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A lot of the time, when I hear about an IoT product (such as this tea kettle or the wifi enabled bathroom Scale my coworker told me about) I think, "Just becaus
by noer 10y ago
A lot of the time, when I hear about an IoT product (such as this tea kettle or the wifi enabled bathroom Scale my coworker told me about) I think, "Just because you can doesn't mean you should"
- TheBeardKing 10y agoI want a smart scale. I've considered bluetooth but would prefer wifi, just waiting to catch a deal on one. Seeing my daily weight charted over a year gets my analytic side giddy, but my frugality has so far beat it back.
- onion2k 10y agoI've owned a lot of "quantified self" style gadgets over the past decade and all they've really done is make me realise that numbers along aren't enough to get me to change my lifestyle. The data is interesting, but it isn't information because it lacks context, and as such it doesn't do anything for you. Seeing a pretty graph that tells you that you've gained some weight might sound helpful and motivating but (for me) it was actually just a little depressing.
- TheBeardKing 10y agoI can understand that, but I'm not looking for motivation, just statistics. I'm already disciplined in weight management, tracking is just interesting.
- vonmoltke 10y agoIs the effort of connecting and maintaining a WiFi-enabled scale really less than just jotting down the number and putting it in Excel?