judging from your article it had a huge influence over EMRs that are being developed today. Is Google becoming the standard for technologies across the spectrum of our lives - entertainment (youtube), socializing (google+) and now healthcare? Something to ponder on for sure. I never got a chance to try Google Health myself, but judging from your article it had a huge influence over EMRs that are being developed today. Is Google becoming the standard for technologies across the spectrum of our lives – entertainment (youtube), socializing (google+) and now healthcare? Something to ponder on for sure.

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