paulbates Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 When i chose to not act on the echo capability of my ISY portal account, the universe stepped in... I know what my next project is Link to comment
stusviews Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Procrastination pays if you act on it immediately Link to comment
larryllix Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 When i chose to not act on the echo capability of my ISY portal account, the universe stepped in... I know what my next project is alexa2.png You'll like it. It obsoletes wall panel touch screens, mini-remotes, and many other remote inputs for most applications, except where you have a room full of people talking and you want to demostrate. It will make an *** out you every time with a room full of chatty people and it's severe ADHD. Link to comment
stusviews Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 I have a tabletop enclosure with a KPL less than an arm's reach from wherever I may sit or sleep. Since adding Echos (3) and Dots (9), the KPLs are nearly unused. A few more button to convert. Even the in-wall KPLs and SwitchLincs are rarely touched now. Link to comment
paulbates Posted November 29, 2016 Author Share Posted November 29, 2016 There is definitely a spouse approval factor involved here, revolving around: "can" vs "should" It may just show up with a few small jobs... the venstar thermostats and harmony remote are native and would bring the most wow factor for her first. I have 4 Insteon devices that share names that I have ignored for a while, need to fix that next for light control. To Larry's point, the unintended and misqued stuff will be the hurdle. Paul Link to comment
G W Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 I don't get this spouse factor. It's never been an issue at my house. Maybe because I make everything work. I'm Gary Funk and I approved this message. Link to comment
larryllix Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 I don't get this spouse factor. It's never been an issue at my house. Maybe because I make everything work. I'm Gary Funk and I approved this message. I don't know Gary. I tried to make everything work here. My wife said, "I'm retired. You go get a job, instead!' but.... the latest WAF is "Alexa. Turn on the Christmas Tree" Link to comment
larryllix Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 There is definitely a spouse approval factor involved here, revolving around: "can" vs "should" It may just show up with a few small jobs... the venstar thermostats and harmony remote are native and would bring the most wow factor for her first. I have 4 Insteon devices that share names that I have ignored for a while, need to fix that next for light control. To Larry's point, the unintended and misqued stuff will be the hurdle. Paul Welcome to the VOCD** group! ** Vocal Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Link to comment
gweempose Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 There is definitely a spouse approval factor involved here, revolving around: "can" vs "should" .... the unintended and misqued stuff will be the hurdle. It has been a constant struggle with my wife trying to justify the Echoes and Dots, and an incident that happened the other day certainly didn't help. My wife and I were sitting in our kitchen when every single light in our house spontaneously turned on. I couldn't figure out for the life of me why. It turned out my nephew was in the basement trying to get Alexa to turn on something down there and he accidentally turned on the "Emergency Lights" scene that is linked to my alarm system. Oops! Link to comment
larryllix Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Alexa! Turn off All Lights! Link to comment
aaronb Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 When i chose to not act on the echo capability of my ISY portal account, the universe stepped in... I know what my next project is alexa2.png AWS Conference? Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk Link to comment
paulbates Posted November 30, 2016 Author Share Posted November 30, 2016 AWS Conference? Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk Hi Aaron, yes reinvent Paul Link to comment
aaronb Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Hi Aaron, yes reinvent Paul Me too. Good stuff! Nothing like a Dot for swag Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk Link to comment
paulbates Posted November 30, 2016 Author Share Posted November 30, 2016 Me too. Good stuff! Nothing like a Dot for swag Yepl! I've learned to wary when I'm told after conference checkins to get my "swag", its usually a bag full of marketing junk. Not this time.. a dot and a nice hoodie. period. It is a great conference... I've been to a number (non aws) of conferences where the content was too salesy or "bunnies & duckies". I've gone to several health care industry specific sessions and they've package up and delivered exactly what I need to know in an hour. Its been a great week. i'm about halfway through the aws solutions arch cert. My current engagement is an azure migration, so I've had to redirect cert activity to there and will get back to aws cert next month. Paul Link to comment
G W Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 The best Swag used to be the Adobe Max conferences. I'm Gary Funk. Pay no attention to this message. Link to comment
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