Jim Bennett ☁️

Senior Cloud Advocate at @Microsoft, Xamarin Certified Dev, blogger, Xamarin In Action author, speaker, father, husband. Own opinions. He/him.

Redmond, WA, USA Joined on Nov 11, 2018

Work

Senior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft

Jim Bennett ☁️ for Microsoft Azure

Jul 13

Building smart garden ornaments with a Raspberry Pi and micro:bits

#raspberrypi #iot #maker #microbit

2 min read

Recent Comments

re: An IoT Busy light for folks working from home Mar 20

Other option to avoid soldering - use a Pi 2/3/4 so the hea...

re: An IoT Busy light for folks working from home Mar 19

Yup! The Pi needs the headers soldered and the Unicorn pHAT...

re: An IoT Busy light for folks working from home Mar 19

Thanks! The mood lights aren’t too expensive at $39, well w...

re: Moving away from shadow IT with Excel and Serverless Nov 4 '19

And yeah - it is a nightmare!

re: Moving away from shadow IT with Excel and Serverless Nov 4 '19

Not just banking - though a large part of our money relies ...

re: Moving away from shadow IT with Excel and Serverless Nov 4 '19

Really? I've seen loads. I've done a lot of work in banks w...

re: Command-line or GUI for dev tools? Some hate the command-line, really? Still? Mar 5 '19

I'm a GUI guy. I can use the command line, and do for some ...

re: Do You Remember Your First Coding Experience? Feb 22 '19

I was 7 I think. My Dad came how with a ZX Spectrum and it ...

Jim Bennett ☁️ for Microsoft Azure

Jul 9

Raspberry Pi cloud-connected Hat Cam

#iot #azure #maker #python

11 min read

Jim Bennett ☁️ for Microsoft Azure

Apr 21

Recognizing words on a microcontroller using TinyML

#ai #tinyml #iot #adafruit

10 min read

Jim Bennett ☁️ for Microsoft Azure

Mar 19

An IoT Busy light for folks working from home

#iot #azure #raspberrypi #python

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Feb 23

Connect an Adafruit PyBadge to Wi-fi

#maker #adafruit #pybadge #python

4 min read

Jim Bennett ☁️ for Microsoft Azure

Feb 17

Setting an Azure IoT Hub connection string in code on an MXChip

#iot #azure #c

2 min read

Jim Bennett ☁️ for Microsoft Azure

Dec 6 '19

Storing IoT Data in a database

#technology #azure #iot #iothub

5 min read

Jim Bennett ☁️ for Microsoft Azure

Nov 27 '19

#helpConnecting your Domain.com domain name to your web app during an MLH hackathon

#webdev #deployment #hackathon #help

5 min read

Jim Bennett ☁️ for Microsoft Azure

Oct 31 '19

Moving away from shadow IT with Excel and Serverless

#excel #azurefunctions #serverless #shadowit

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Jim Bennett ☁️

Oct 17 '19

Getting an internship at Microsoft

#microsoft #internship #recruitment #career

2 min read

Jim Bennett ☁️ for Microsoft Azure

Oct 12 '19

When life gives you containers, make WebAppade!

#container #webdev #javascript #beginners

6 min read

Jim Bennett ☁️ for Microsoft Azure

Sep 23 '19

Visualizing locations and paths on a map with Azure Maps

#technology #azure #maps #javascript

6 min read

Jim Bennett ☁️ for Microsoft Azure

Sep 10 '19

Are you where you should be? Checking Geofences using Azure Maps

#technology #spatial #maps #azure

5 min read

Jim Bennett ☁️

Sep 5 '19

Streaming Serial data using an MXChip

#technology #iot #mxchip #azure

3 min read

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Aug 21 '19

Flying long haul with young children

#travel #parenting

4 min read

Jim Bennett ☁️ for Microsoft Azure

Jul 21 '19

Save your users from typing with AI 🤖

#azure #ai #mobile #csharp

5 min read

Jim Bennett ☁️ for Microsoft Azure

Jul 4 '19

Building a live caption tool - part 1

#python #azure #ai

5 min read

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Jun 28 '19

Unboxing Bit

#microsoft #bit #developer #unboxing

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Jim Bennett ☁️

Jun 28 '19

Learning Python on Twitch with a kids book!

#twitch #coding #python #kids

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Jim Bennett ☁️ for .NET

Jun 4 '19

Trying out Try .NET

#dotnet #csharp #documentation

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Jim Bennett ☁️

May 24 '19

Making technology MeetUps more accessible

#meetup #community #inclusion

8 min read

Jim Bennett ☁️

Apr 2 '19

Python on a Raspberry Pi using VS Code

#raspberrypi #visualstudiocode #code #python

2 min read

Jim Bennett ☁️ for Microsoft Azure

Feb 25 '19

Debugging multiple Azure Functions apps at the same time

#azure #functions #serverless #debugging

5 min read

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