Cortana, IFTTT, Invoke all together now
Microsoft just announced that Cortana now works with IFTTT. Cortana has had an appalling lack of third party skills (still does) but […]
Category: Connected Home
Alexa you aren’t doing very well with weather forecasting
All of my Alexa enabled devices are configured with the correct geo location, but I’ve had doubts for some time as to […]
Sonos One Meets Alexa
It’s not my fault that I’m very, very particular about how my music sounds. My dad was an audiophile who originally owned […]
Harman Kardon Invoke Cortana Speaker
Harman Kardon launched its Invoke Cortana powered speaker on October 22, 2017 into an arena dominated by Amazon’s Alexa and Google Home. […]
Change Hue Light Colors with Alexa
Hue and Lifx bulbs have been supported with Amazon’s Echo/Alexa ecosystem for a long time. One of the missing elements, the ability […]
Get Hue or LIFX light alerts for Dona Sarkar Build Tweets
If you’re a hard core Windows Insider, you’ll want to be one of the first to know when new Insider Builds are […]
Alexa, Sonos, Smart Things, Harmony, Oh My
So I wasn’t invited to the Logitech Harmony Ultimate Alexa beta and I have some concerns about how Sonos activities are going […]
Alexa, turn on my home theater–AnyMote Awesomeness
Heaven forbid that I should have to lift a handheld remote in my very Smart Home. I got to thinking that with […]
Taking Alexa with me everywhere using Lexi
Just yesterday I was away from home and thinking I needed to add a few things to my Alexa powered shopping […]
Alexa, change colors on my Hue stuff (thanks Yonomi)
I love my Alexa enabled Connected Home and I love the Yonomi App. Amazon’s Echo Smart Home covers an amazing number […]