jonmarkgo

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by jonmarkgo 12y ago
There was a pretty interesting, though potentially biased report about the impact of NY Tech on the job market here: http://www.nyctecheconomy.com/
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My Second Hackathon Changed My Life(news.mlh.io)
103 points by jonmarkgo 12y ago|21 comments
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Pain Really Does Make Us Gain(newyorker.com)
1 points by jonmarkgo 12y ago|0 comments
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MackerNews: The Hacker News Client for Mac(itunes.apple.com)
3 points by jonmarkgo 12y ago|1 comments
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Let's Help Hackathons Change More Lives for the Better(news.mlh.io)
13 points by jonmarkgo 12y ago|2 comments
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by jonmarkgo 12y ago
This is really neat. I'd love to be able to send and receive Stellar with SMS commands too, though I suppose that could remove some of the anonymity.
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AT&T In Talks to Acquire DirecTV(dealbook.nytimes.com)
2 points by jonmarkgo 12y ago|0 comments
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by jonmarkgo 12y ago
I'm generally opposed to the co-opting of hackathons for startup prototyping. Startup Weekend and StartupBus and similar events have their place, but I wouldn't call it a hackathon.
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Pressing Enter on Ubuntu Bypasses Lock Screen(bugs.launchpad.net)
6 points by jonmarkgo 12y ago|1 comments
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IPG – YC Interview Simulator(jamescun.github.io)
3 points by jonmarkgo 12y ago|2 comments
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by jonmarkgo 12y ago
Awesome student hacks: https://www.youtube.com/user/MajorLeagueHackingTV
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Betty – Your Personal Scheduling Assistant(trybetty.com)
2 points by jonmarkgo 13y ago|0 comments
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Shit Hackers Say(youtube.com)
37 points by jonmarkgo 13y ago|1 comments
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SwayDating sends out email spam, reveals their database password(twitter.com)
10 points by jonmarkgo 13y ago|3 comments
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by jonmarkgo 13y ago
I'm amazed at the depth and breadth of detail that is going into these student events. Kudos to them!
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by jonmarkgo 13y ago
Really glad you liked it!
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by jonmarkgo 13y ago
I think I saw that, actually. Really great hack - did you post the 3D model anywhere? Would love to evolve my duct tape/cardboard into a 3D print at some point.
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by jonmarkgo 13y ago
That's a cool setup - does it manually turn the little lock thing?
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by jonmarkgo 13y ago
Thanks!
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by jonmarkgo 13y ago
Glad you like it! I love doing hardware hacking and am certainly happy that Twilio is open to publishing things like this.
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by jonmarkgo 13y ago
That's awesome - do you have the 3D printer models up on thingiverse?
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by jonmarkgo 13y ago
Thanks, glad you like it! My eventual goal is to evolve it to use a 3d-printed servo mount, but sadly I do not have a 3d printer handy. Would love to see your model though.
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by jonmarkgo 13y ago
Glad you like it! Let me know how it turns out - my ideal would be to evolve it to use a 3d-printed servo mount rather than cardboard and duct tape, but it's a good start!
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by jonmarkgo 13y ago
Hah, I love 2048 hacks. Also, Firmata is the ideal way to handle something like this - I was just trying to be barebones and keep things raw.
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by jonmarkgo 13y ago
That's a good solution, did you just mount the servo to the door itself?
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by jonmarkgo 13y ago
The original workshop for Makerland actually offered 2 options - RFID or SMS, it's totally up to you which you use
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by jonmarkgo 13y ago
As long as the lock/unlock control is a 180-degree (or less) turn it should be fine, though from my understanding most Mortise locks would not fit this criteria
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by jonmarkgo 13y ago
You'll likely need to add some kind of method to turn off the servo when it is not actively in use. When a servo is powered, it resists being turned manually.
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by jonmarkgo 13y ago
I love that approach, I believe SmartThings uses Twilio as well. Another potential approach is to do access control using Twilio (make an interface to add/remove authorized numbers via SMS) and store that in a DB on your server
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by jonmarkgo 13y ago
That's an awesome idea. I was going to use either a Raspberry Pi or Arduino Yun for mine (to remove the computer from the equation) but a Tessel would be even better!

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