We live in the future; why home automation is awesome
Fuck being a king or queen in the middle ages.
I’d rather be middle-class today, we get to live in the future.
Fuck being a king or queen in the middle ages.
I’d rather be middle-class today, we get to live in the future.
So I was installing some door locks for a client.
And I was so excited to set up the auto-lock and unlock, literally the feature I was most excited to play with and provide for her.
But sure enough, the one we bought was z-wave, which doesn’t allow you to set up the lock so it can be locked and unlocked by your location.
Sorry, but you’re getting the bad news first.
You’re not safe.
If someone really wants to get to you, they will.
But!
Door, Slam! Mr. Peanutbutters house has become automated in season 6 of Bojack Horseman. Bojack horseman is a brilliant deep and hilarious show well worth the time investment. However I’m not writing a review of the show, I’m just eluding to a very interesting aspect they added to this season in regards to home automation. The show this season was clearly making fun of IOT (internet of things) fully connected homes that are becoming interconnected with the world wide web, however in doing so they may have stumbled upon how these devices should work.
Essentially, a fluid daily experience is an event or task in your day that was once frustrating or annoying, but through applying design thinking principles you create a solution the turns that task from being frustrating or annoying to relieving, simple, thoughtless, and easy.
know you’re perfect and always on time, but I sure have. Whenever I do I feel terrible, it’s always my goal to be integral with people and do what I say I’m going to do. So when I miss a meeting or forget something I get quite upset with myself.
I feel like a little kid right after opening that birthday present they’ve been waiting for for weeks that mom said they weren’t going to get. That’s my level of excitement towards executing on this idea.