Arduino For Dummies On Sale!

The most recent milestone in my life has been to write a book, something that very few people, including myself, would have expected. I was approached by Wiley, (the technical book publisher, not the rapper) to write a proposal for Arduino® For Dummies®, which I did. They loved it, signed me up and before I knew what had happened I was writing a book. This would take me 9 months to complete. It was at times gruelling as I was out of my comfort zone, but ultimately I have learnt a lot and feel satisfied with the result.


Writing a book had never really crossed my mind because I've never really been one for academia. All the most useful things I know, have been learnt in practice and this is what was so appealing when I first heard about Arduino, because we were encouraged to experiment and learn by doing. This way of learning is exciting and I also found that I enjoyed teaching others about it because I could share that same excitement with them. All I can hope is that same enjoyment can be gleamed from this book, so I hope you enjoy reading it.

If you'd like to purchase a copy just follow this link below and please leave a review if you like it.

The Good Night Lamp

Hello there!
I'd like to share a project that I'm working on with you.

The Good Night Lamp is a family of internet-connected lamps. Turn the Big Lamp on and the Little Lamps turn on wherever they are in the world. I'm part of a small and dedicated team that believe in this product and want to get it into the real world. We would like to think that people can share parts of their lives with their families, friends and loved ones in more subtle ways with the flick of a switch. A physical social network.

We are currently in Las Vegas at CES International, one of the largest consumer electronics shows in the world, to promote the product and have just launched a Kickstarter project with the goal of generating enough funding to make the first batch. If you'd like to find out all the details of the product, how it could be used and maybe even become a backer head over to http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/designswarm/good-night-lamp.

Feel free to send this link to anyone and everyone that may want Little Lamp to come home to, whether it's loved ones that travel a lot, friends overseas or parents and grandparents that may want a little window in on your life.

Thanks all,

John

Off to CES with the Good Night Lamp

I'll be in Vegas at CES International all next week showing off the latest Good Night Lamp prototypes with CEO Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino.

The Good Night Lamp is an internet-connected family of lamps. To find out more and follow our Vegas adventure head over to goodnightlamp.com.

Good Night Lamp prototypes

Lovely prototypes of the Good Night Lamp! 

Don't know what that is? Check it out here.

Nice, but the monitors are a bit out of sync ;)

Just been to see the David Hockney exhibition at the Royal Academy. Especially loved digital work, well worth seeing.