You, Too, Can Exploit the Internet-of-Things in Complete Technical Ignorance

http://community.pachube.com/quickstart_no_code

"Below is a 10-step quickstart for anyone who feels unsure about how exactly Pachube works, anyone who wants to get quick familiarity with the ways that feeds work, and how to use Pachube Apps from the repository.

"It is geared towards people with little or no technical familiarity, i.e. you can use this quickstart even if you don't write code, and aren't sure what an HTTP request, a RESTful interface or the Internet of Things are!

"Pachube essentially stores, retrieves and processes realtime and time-series data from devices, sensors, environments and web-based applications - so here we are using some short cuts to make use of off-the-shelf applications that can already make use of Pachube, so that you don't have to build anything yourself.

"The purpose is for you to understand what a Pachube feed is, how its datastreams get updated, and what you can use the datastreams for, without having to use the Pachube API – though do remember that the API is always much more sophisticated and extensive than anything you see here or on the Pachube website! If there's a feature you are missing, then there is a good chance the API can already do it... So once you are done here, do check through the API Documentation, including full documentation for the v2 API!

"Step 1: Create a Pachube account..."