Social networks and location sharing apps took off in the late 2000’s. These megatrends made a huge impact on my life and led me to
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‘On Air’ Light for Microsoft Teams and Zoom Meetings
Back in the 90’s, the 1990’s, I used to be a late-night radio show host on Froggy. I was known as Jeremiah Bullfrog. When I
Read more(My) History of the Internet of Things
Back in 2007, Jason Winters and I started working on what would become ioBridge, RealTime.io, and ThingSpeak. The phrase “Internet of Things” got added to the
Read moreControl IFTTT Webhooks with MATLAB
Yesterday, I was building an integration with IFTTT and my Philips Hue lights in my office. I wanted the Philips Hue lights to change to
Read moreGetting Ready for the Bay Area Maker Faire!
I have a lot of favorite times of the year. I get excited about the holidays, weekends, evenings, and days. I am usually filling each day with
Read moreUse AWS DeepLens to Determine If Hotdog or Not Hotdog
While at re:Invent, I got to take a deep learning workshop to learn about the new capabilities of AWS such as SageMaker and Greengrass. We
Read moreHow to Reset the Arduino MKR1000
I am working on a project that uses the Arduino MKR1000 with ThingSpeak. While working on my code, I uploaded a bad sketch to the
Read moreCheerLights Robot for Your Nursery
I shared my latest project over on my Nursery Hacks website. It combines some of my favorite things… IoT, CheerLights, ThingSpeak, Particle, and building things
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Measure Wi-Fi Signal Levels with the ESP8266 and ThingSpeak
Oh, my. I am sure you have been hearing about the Internet of Things… The IoT! You might be wondering how to get started with
Read moreLearn How to Use MQTT.fx with ThingSpeak
ThingSpeak just announced that they added MQTT as a way to send data to a ThingSpeak channel. This is great news since a lot of
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