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Will AI Finally Make the Smart Home ... Smart?
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From the Editor’s Desk: Will AI Finally Make the Smart Home … Smart? ⭐

Smart home tech is a rat’s nest of incompatibility, complexity, and cost, and now it’s…

Empty airplane
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From the Editor’s Desk: 12 Hours ⭐

It’s been a whirlwind month of travel. We got back to Mexico City Saturday morning…

Paul and Jonathan after the Celtics won the NBA championship in 2008
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From the Editor’s Desk: One Story ⭐

Like many people my age, I have stories. Some are well-worn in the sense that…

# A Newsletter That’s Not About News and Is Not a Letter
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A Newsletter That’s Not About News and Is Not a Letter ⭐

I sent out the Thurrott Premium newsletter each of the previous two weeks. Except that…

From the Editor's Desk: Math
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From the Editor’s Desk: Math ⭐

By the time I got to high school, I knew what I liked and I…

From the Editor's Desk: Missing the Point
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From the Editor’s Desk: Missing the Point ⭐

In the early 1990s, my wife and I moved to the Phoenix area so that…

Drive
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From the Editor’s Desk: Drive (Premium)

One of my favorite Nate Bargatze jokes is an extended bit about travel that instantly…

Microsoft, Consumers, and AI: A Comedy
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From the Editor’s Desk: Microsoft, Consumers, and AI, a Comedy (Premium)

After the iPhone was released and took the world by storm, I met with the…

The Future is Now
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From the Editor’s Desk: The Future is Now (Premium)

The personal technology market is perhaps best defined by a steady churn of change. But…

Point of meeting ... in the event of an earthquake
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From the Editor’s Desk: Interstitial (Premium)

We split our time between Mexico and the U.S., but I feel like I spend…

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From the Editor’s Desk: Good Results, Same Old Worries (Premium)

As I write this, we've been in Pennsylvania for about a month and a half,…

Finger Lakes, New York 2025
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From the Editor’s Desk: Crash (Premium)

In early 1987, I moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico to go back to college after…

A little light flooding in Emmaus
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From the Editor’s Desk: This is What Matters Most (Premium)

Ahead of my trip today, our son visited, we got some bad news, and I…

The Best Laid Plans
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From the Editor’s Desk: The Best Laid Plans (Premium)

Before returning to Pennsylvania after almost four months abroad, I made to-do and to-buy lists…

From the Editor's Desk: Healthy Living at 7300 Feet
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From the Editor’s Desk: Healthy Living at 7300 Feet (Premium)

It's been a while since my last health and fitness check-in, but after three months…

A flower grows in the desert
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From the Editor’s Desk: Stupider (Premium)

We were hanging out with a friend who owns a local bar, and it was…

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