This is an example of how to read a csv file retrieved from an AWS S3 bucket as a data source for a D3 javascript visualization. The D3 visualization would be an HTML document hosted on a web server. You will use the AWS SDK to get the csv file … Continue Reading →
Vultr and Digital Ocean make it easy to get projects going fast
Recently I developed a Django web application for a friend. I wanted to be able to get it up and out onto the internet so she could view it and get others to do user testing. Normally I host my web applications on my Webfaction account. But I wanted to … Continue Reading →
Django form geocode submitted address to get lat, lon and postal code
One of my Django applications includes a form where user can enter and submit a property address. The user submitting the form might not know the postal code so I left it optional. However the postal code is a key piece of information for this particular application so I wanted to ensure … Continue Reading →
Leaflet.js choropleth map color by count using geoJSON datasource
I have a Django web application that needed an interactive map with shapes corresponding to Canadian postal code FSA areas that were different colors based on how many properties were in each FSA. It ended up looking something like the screenshot below. This exercise turned out to be relatively easy … Continue Reading →
Tracking Cuba Gooding Jr’s Twitter follower count
Happened to see Cuba Gooding Jr’s first tweet about 30 minutes or so after he created it. At the time his profile said he had 559 followers. A few minutes later I refreshed his profile and saw the follower count had increased to 590 and every few minutes it kept increasing. … Continue Reading →
Using ATMs as wifi hotspot
Wirebase was a concept created in 2001 before broadbrand, wired or wireless was widely available. The concept was shopped around to a bunch of Vancouver area VC’s and potential investors ultimately got lost in the dot.com bubble crash. The idea was to create ‘wirebases’ that were a modular component integrated … Continue Reading →
Introducing Speedvisit – a quick and easy way to record visits from people
Here is a demo web application / SaaS called SpeedVisit that individuals and companies can use to easily and quickly record visits from people to record basic customer demographic information. Features include: Groups – create a group so you add other users, locations and referrers to it. Users – add additional users … Continue Reading →
Introducing Cardivvy – a website showing Car2Go real time car locations, parking and service areas
Car2Go provides developer access to their real-time vehicle location and parking availability, and service area boundaries for all of their city locations around the world. I am using the Car2Go API to power a website called www.cardivvy.com that I created for my own use after struggling with the official Car2Go map on their site … Continue Reading →