Quantified Self: IFTTT, Zapier, and Elasticsearch

As a new years resolution I’m embarking on a Quantified Self project. It is known...

Jan 03, 2016  - Tags:  # tech  # iot  # projects  # quantified-self  # elasticsearch 

Pulling and Splitting live XML with Logstash

As someone who demos Elasticsearch and Kibana quite a bit, the new “http_poller” input to...

Aug 26, 2015  - Tags:  # tech  # logstash  # XML  # elasticsearch 

Web Augmented Reality Experiment

Above is a weekend project visualizing data from Logstash and Elasticsearch using Web Augmented Reality....

Aug 19, 2015  - Tags:  # tech  # WebAR  # visualization 

Logstash CSV with Custom Geo-Enrichment

The city where I live, Washington, DC, has a public bicycle share program called Capital...

May 12, 2015  - Tags:  # tech  # logstash  # bikeshare 

Converting To Jekyll

This blog started life as a Wordpress site backed by a LAMP server over at...

Apr 26, 2015  - Tags:  # tech  # jekyll  # hosting 

Back to the Full Stack

It’s been a while, blog. It’s been too long. After descending into database land for...

Apr 17, 2015  - Tags:  # tech  # blogging 

Using Google Earth Network Links with MarkLogic 6

A guest post from my coworker, * Mark, who showed me this cool trick with Google Earth....

May 02, 2013  - Tags:  # geospatial  # KML  # MarkLogic 

Using KML to define Geofences

I’ve written about geospatial alerting in previous posts.  Here’s a fun example where we drive...

Feb 14, 2013  - Tags:  # alerting  # geofence  # HTML5  # KML  # MarkLogic  # Mobile