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Re: I built Timeframe, our family e-paper dashboard

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Post by gbalduzzi »

maccard wrote: post #43
bengale wrote: post #6

I’m always surprised how much people seem to want to constantly know the weather.

I'm in Scotland. Looking outside and seeing blue skies does not mean it's safe to leave without a rain jacket, or a thermal layer. Seeing fog in the morning doesn't mean you don't need shorts for the afternoon. It being 0 outside today doesn't mean it won't be 10 degrees tomorrow. Knowing it's going to rain between 10 and 2 is good motivation to take the dog out before 10. Knowing it's going to rain on Sunday but be…

Yes, but it's the kind of information you need once a day on average and you are good to go.

Instead you find it placed on your smartphone homescreen, on the smartwatch, on the home dashboard, on a notification you receive every morning, on your car screen, on your computer, ... I don't need to see it constantly.

Personally I believe it is something that it is easy to integrate and that users don't perceive as useless, but 99% of the time doesn't add any value

Re: I built Timeframe, our family e-paper dashboard

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Post by gbalduzzi »

mailund wrote: post #251
spiralcoaster wrote: post #203

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seems like if you were going outside often, you wouldn't need an e-ink display to tell you the weather because you'd be outside... experiencing it

Depending on where you live, if you're the type of person who spend most of the day away from home, having some understanding of the weather to expect throughout the day is very useful for not experiencing the weather too much. Very useful to know if it's likely to rain or be windy, and the highs and lows. I might be leaving at noon when it's comfortable and warm outside, but I might be coming home needing a thick ja…

Yes, but you need this information once, maybe twice a day, instead all smart devices tend to present it to you constantly.

I have a pixel device, and by default I have the weather on both lock screen and home screen. Every morning I receive a notification with the expected weather for the day, and it keeps suggesting me to enable the weather preview right after the morning alarm.

Garmin smartwatch? Same

Android car / Apple car? Same

MacOS has the weather as one of the most prominent widgets available, and I believe windows to be the same.

Do I really need to have weather info constantly available to me?

Re: I built Timeframe, our family e-paper dashboard

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Post by neop1x »

NikxDa wrote: post #2

This is super cool, and I wish something like this existed at my place, as it enables information sharing without the need for phones/actual screens that shine in your face when the lights are low or tempt you to doomscroll. That said, the large primary display this uses is $2000. That's very hard to justify for any "normal" household, and that's without any mounts, backend, services etc.

In Czechia we have LaskaKit which is ESP32-based board with a GoodDisplay e-paper. It works perfectly with ESPHome and Home Assistant. :) https://www.laskakit.cz/en/laskakit-live-7-5-e-paper-stavebn...

Re: I built Timeframe, our family e-paper dashboard

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Post by samspot »

tecoholic wrote: post #225

Really happy to see e-paper home dashboards as a thing. Last month or so I saw a Melbourne public transport one, which showed times of the next tram/bus. We tried something like this using the iPad when we moved to a new country with one year old, because there was so much to figure out and track, it felt impossible. Now after a year, it’s gone and things are more internalised. That’s my main concern with spending ti…

I envy your life of peaceful routine. For me every evening is a trip into the unknown. Sure some things repeat on the same days. But there is always something new. This week the one I'm aware of is daily Soccer tryouts. I have to check my spouse's paper calendar every day to keep up.

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Post by boredtofears »

dewey wrote: post #259
AuthAuth wrote: post #18

This is awesome but I still find it funny that he said he wants a healthy relationship with technology then goes and fits his entire house out with technology. It doesnt seem like any of this would really be useful as you'd have to enter all the useful data manually(calendar). For example the washing machine. You dont need real time information because you know how long it takes since you've done it 1000s of times an…

Disclaimer: I use Home Assistant too and I'm guilty of all these things. Home Automation is just a hobby like "productivity" tools or going all in your coffee setup. You tell yourself you are saving energy, or freeing up your mind from remembering mundane tasks but in reality it's just like a model train set. It's fun to set up, play around and maintain it for some people. If you'd do the math of setting up hundreds…

Are you telling me that my home assistant enabled humidity sensors in my garden that trigger the arduino hose valve could just be replaced by a watering can??

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Post by iso1631 »

embedding-shape wrote: post #327
iso1631 wrote: post #321

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A notification is an interrupt. I.e "stop reading your book and pay attention to me"

Eh, ok, that's not how I treat them, and if you want to remain sane, you might want to give it a try to treat them differently too, because that sounds highly annoying and borderline frustrating.

I don't have notifications on. I see it all the time with colleagues who are constantly stopping what they're doing to look at the latest slack or email or whatever on their phone, let alone the "breaking news" alerts that news companies like to push out every few hours

Very few things need my attention now.

Re: I built Timeframe, our family e-paper dashboard

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Post by AuthAuth »

dewey wrote: post #259
AuthAuth wrote: post #18

This is awesome but I still find it funny that he said he wants a healthy relationship with technology then goes and fits his entire house out with technology. It doesnt seem like any of this would really be useful as you'd have to enter all the useful data manually(calendar). For example the washing machine. You dont need real time information because you know how long it takes since you've done it 1000s of times an…

Disclaimer: I use Home Assistant too and I'm guilty of all these things. Home Automation is just a hobby like "productivity" tools or going all in your coffee setup. You tell yourself you are saving energy, or freeing up your mind from remembering mundane tasks but in reality it's just like a model train set. It's fun to set up, play around and maintain it for some people. If you'd do the math of setting up hundreds…

I'm just salty squidward watching all the home assistant chads playing with their cool gadgets.

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Post by DANmode »

lbotos wrote: post #141
bengale wrote: post #6

I’m always surprised how much people seem to want to constantly know the weather.

Do you own property? Does it flood? Do you live in a place where a rapidly forming storm may cause flooding? I was weather-status neutral until I bought a house that has flooding challenges. Knowing that enough rain that could trigger flooding helps me avoid surprise cleanups and property damage.

> Does it flood? Do you live in a place where a rapidly forming storm may cause flooding?

Emphatically no, as someone who cares about avoiding chronic health problems for myself and my family.

Even water-damaged concrete is enough to drive CIRS. Been there, done that.

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