Automation – Live Life Digital

Spring Clean Your Digital Home

By Travis Duncan | April 19, 2020April 19, 2020 by Travis Duncan

Spring has sprung and people are cooped up inside their homes due to coronavirus. They’re cleaning every nook and cranny of their establishment, partially due to the time they now have, and partially in an attempt to ward off the encroachment of the virus.

With the world’s mass migration to the digital realm inside their home, it might be time to start thinking about how those spring cleaning habits can be applied to every nook and cranny of your digital world.

Below are five areas of your digital life that might warrant some of your spring cleaning attention.

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The Heart of Home Automation is Simplicity

By Travis Duncan | October 27, 2019October 27, 2019 by Travis Duncan

If one word best embodies the goal of home automation – it should be simplicity. Such a statement seems to lack insight. After all, isn’t the point of home automation to take the complexity in our lives and simplify it?

Sure it is, but I’m not talking about achieving the end goal of simplicity for our home. I’m talking about baking in simplicity from the start.

Digital Living Home Automation

Guide to Getting Started with Home Automation

By Travis Duncan | September 2, 2019September 2, 2019 by Travis Duncan

Turning your home into a digital oasis doesn’t require you to shell out thousands of dollars upfront, nor does it require Geek Squad installation or hunting down your neighborhood tech whiz. In fact, the easiest way to get started swimming in the waters of home automation is simply dipping your toes into the shallow end and eventually wading into deeper waters.

Here’s a simple approach to finding out if home automation is right for you.

Digital Living Home Buying

Finding the Right Home for Your Digital Lifestyle

By Travis Duncan | July 4, 2019August 1, 2019 by Travis Duncan

Nearly 10 years ago I purchased a home that had been built in the 1960s. While it was equipped with few technology frills, over the years I managed to build out an impressive digital footprint within its walls. That work, however, came at a cost that could have been avoided (or at least minimized) had I planned out my technology needs up front and found a home more conducive to those needs.

Therefore, as I planned a move to a new city, I spent time assessing the digital attributes I valued in a home and set forth finding a new place that provided a foundation on which to build a meaningful, though more thoughtful and simple, digital footprint. In this article, I lay out six things to consider when searching for a digital-friendly home.