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Ted Benson

I turn research into product.

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Joined on December 12th, 2014

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Hi @rrhoover 💖🙌 ! So many clever ideas rolling in. At home, lots of data tracking (and alert buttons for Grandma). At work, we added a "Slack doorbell" functionality which is pretty cool. My favorite so far is folks sticking it under their desks to call their own phone when a meeting is running too long. ("The Young Pope Button": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u107QGLYVOg) We're building in web hook support and I think that'll open up the space for creative play even more. DM me PH's addr and I'll send you one :)

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4yr ago

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@kleneway Thanks Kevin. Yeah--what has us really curious: the question of what happens when IoT devices pass the threshold into "creative play" territory. I think that's what IFTTT has been able to capture really well for API trigger/response. My read of the IoT space is that the programming overhead is still a bit too much to really unlock all sorts of grassroots creative IoT apps. Make it just a bit easier and maybe great things start to happen

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4yr ago

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@kristofertm Yes, you can update. And it's not on the web page, but we also give you an API to access data about the pushes you made, as well as a spreadsheet that stores them all. We're working on user-customizable stickers right now but can't give a certain answer yet. We expect the first batch to ship with a sticker that's mostly white that you can write on. We use Amazon's stock IoT buttons, which are rated for about 1,000 pushes before the battery gives out. Unfortunately it's not replaceable.

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