Jun 21
May 02

Consuming Spark Core SSE Events via node.js

I am attending ThingsCon right now and was in a workshop with Zach Supalla, the CEO of Spark. Besides hooking up a brand new spark core to the cloud and sending Server-Sent-Events down to a Web Page, I also finally figured out how to consume these events from a regular node.js... read more →
Aug 07

Learning APIs with Zen Koans and test driven Learning

Together with hybris Training we've been working on a new way to train people for the ycommmercewebservices APIs. As you might know, the ycommercewebservices template extension is a hybris platform extension that provides RESTful APIs for commerce. The APIs are secured via OAuth2, follow a pragmatic RESTful pattern and support... read more →
Jul 25

Play, Collect, Redeem

This post is a follow up post to the physical endeavors we're currently undertaking. We're not only looking into "physical" because making is a huge trend, we also believe there are many interesting applications when it comes to in-store usage. Prototyping with electronics and other physical components gives us the... read more →
Jun 20

Physical Computing

If you've read Chris Anderson's "The new industrial revolution" you'll likely be infected with the virus of making. So are we. Chris writes about electronics, laser cutting, 3D printing and how this could lead to a new industrial revolution. It's about connecting the physcal world to the internet. Expanding your reach... read more →