Dave Meeker, Adam Flater, and myself were interviewed a while ago about Merapi for The Flex Show. The episode has finally posted and is available for your enjoyment. It makes a good listen on mass transit and will have you amused and amazed.
There are tickets still available and it's dirt cheap for a day full of great content. Head over to http://www.flexcampboston.com and register today!
I just got word yesterday that I will be speaking at Flex Camp Boston on December 12th. Brian Rinaldi does a great job putting this show on and deserves all the credit for the success it has become. The agenda looks like it's going to be yet another good show. A lot of quality speakers from Adobe and various other consulting firms, as well as Brightcove. Come for the day, it's the best deal on a Flex show you can get.
I will speaking on, and demonstrating, the Merapi framework. I promise, I'll bring all my nifty samples like GPS, RFID, and maybe something new....
Posted by: Andrew Powell
Categories: Merapi , Java , FlexCamp , Flex , Conferences , BlazeDS , Spring , Adobe , Universal Mind , MOM , WebNext , Speaking 0 commentsI have had a Sprint Mobile Broadband card for a long time. I love it. It gets me online wherever I am and whenever I need it. One thing i noticed about it when I bought it was that it has a GPS receiver in it. Up until now, Sprint has not been very forthcoming in how to get to the GPS to use it. Well, it turns out you need to use their Activation & Location Tool. This app must be running if you want access to the serial port that provides the GPS data (as NMEA sentences). While in this mode, you can also use the device as a GPS inside of Google Earth. Sounds like this little piece of hardware would be a good candidate for Merapi......
Posted by: Andrew Powell
Categories: Merapi , Flex , General , Google , Adobe , Universal Mind , AIR 4 commentsSo, first there was GPS. Then, there was Growl integration. The next progression is to see what we can do with other hardware. There is a great site called Phidgets that contains a bunch of different input devices and controllers that you can hook up to your computer. The best part of their selection is that they offer a NATIVE Java API. So leveraging this API, we can use Merapi to broadcast RFID events into AIR. Pretty cool stuff, if I do say so myself. This screencast is just demo of watching for events when a RFID tag enters the sensor area and exits the sensor area, but it conveys the general point. Enjoy and, as always, comments are welcome!
Posted by: Andrew Powell
Categories: Merapi , Java , Flex , General , Adobe , Universal Mind , AIR 0 commentsYeah, it's me. I'm a Flex, Java, AJAX, and ColdFusion (all at the same time) developer. I work for Universal Mind and I love my job. I get to live on the bleeding edge, which is nice.
