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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 8 Sep 2019
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    My new apartment has a Nest so this is the first time I’m using my phone as a primary magic-wand type controller. Why has phone-as-magic-wand been a slow design pattern to catch on? Cost? Bad UX psychology? Bad design pattern for most applications? Engineering difficulty?

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      1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 8 Sep 2019
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        Nah, it’s real. Just early days yet. You are falling prey to the skills=vision fallacy. Learning how to work hands-on on a technology does not necessarily mean you’ll have the vision to see what it’s good for. Many good engineers fall into this trap and get blindsided later.

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      2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 8 Sep 2019
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        Nest is good, Alexa is good, smart TVs are good, dropcam could be good...on high end, Tesla cars are good Give it a decade. Lots of kinks being worked out. Already far superior to when I studied this stuff in the ops.

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      3.  🏴‍☠️Patrick‏ @gunderson 8 Sep 2019
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        Smart lights and blinds are good, car remote control and location services are good.

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      2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 8 Sep 2019
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        Replying to @VivekxK

        We use Alexa powered lamp switches and that works great. Maybe voice is the magic protocol.

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      3. Thomas Lisλnkie  💻 🌱‏ @TomLisankie 8 Sep 2019
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        Yeah voice is for sure the domestic magic. Phone-as-magic-wand only works if the "magic" is faster than the boring way. Voice is usually more convenient than switches for me because I'm usually turning on multiple lights at once or changing the color of bulbs.

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      2. 𝙱𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝙲𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚎‏ @cromulus 8 Sep 2019
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        UI friction of general purpose device. Actual thermostat: walk over, turn knob. Phone thermostat: unlock phone, search for app, launch app, wait for it to load, select house, select thermostat, change temperature. Email/search vs knob turning. Very different behaviors.

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 8 Sep 2019
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        Yet I use my nest app far more than I ever did my old manual thermostat You underestimate value of staying on couch or in bed!

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      2. phil jones (he/him - ele)‏ @interstar 8 Sep 2019
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        It's a metaphor mismatch. Wands are ALL about pointing at things. Which is what makes them fun. Phones don't have a "what am I pointing at?" sensor. TV Remotes make better wands than phones do. At least they're directional.

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      3. Chad‏ @cetsell 8 Sep 2019
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        Chad Retweeted Abhishek

        AR can match them back up nicely, great example:https://twitter.com/shekitup/status/1063110851484377088 …

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        Built a universal remote control using #Arkit and a #RaspberryPi to control any device in my room. #madewithunity #smarthome #ar pic.twitter.com/ltz1kI11IP
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