Katie Bisson·Jan 12, 2019How to help your child learn to codeI’ve been seeing more and more teenagers get into coding and attend hackathons. It’s exciting to see that technology not only powers the…
Katie Bisson·Jan 5, 2019Living a digital life in a physical worldIt’s been a decade since smartphones became a part of many people’s daily lifestyle. As technology has advanced, at what seems to be…
Katie Bisson·Nov 6, 2018How to Train Virtual TJBot in Node-REDThis week marks the second anniversary of the lovable TJBot DIY maker kit that allows you to build your own programmable cardboard robot…
Katie Bisson·Nov 1, 2018How I Built a TJBot PumpkinGiven that today is Halloween and nothing is more fun than connecting some IoT hardware up to a pumpkin to scare trick-or-tweeters, young…
Katie Bisson·Jun 2, 2018Train TJBot to Play Rock Paper Scissors in Node-REDBack in grade school, one of the common games played on the playground was called Rock Paper Scissors. You could choose rock (a closed…
Katie Bisson·May 29, 2018Train TJBot to be a DJBot in Node-REDIt’s almost summer time and what better companion is there to that hickory smoked barbecue than some music. In this tutorial, I’ll show how…
Katie Bisson·Apr 24, 2018IoT Civic Hackathon — Part II: Kickoff CeremonyOn Friday night, the kickoff ceremony for the AT&T IoT Civic Hackathon featured a number of first responders and folks from over 50 public…
Katie Bisson·Apr 23, 2018AT&T IoT Civic Hackathon — Part I: The RodeoOn Friday and Saturday, AT&T and FirstNet, along with sponsors including IBM, hosted an IoT Civic Hackathon in Fishers, Indiana. This…
Katie Bisson·Apr 15, 2018Participation required…no (specific) skills requiredEvery so often I attend a conference where there’s an activity that requires a specific skillset that only a subset of the attendees seem…
Katie Bisson·Apr 8, 2018Seven Tips from Bluehack MentorsThis week I was in New York to mentor at a Bluehack event. The first day of the hackathon was focused on design thinking and understanding…