Arduino Day 2018 Los Angeles

Arduino Day is a 24-hour-long worldwide event – organized by our team and the community – where people interested in Arduino can get together, share their experiences, and learn more about the platform through all sorts of activities, tailored to local audiences. Participation is open to anyone, from young Makers and students to professional engineers and designers. … More Arduino Day 2018 Los Angeles

Ad Hoc MIDI to Music Box Project Shows Power of Hacker Community via hack a day

A great story about the wisdom of crowds and cooperative projects! — Douglas Fair warning: when you post a video of you doing an incredibly tedious process like manually punching holes in a paper tape to transfer a MIDI file to a music box, don’t be surprised when a bunch of hackers automates the process … More Ad Hoc MIDI to Music Box Project Shows Power of Hacker Community via hack a day

Cities count on civic hackers to get the data to the people via C|Net

I have been very interested in working more on civic data hacking to bring forth some benefits from all this data collected by cities including Los Angeles. Data is worthless until it is used. Anyone interested in some civic data hacking? Get in contact! — Douglas Cities count on civic hackers to get the data … More Cities count on civic hackers to get the data to the people via C|Net

64 Online Resources to Learn to Code for Free via Business Insider

My goal in life is ABL — Always Be Learning. Here are 64 sites to help you get coding today. Add some more skins to your career toolkit. — Douglas If you’re brand new to the world of web design and web development, it makes sense to get started learning to code by utilizing all … More 64 Online Resources to Learn to Code for Free via Business Insider

Noted: How to Make an Amazing Birdfeeder Monitor with Arduino #CitizenScience #Arduino #Birding #DIY

Cool project on so many levels. Lots of learning to be had here and a fun project too. — Douglas For those of you who enjoy birdwatching, you may have heard of Project FeederWatch, a citizen science program by The Cornell Lab that encourages people to monitor bird activity at feeders. Well, makers Greg V. … More Noted: How to Make an Amazing Birdfeeder Monitor with Arduino #CitizenScience #Arduino #Birding #DIY