OutSmart Homes

Setting up a smart home can be daunting but I am going to change your mind by taking you through a 8-step journey to teach you how to set up a smart home task with a few clicks on your smartphone. In just 8 steps, I am going to show you how easy it is to set up a smart home task that will show you how easy it is to create a smart home task to send yourself an email at sunset. I know that's not very exciting but if you had a KASA Smart WiFi Plug you can modify this task to turn on a light at sunset. Now that's exciting! Grab your smartphone and follow along. - Step 1 - Download the IFTTT app onto your phone. Here's the icon of the app: - Step 2 - Launch the IFTTT app and create an account. There is no charge to use IFTTT so go ahead and use your email address so you can save your smart home instructions.  - Step 3 - When you launch IFTTT, this screen appears.  Click on the 'Get more' button at the bottom of the screen. - Ste...

As I sit here in my kitchen nook, I realize a lot of you may also be sitting on the fence when it comes to putting smart home gadgets in your home. I don't blame you. In our household, I'm the one that is drawn into it whereas my significant other is not. She doesn't hate it and she likes the convenience of  turning on lights from another room but she isn't a smart home evangelist like me. I keep explaining to her that having a smart home is not all about security. A lot of people think that a smart home involves putting up a bunch of cameras around the house and having your home monitored while you're at work or on vacation. Others think that they can buy an Amazon Echo or a Google Home device and call it a smart home. Having a smart home these days is really a dream come true. I remember growing up and watching the Jetsons on tv? When it debut in 1962, we watched how George Jetson and his wife, Jane had lived in a home filled with gadgetry. They had a robot ...