First Click: you can’t spell ‘idiot’ without IoT (Internet of Things)

Confession: I get excited about $200 smart cups that promise to track my liquid caloric intake and $250 door locks with geofencing. I swoon over $500 wearables that communicate with $150 Wi-Fi scales. I’m awestruck by a future where every device in my life is connected.

I also have more money than sense.

This is best illustrated by the $200 I recently spent on the Philips Hue starter pack of smart lightbulbs. For that money I received three wireless bulbs and a little hockey-puck-sized bridge to link them to my home’s Wi-Fi. I trumpeted my purchase on Instagram to which my friend and former colleague Darren Murph warned: “Good luck — one of the worst buys I’ve ever made.” Luddite.

Now I know he's right. I'm an idiot.

Although I’ve...

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First Click: you can’t spell ‘idiot’ without IoT (Internet of Things)