Live Code Fridays 8pm EDT 8/21/2015
Join your host Patrick Stuart and special guests while they discuss coding custom SmartApps and DeviceTypes inside the SmartThings IDE along with all the other ongoings within the IoT and HA space.
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Live Code Fridays 8/14/2015 8pm EST
Live Code Fridays – Patrickstuart.com presents Live Code Fridays with special guest host Jody Albritton. Join Jody as he creates working code, live on this special edition of Live Code Fridays. Patrick will be out of the studio, but will be trying to join the hangout remotely. If you want to be a guest, let me know.
If you want something coded up in an upcoming show, please let us know.
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Live Code Fridays 8/7/2015
Join Patrick Stuart once again, where he will be live coding SmartApps and DeviceTypes in the IDE using SmartThings. This episode will be broadcast from the new Stuarttech Studios. Special Guests may join throughout the session. Use the comments section to ask any questions.
Shoot me a message if you want to be a guest. There will be a separate hangout / link to join the broadcast.
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Live Code Fridays 7/31/2015 Blue Moon Edition
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https://plus.google.com/events/cqnv8098renrqkfu6nrgo10pn68
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Live Code Fridays 7/24/2015
Jody and I tackle a simple web dashboard using the OAUTH endpoint that SmartThings allows.
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Live Code Fridays 7/16/2015
Tim Slagle Joins me as we do part 2 of the camera smartapp and devicetype.
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Live Code Fridays 7/3/2015
April and Jody join for the kick off of the coding craziness.
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Live Code Fridays Session 1 6/26/2015
Basics of SmartThings and code writing in the IDE
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“Tech Support” Call
Fun times dealing with a hack attempt over the phone. I almost “lost” my computer because services were running and unwanted files are on my system…
Too bad he hung up…
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Kindle Fire
Got a Kindle Fire this weekend and have to say, despite all the negative feedback, I’m impressed.
I own a 1G and 2G iPad and a Motorola Xoom so the tablet space isn’t new. But comparing the Kindle Fire to either of these is just not apples to apples. At $200 the Kindle Fire is a steal. You get an Android 2.3 customized UI by Amazon in a 7″ form factor.
The feel of it is nice, it feels just right for me. The Amazon UI is a bit too simple for me, but I was able to get it set up and working easy. The Amazon App store just doesn’t contain all the apps I want. So I ventured out to Root the Fire and install the Android Marketplace and various other apps.
Rooting it was easy, but it broke Amazon’s Instant Video. Unrooting or hiding the root solved this issue. Was able to get everything installed and I really like the performance now.
Battery life is good, not great, but good. The screen is bright and very readable. Movies looked really good, especially considering I compress mine to fit on iphones.
Streaming is what you are supposed to do with this thing, since its internal storage is about 6 gigs. So that means all your music has to be uploaded to Amazon cloud. This process sucked. The uploaded allows you to only choose albums, not artists or specific songs. I hated it so bad, I wanted google music back. So I installed google music and that worked so much better. Still, the google music uploader only allows you to upload playlists.
Ultimately, I am really enjoying this hackable Kindle Fire. Its been fun to play on it and hack around and see what the community does with it.