[IxDA Discuss] Ok, more twitter articles in the mainstream press, now from C|Net

[Alexander Baxevanis]

I wrote about this yesterday :)

Alexander's Law:
Any new technology is doomed to become yet another cog on a giant Rube
Goldberg machine somehow related to home automation.

Corollary:
Most home automation applications are terribly over-engineered.

Cheers,
Alex

On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 1:05 PM, AJKock <ajkock at gmail.com> wrote:
> I thought David might enjoy this...
>
> http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/twitter-supposedly-used-to-control-house-lights/
>
> "We'll preface this by saying this whole thing could be one giant
> hoax, but it's most certainly within the realm of possibility. We're
> told it's a mixture of Insteon, SMS and Twitter, all of which are
> utilized in order to give one particular homeowner the ability to
> activate / turn off lights remotely by sending a specific message to
> the latter."
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