Have you heard? That book I’m working on, JavaScript on Things: Hardware for Web Developers is almost done! It’ll be published in late 2017. It’s already in early release (MEAP) from Manning Publications, so you can start reading it today! Read an excerpt from chapter 3 right now for free.

The video from my recent talk at Smashing NYC 2017 (A Pragmatist’s Guide to Service Worker) has been posted. Give it a watch?

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My introduction to Adafruit’s family of Feather boards wasn’t auspicious. In fact, it was a comedy of errors. So I was surprised to find an abiding respect for the Feather M0.

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The interstitial and intro videos made for conferences don't get a lot of press, but the art production in some is superb. Here are two great examples.

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You’re thinking of starting out on a journey to learn about electronics and IoT. Which development platform should you start with?

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A minute-long excerpt from a recent talk about Service Workers: a whirlwind explanation of JS Promises.

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Understanding Ohm's Law thoroughly changed my whole reality—it's the key to infinite electronics hackery. But I couldn't just let the standard hydraulic-based (water) metaphors be my guide. I had to involve gnomes.

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Four months ago, I upped stakes from my hometown and moved thousands of miles to the middle of the forest in Vermont. I took a break from the Web and changed jobs. Everything has changed…or has it?


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