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This. Is. Featurebloat. Seriously, color changing? Dimming? Make a simple natural light bulb, a smartphone app and a wifi wall switch. Latter is far far more i

by eps 14y ago

This. Is. Featurebloat. Seriously, color changing? Dimming? Make a simple natural light bulb, a smartphone app and a wifi wall switch. Latter is far far more important than an ability to drown my kitchen in a shade of green. Keep it useful, damn it. Not a single home automation company gets this. Usability is a key to adoption.

sheriff 14y ago
Belkin's Wemo[1] line does pretty much what you're suggesting. I've got a few of their units, and I've been pretty happy with them. [1] http://www.belkin.com/wemo/ http://www.belkin.com/wemo/
Kiro 14y ago
Well, I love it and think it's very useful.
larrys 14y ago
I agree on the featurebloat. And the video is to long imo. Make your sale and get out of dodge. In any case this product, while cool, reminds me a little of what Steve Blank calls a "novelty" effect (I was at SM with Steve at the time of that product). http://steveblank.com/2009/05/11/supermac-war-story-x-the-video-spigot/ http://steveblank.com/2009/05/11/supermac-war-story-x-the-vi...
dave5104 14y ago
For a good portion of the video, I was thinking the same exact thing. I can't see the average person either needing or even /wanting/ most of those features. From a work perspective, I want to turn my lights on. And I want to turn them off. That's it. I think the part of the video that really demonstrated where money will be made was when he spent 5 seconds saying "Lifx has commercial applications as well." Now there I can see all these features being useful. (But I suppose tailoring a Kickstarter video towards restaurant/club/bar owners wouldn't net as much capital. :P)
- anigbrowl 14y ago
  The popularity of dimmer switches suggests that your tastes are far from universal. Also, Ikea has a range of color-adjustable LED lights, and they seem to fly off the shelves.

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This. Is. Featurebloat. Seriously, color changing? Dimming? Make a simple natural light bulb, a smartphone app and a wifi wall switch. Latter is far far more i

by eps 14y ago

sheriff 14y ago
Belkin's Wemo[1] line does pretty much what you're suggesting. I've got a few of their units, and I've been pretty happy with them. [1] http://www.belkin.com/wemo/ http://www.belkin.com/wemo/
Kiro 14y ago
Well, I love it and think it's very useful.
larrys 14y ago
I agree on the featurebloat. And the video is to long imo. Make your sale and get out of dodge. In any case this product, while cool, reminds me a little of what Steve Blank calls a "novelty" effect (I was at SM with Steve at the time of that product). http://steveblank.com/2009/05/11/supermac-war-story-x-the-video-spigot/ http://steveblank.com/2009/05/11/supermac-war-story-x-the-vi...
dave5104 14y ago
For a good portion of the video, I was thinking the same exact thing. I can't see the average person either needing or even /wanting/ most of those features. From a work perspective, I want to turn my lights on. And I want to turn them off. That's it. I think the part of the video that really demonstrated where money will be made was when he spent 5 seconds saying "Lifx has commercial applications as well." Now there I can see all these features being useful. (But I suppose tailoring a Kickstarter video towards restaurant/club/bar owners wouldn't net as much capital. :P)
- anigbrowl 14y ago
  The popularity of dimmer switches suggests that your tastes are far from universal. Also, Ikea has a range of color-adjustable LED lights, and they seem to fly off the shelves.