I am Ashley Elsdon

someone who's doing some things

Tag: Geekery

Yeah, you know, just your regular geeking out with stuff.

Numerous, the dashboard I don’t know what to do with

Posted by on in Tech, The Internet of Things

When I saw that IFTTT had integrated the Numerous app into their ecosystem I was intrigued. I hadn’t heard of the app before, but when I read about it I knew it was something that I’d want to play with. And it was. However, what I hadn’t bargained for was the that I’d very quickly realise that whilst it’s interesting to be able to collate all these numbers into a dashboard, I wasn’t really sure of what numbers I wanted to track. It was in effect a dashboard with no need for any information. Which is a little bit defeating.

So I’m still wondering what to use this for. What I can usefully measure or track that won’t be obvious or boring or pointless. I do hope that something comes to mind in the not too distant future as I think that Numerous and IFTTT are a great combination.

littleBits going to the cloud

Posted by on in Tech

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This is a really exciting development in the littleBits world and will hopefully open up loads of possibilities. It’s just a shame that it won’t be available until Q3 this year. I just hope it lives up to my expectations.

Modular stuff at Musikmesse

Posted by on in Events, Music, Tech
Doepfer A-100 at the ALEX4 booth in Musikmesse 2014
More modular goodness at the ALEX4 book at Musikmesse.
I couldn’t get enough of ALEX4 booth

It was pretty amazing to be at Musikmesse this year. There was just so much to see, and there’s so many pictures to share too. This is just a little start really.

Loving messing about with littleBits Korg Synth kit

Posted by on in Creative Process, Music
littleBits Synth with iPhone 3G and GuitarJack
littleBits Synth with iPhone 3G and GuitarJack

To the extent that I’ve been wondering about getting some of the other components to do even more interesting things with it. I’ve also been thinking about how to combine it with some of my other gear to see how it can work together. It really is awesome stuff!

I recorded some sounds from the littleBits kit using my GuitarJack line in and my iPhone 3G running FourTrack, which still works like a dream!