You will need to create an account at www.xively.com, which we will use to receive our data. Go to the site and sign up for a free developer account:
Once you have registered and verified your account, you can follow the instructions that will take you through a test drive example. This will demonstrate how you can link to data from your smartphone (gyroscopic data, location, and so on), which will give you a taste of what we can do with the Raspberry Pi.
When you log in, you will be taken to the Development Devices dashboard (located in the WebTools drop-down menu):