In a recent panel we had at the Orlando IoT Meetup, we were discussing the future of the Internet of Things. Ashley Simmons, the Director of Innovation at the Florida Hospital, gave some insight to the future of healthcare when…
Is the Internet of Things a fad? If you want the “Too Long, Didn’t Read” version: No. It’s actually been here a while and the concept won’t be going away any time soon, although it will undoubtedly change form as technology…
As the organizer of Orlando IoT, I don’t get a lot of 101-level questions about the Internet of Things. Typically, the questions are like the one I was asked recently that went something like this: “How do I get two Arduinos to…
The OrlandoJS Meetup gave me the opportunity to present on the Pebble watch app that I created in the form of a 5-minute lightning talk. I created this app using the Pebble IDE. Basically, it’s an “On” and “Off” button…
August’s meetup was full (chock-full, even) of lightning talks. We had some great and varied projects discussed. In order: “Bats on the Web” by Jerry Reed Jerry Reed, a professor at Valencia University, introduced us to a project he and…
As any avid listener of the Hello Tech Pros podcast will tell you, you need a stiff drink before listening to me as a guest. Just witness my border-line fever dreams about the Internet of Things on my last guest appearance…
We have too many dependencies. The programming world is on another roller coaster ride down to dependency hell, if you’ll believe the skeptics. I don’t think so. I think we are living in the gully of “The Dependency Valley,” with…
gulp@3.9.1 ├─ archy@1.0.0 ├─ deprecated@0.0.1 ├─ chalk@1.1.3 │ ├─ ansi-styles@2.2.1 │ ├─ escape-string-regexp@1.0.5 │ ├─ has-ansi@2.0.0 │ │ └─ ansi-regex@2.0.0 │ ├─ strip-ansi@3.0.1 │ │ └─ ansi-regex@2.0.0 │ └─ supports-color@2.0.0 ├─ minimist@1.2.0 ├─ liftoff@2.2.1 │ ├─ extend@2.0.1 │ ├─ findup-sync@0.3.0…
I’ve heard the term “grok” a lot this week, which is strange because I’ve never noticed it before. Like so many words that once you know them you see them everywhere, “grok” is now a part of my permanent vocabulary.…
If you refer me to a position and I get hired, I’ll give you $250, a Raspberry Pi 2, and a raspberry pie, too. UPDATED: In celebration of the Raspberry Pi 3 announcement, I’m having a little fun and making this sweeter. If…