The Internet of Things and Humans
summary
Argues that the smartphone is the primary IoT platform, with devices like Moto X, Apple Watch and Nest turning sensors into actionable data to give people “superpowers”; cites Uber/Lyft UX, Waze’s people-powered real‑time routing, Cover’s auto-detect dining and Makespace’s warehouse model as concrete rewrites of workflows; urges smartphone as IoT platform, building software above the level of a device, using feedback loops to close the loop; warns of failures like healthcare.gov (~$1B) and praises UK.gov consolidation of ~2000 sites.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:35Internet of Things
- 4:29Opportunities
- 7:01Do you less
- 8:57Software above a single device
- 12:50Computers and humans working together
- 13:40Lean startup
- 14:42Create more value than capture
- 16:34Put transformative technologies to work
- 17:13Code for America
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