My Get Closer First Post

RE: My Get Closer First Post

mrcainscience — Sun, 04 Aug 2013 21:08:36 GMT

Leslie, we are thinking a smaller city might be more our speed. Philly is a lovely city. I will make sure to follow along closely with Drew's glove project.

DAB, that is excellent advice. The very limited experience I have with Arduino was all about splicing together and modding other people's code. My project will be much more doable with the help of the Element14 community.

Linda, thatnks for all the kind words and encouragement. Moms sure do deserve plenty of spoiling.

RE: My Get Closer First Post

linkaspers — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 20:04:31 GMT

Hi Ryan, first of all.. Congratulations on becoming the dad of another little girl! And waaay to go on getting your wife those yummy-looking donuts! [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-8a8510d4-e1a2-47dc-99ad-7a3ac0cf1102/contentimage_5F00_1.png:16:16] Mums deserve spoiling after such hard work, well done!

I like how personal your project is. It'll be so much fun to actually take it out to make your farewell-NewYork-tour.

Good luck!

Linda

RE: My Get Closer First Post

DAB — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 19:35:21 GMT

Hi Ryan,

I like your enthusiasm.

First projects can be a bit daunting at first. Your best first step is to research all of the issues you want to try. There are many examples on the web under the topics you plan to pursue.

My first rule for development is REUSE, REUSE, REUSE!

I know it is very tempting to try to do something unique, but that path can also result in a lot of frustration. A good maker learns from other peoples mistakes. I highy recommend starting with the working examples of others. You can always play around with alternative implementations after you get the basic system working.

If you do a running blog here at Element 14, we can watch your progress and provide suggestions if you encounter unexpected issues.

Good luck,

DAB

RE: My Get Closer First Post

zengirl2 — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 19:22:45 GMT

Although my husband and I live in Philly, we try to do exactly what you are talking about -- share experiences, especially outside. Ironically we are a bike ride from the water and can even get kayaks at the canoe club here. It's pretty awesome. I like that you are talking about geocaching as I'm a letterboxer myself. I'm looking forward to seeing your pixel animations and I think you would be a great combo with Drew working on his glove.