Part of the Smart Home Saga – a four-part look at my ongoing truce with Google Nest. After weeks of […]
Settling (For Now): Living with My Half-Smart Nest Setup Read More »
Digital Life, Smart Home, Tech & Gadgets, Technology Trends
Part of the Smart Home Saga – a four-part look at my ongoing truce with Google Nest. Once I accepted
My Hunt for a Smart Thermostat: Ecobee vs. Nest (and My Old Boiler) Read More »
Smart Home, Tech & Gadgets
With new wearable AI devices emerging in 2025 – from Meta’s assistant glasses to the Rabbit R1 successors and early
The Next Shift: When Computing Moves From Screens to Companions Read More »
Digital Life, Smart Home, Tech & Gadgets, Technology Trends
Part of the Smart Home Saga – a four-part look at my ongoing truce with Google Nest. In classic Google
Google Pulls the Plug on Nest Gen 1 & Gen 2: What It Means for You (and for Google) Read More »
Smart Home, Tech & Gadgets, Technology Trends
Early 2025 brought another round of subscription hikes across the smart home world – Ring increasing prices, Nest bundling more
Smart Home Subscriptions Are Starting To Feel Like Rent Read More »
Consumer Experience, Digital Life, Smart Home, Tech & Gadgets, Technology Trends
A fresh round of 2024 reviews on Matter – the standard that was supposed to finally unify the smart home
Matter Was Supposed to Fix the Smart Home. It Mostly Added Another Layer Read More »
Digital Life, Smart Home, Tech & Gadgets, Technology Trends
The Vision Pro launch feels like Apple quietly whispering, “Hey, we’re changing computing forever,” while the rest of us are
Apple Vision Pro Arrives — and We’re All Beta Testers Now Read More »
Digital Life, Tech & Gadgets, Technology Trends
The Verge’s review of Matter’s rollout captures the smart home’s eternal problem: great ambition, messy execution. Matter was supposed to
Matter Arrives, but the Smart Home Still Can’t Get Its Act Together Read More »
Digital Life, Smart Home, Tech & Gadgets, Technology Trends
Wired’s deep dive into the 2021 smart home landscape highlights the industry’s biggest flaw: everything is impressive, but almost nothing
The Smart Home Still Feels Too Smart for Its Own Good Read More »
Smart Home, Tech & Gadgets, Technology Trends
The Verge’s report that Google is shutting down “Works with Nest” feels like a plot twist in a story that
Google Shuts Down “Works With Nest” — and the Smart Home Gets Even Messier Read More »
Digital Life, Smart Home, Tech & Gadgets, Technology Trends
Variety’s announcement that Disney+ will launch at $6.99 feels like the moment the streaming wars officially turned into a real
Disney+ Enters the Streaming Wars — and Suddenly Everyone Has Homework Read More »
Consumer Behavior, Digital Life, Tech & Gadgets, Technology Trends
When Wired covered the launch of Facebook Portal, it was hard not to appreciate the ambition. A smart display aimed
Facebook Portal Arrives — Just When Trust in Facebook Doesn’t Read More »
Consumer Behavior, Digital Risk, Privacy, Tech & Gadgets, Technology Trends