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Building embodied bots with JavaScript
Saturday, August 12th 2017
Explorations of how to build bots with JavaScript that blend virtual and physical worlds, using chat interfaces like Slack to create embodied agents.
Making the move to metalsmith
Saturday, February 13th 2016
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.
The meandering journey of NodeBots Interchange
Tuesday, January 26th 2016
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.
JavaScript: not just the language of the web
Monday, September 7th 2015
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.
DDD JavaScript IoT workshop
Saturday, August 8th 2015
A summary of the various projects completed as part of the JS IoT workshop given at DDD Melbourne 2015.
Controlling networked LEDs using a smartwatch
Monday, May 4th 2015
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.
Book launch of Make: JavaScript Robotics
Wednesday, April 15th 2015
This new book on JavaScript robotics launches today, co-authored by 15 of core NodeBots community members from around the world.
Should JavaScript devs build real things?
Wednesday, August 21st 2013
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?
My top 5 jQuery seasonal wishes
Thursday, December 20th 2007
I've waxed lyrical about jQuery before, I've been using it a lot to do worker code which I just can't be bothered to hand write any more. Not least because jQuery handles all the little browser inconsistencies for me so…
JQuery Slideshow
Sunday, October 14th 2007
It seems JQuery is definitely gaining some traction as a useful library - not least because of the development of the ThickBox Gallery library by Cody Lindley which is seeing huge amounts of use around the web at the…
JQuery saves the day?
Saturday, August 25th 2007
If you haven't come across it yet there is a javascript library called JQuery which is being developed as an open source project, designed to give us better control over our web pages and the things we can do with them…