Observations, code and commentary from ajfisher.
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Wednesday, August 21st 2013
Should JavaScript devs build real things?
JavaScript is leaving the browser and entering the real world. Is this just a bunch of web devs playing with hardware or are we starting to see a fundamental shift in the direction web technologies are taking?
16 minute read (4.7k words)
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Friday, October 19th 2012
Datatium - a material to create responsive experiences
Device responsive design is only one part of context. These are the sketch notes that underpinned a talk at WDS2012 on the wider aspects of using data in responsive design approaches.
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Saturday, February 13th 2016
Making the move to metalsmith
I moved this site from WP to metalsmith.io in order to get a more pure authoring experience. The result is good, though there were a few gotchas along the way.
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Wednesday, January 27th 2016
The meandering journey of NodeBots Interchange
What started as a plan to simply make components work a bit better with NodeBots turned into a way of managing any firmware using JavaScript.
8 minute read (2.2k words)
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Wednesday, September 9th 2015
Datatium - data as material for contextually responsive design
Resposive design is still very screen size focussed where as we should be considering context much more than we do. This talk explains how Datatium helps resolve this.
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Monday, September 7th 2015
JavaScript: not just the language of the web
JS is moving out of the browser and into all manner of places. My notes and slides from my talk on this topic at JSFoo 15.
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Wednesday, September 2nd 2015
Applying the lessons of mobile dev to IoT
IoT product development has the opportunity to draw on some of the lessons hard won over the years of developing for mobile.
1 minute read (140 words)
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Saturday, August 8th 2015
DDD JavaScript IoT workshop
A summary of the various projects completed as part of the JS IoT workshop given at DDD Melbourne 2015.
1 minute read (120 words)
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Monday, June 1st 2015
Building a portable minecraft server
Using a raspberry pi and some batteries to create a portable minecraft server that can be put in a lunch box and taken to the park.
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Monday, May 4th 2015
Controlling networked LEDs using a smartwatch
The ESP8266 is a capable device in its own right and can run a simple web server. Couple this with a smartwatch for control and you have some interesting remote control options.
1 minute read (170 words)
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Wednesday, April 15th 2015
Book launch of Make: JavaScript Robotics
This new book on JavaScript robotics launches today, co-authored by 15 of core NodeBots community members from around the world.
1 minute read (130 words)
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Tuesday, December 16th 2014
Building an information radiator
"Information Radiators" - devices that use physical means to relay encoded information are great projects if you want to explore IoT. This post provides a how to example.
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