2/ the news you get is always the stupid / interesting cases. The useful cases don't become news bc pragmatism is boring.
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3/ and a lot of the good useful stuff is b2b not b2c, so you never hear of it. IOT bits I'd love:
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4/ * water treatment system that emailed me / updated status logs when running low on chemical * basement freezer inventory
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5/ * tools loaned to friends / borrowed by The Woman report location to me * fields tell me nutrient levels * pig food level
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6/ * fuel levels in garden shed * all shopping lists integrated w truck dash "since you're out, pick up X on the way home!"
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7/ * washing machine tweets at me "load 1 is done; please cycle in load 2" * "...detergent tank empty; reordered via Amazon"
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8/ etc. Yes, there's the "Omni / Wired -take". In space! With dophins! And deviant sex! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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9/ I've been thinking a lot about how I spend 2-3 hrs/day just keeping my life running. Would be so nice to waltz thru insted
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10/ which implies LOTS of things. Cooking robots, automagic inventory management, robot lawnmwer, etc.
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11/ <long delay, more thoughts> it occurs to me that there are lots of ways to automate the hassles of life, in 2 big groups:
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12/ strategy A is "live in NYC/SF, and use Yelp to find restaurant / OpenTable to book / Uber to get there"
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13/ strategy B is "live elsewhere, do it on your own property w your own infrastructure, use X to manage inventory, Y & Z..."
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14/ In general, I think that markets work great / there are few if any market failures. But. VC is socially constructed.
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