Episode 4: Smart Home For Beginners - Geofencing. In this video I’ll be jumping into geofencing, which is where the “smart” in smart homes starts to appear.
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What's the best wireless security camera system? Here's my EufyCam E review, which covers my main criteria for a good camera system: battery-operated, easy to setup, good image quality, no subscription fees, local storage, and integrations with my smart home.
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Episode 3: Smart Home For Beginners - Routines. In this video I’ll be jumping into routines and modes, which is where smart homes really start to get fun.
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Tesla vs Competitors - 5 Advantages. There are 5 big advantages that I think set Tesla far, far apart from the pack. What are they? And will Tesla be able to hold onto its lead into the future?
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This is the second video of my smart home for beginners series and I'll be walking through "scenes" in this one. Over the course of the series I’ll be covering some of the essentials like scenes & modes, automations, geofencing, voice assistants, and how to secure your smart home devices.
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Are smart home devices worth it? On most of my home automation videos I get questions asking why do we even need smart homes? I’ve spent years building out my smart home, adding lights, switches, locks, cameras, water sensors, motion sensors, voice assistants, and even more devices. Let's take a look at four of the big reasons why so many of us do it.
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This is the start of a series on home automation basics. I’ll be covering some of the essentials like scenes & modes, automations, geofencing, voice assistants, and how to secure your smart home devices. For this first video I’d like to set a little bit of a baseline and cover the differences between individual smart home devices and the various smart home platforms.
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Tesla Killer: FUD and Competition. There are many people filled with fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) when it comes to EVs and Tesla. Myths are spread by groups (teslaq) that have an axe to grind against EV adoption, and in other cases well-intentioned people who believe the reasonable sounding myths. Tesla earnings, finances, and business strategy are often brought into question. Let's take a look at what Tesla should do about the upcoming Tesla competitors and FUD.
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I’ve been on a quest for the perfect smart home platform. A smart hub that can replace Smartthings and bridge the gap between Z-Wave, Zigbee, and WiFi smart home devices. A smart hub that’s platform agnostic and can work with Google, Amazon, and Apple. A smart hub that's easy to use and yet highly customizable. And even more important, a system that I have complete control over and has my privacy and data secured.
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