Archive for Aug 2013

5 entries

The Family Fleet Manager

Tue Aug 20 09:48:00 2013

As the family fleet manager, I need a little help. SquareTag to the rescue!
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Decentralized Systems: Thermoregulation in Bee Hives

Fri Aug 16 08:35:00 2013

I started monitoring the temperature of my beehive a few weeks ago. The result was a deeper appreciation for the beauty of decentralized algorithms.
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M2M for People

Fri Aug 9 14:56:00 2013

M2M has traditionally been about businesses managing the things they manufacturer, with end users only an after thought. But as the price of connecting things drops, much of what has been done for years in the M2M space, becomes possible for end users too. I call this M2M for People.
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Standards, Monopolies, and the Quantified Self

Mon Aug 5 18:33:00 2013

As APIs proliferate, the opportunities for reuse don't multiply nearly as fast because their semantics don't neatly align. Standards could solve this problem, but they're too hard to be practical. We need another way. XDI is aiming to solve this problem in the long term. Rules are a practical answer to this problem today.
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Ambient Connectivity and the Internet of Things

Fri Aug 2 10:35:00 2013

Until we solve the problem of connectivity, the real potential of the Internet of Things will remain out of reach.
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