Rule one is that nothing in my house needs a vendor's server to work. The rest of the rules I follow after ten years of home automation, plus both talks I gave on it, slide by slide.
Ikea tried to build a smart home for everyone — here’s why it’s not working yet
The dream of interoperability is still just that.
Home Assistant
Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts. Perfect to run on a Raspberry Pi or a local server.
Smart home startup Brilliant has run out of cash, which could mean lights out for its light switches
Things aren’t so brilliant for this smart home company.
How internet-connected devices can track your data for sale to others | CBC News
A new generation of smart, always-on, internet-connected devices is redefining how companies collect and share user data — both the types of data collected, and who that data is shared with.
Offline First
We live in a disconnected & battery powered world, but our technology and best practices are a leftover from the always connected & steadily powered past.
What if the internet stopped working for a day?
For many people, going without the internet even for a few hours is unthinkable. But if it did stop working, the impact might not be what you'd expect.
The one and future internet
The internet has become inextricably entangled into our economies, cultural and social lives. We stand on the brink of the next technological revolution, in which the internet of things transforms ...
State lawmakers advance bill requiring age verification on all online devices and websites - Evanston RoundTable
The Illinois House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that would require all internet-connected devices and platforms in the state to ask for and
Power and the Internet - Schneier on Security
All disruptive technologies upset traditional power balances, and the Internet is no exception. The standard story is that it empowers the powerless, but that’s only half the story. The Internet empowers everyone. Powerful institutions might be slow to make use of that new power, but since they are powerful, they can use it more effectively. Governments and corporations have woken up to the fact that not only can they use the Internet, they can control it for their interests. Unless we start deliberately debating the future we want to live in, and the role of information technology in enabling that world, we will end up with an Internet that benefits existing power structures and not society in general...
Ikea’s new smart home collection is entirely Matter-compatible
Ikea’s affordable smart home devices will now work with other brands.
Decentralizing My Smartphone With Single Purpose Devices
Lately, I’ve become nostalgic for the days before smartphones, when the internet was a place we went to deliberately, and not a place that lived on all of ou...
Should we design for iffy internet?
Around 97% of US households have internet access, but bandwidth and latency are likely worse than you expect.
Should we design for iffy internet? | Hacker News
All of a sudden one day, I was cut off from all my music, by the creators of the iPod!
AI isn’t magic. It’s just weird
A new paper argues that AI should be treated as a ‘normal’ technology like electricity or the internet. But it’s far more unknowable
The ‘internet of things’ is sending us back to the Middle Ages
The companies that make our digital devices think – and act – like they still own them, even after we’ve bought them. Are we becoming digital serfs?
