Chicago Industrial Arts & Design Center

Don’t just be stuck with an idea in your head. Build it, and get it in your hands.
 
~Alan Baker of Chicago Industrial Arts & Design Center

The Chicago Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) hosted a special meeting at the Chicago Industrial Arts & Design Center (CIADC) on Wednesday evening. It’s tempting to call CIADC a maker space because it certainly appeals to makers. But as the ACM group learned during a tour, CIADC stretches beyond making and into empowerment.

Parallelism at Geekfest

The need for speed is driving more developers to explore parallelism as a way to improve performance. Parallella offers an inexpensive way to experiment with the new paradigm.

Groupon’s Software Engeineering Team invited me to share some Parallella explorations during Geekfest this afternoon. Slides from the presentation appear below:

ConFoo in Montreal

ConFoo is a nine-track conference for web developers, held every year in Montreal, Canada. Multiple languages and framework are represented: Python, .Net, Ruby, C#, JavaScript… the works. ConFoo also offers a healthy helping of IoT including Arduino and Raspberry Pi. This year, the organizers invited yours truly to present Parallella. Thanks organizers!

Git Config for Parallella

Git is the dominant version control system for open source software. When you first burn a Parallella image, git is installed, but it’s configured with the name and email address for the CEO of Adapteva, makers of the Parallella. This article shows a quick way to update your Parallella’s git config with your own information.

BLUE1647, IoT, & ChicagoRuby

BLUE1647 is an amazing maker space on the South Side of Chicago. Each month ChicagoRuby hosts an event at the space.

This month featured the Internet of Things (IoT).