Bloggy-posties
I’m sharing some photos mostly because I got in trouble for taking them in a Market Basket supermarket in Keene, New Hampshire.
My introduction to Adafruit’s family of Feather boards wasn’t auspicious. In fact, it was a comedy of errors. So I was surprised to find an abiding respect for the Feather M0.
The interstitial and intro videos made for conferences don't get a lot of press, but the art production in some is superb. Here are two great examples.
You're thinking of starting out on a journey to learn about electronics and IoT. Which development platform should you start with?
JavaScript Promises in 60 Seconds
Jul 3, 2017
A minute-long excerpt from a recent talk about Service Workers: a whirlwind explanation of JS Promises.
Voltage, Current, Resistance...with Gnomes
Nov 30, 2016
Understanding Ohm's Law thoroughly changed my whole reality—it's the key to infinite electronics hackery. But I couldn't just let the standard hydraulic-based (water) metaphors be my guide. I had to involve gnomes.
And now for something completely...different?
Sep 20, 2016
Four months ago, I upped stakes from my hometown and moved thousands of miles to the middle of the forest in Vermont. I took a break from the Web and changed jobs. Everything has changed...or has it?
There are several ways to use JavaScript to control physical objects. Lately I've been doing a lot using a host-client setup and the Johnny-five Node.js framework.
Navigating between merit and diverse inclusivity is profoundly hard. Sometimes I end up on the sad side of the fence.
Opinionated review of the good, the bad and the delusional trends I saw in conferences over the past year.
Scampering after Node.js Versions
Dec 8, 2015
Everything about Node.js is exponential curves right now. While at Node Interactive here in Portland, my mind has started racing about understanding and managing Node.js versions.
Even when my projects involve a crowd with a size of one (me), I still use git workflow tactics. Is this good practice or an unnecessary monologue?