I am flying home right now from a business conference. The flight has wifi. On a lark, I decided to FaceTime the family on my iPad. I couldn’t believe it. It worked! It is pretty to cool to have a video chat with the wife and kids while I’m flying at 38,000 feet and going

I wrote a few weeks ago about the new Nest “smart” thermostats that have come out (more here). Some of the original iPod designers left Apple to start Nest. Mine were installed today: they’re awesome. Here’s why. The thermostats have motion, humidity and temperature sensors. So, they’ll power down if someone hasn’t been in a

I’ve been on the waiting list for the new Nest thermostat.  I just got an email saying that they have some new product.  My techie Inner Self is pretty excited about it. The Nest is the “smart” thermostat developed by the folks who designed the first iPods. I completely fell for the marketing pitch.  It