There are tons of options for home automation. There are devices that support Z-Wave, Zigbee, Thread, WiFi, Bluetooth, and Matter. How do you choose? In this post, I’ll compare the technologies and show you which ones are emerging as the clear industry direction.

Every journey begins with a first step. Learn how eliminating data leaks and implementing privacy controls led my wife and I to build a smarter home.

A surprising amount of effort (and automation) goes into creating this blog and publishing the content. Writing and hosting content required me to find a set of tools that would be portable and flexible. Over the last few years I’ve found an approach that works for me, and this week I thought I’d share some of the details.

It was time for another update to my site’s functionality. I needed to improve the experience for both my visitors and Google. With a few changes to the Hugo template and some tweaks to my approach, I was able to add some new features to make it easier to know when I’m speaking. Introducing an updated speaking calendar!

After a bit of a delay, I’m finally back and posting. More importantly, I’m finally caught up on finishing and releasing all of the posts I was developing before my unexpected surgery.