Why Simone Giertz spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

Re:Why Simone Giertz spent 3 years working on a coat hanger ... by mgoetzke on Friday November 17, 2023 @10:11AM (#38304622)

For me (i built something similar) the main advantages where:

- I control my own data - It is e-ink, not glaring into my face - Screen is way bigger - Screen is hanging on the wall, I do not have to look down - Less energy consumption of course

and most importantly:

- Google home displays are not actually helpful at all in this respect (we have one in the kitchen too) as they do not show calendar info well at all. For a family of 4 you need to be able to look at the entire week or more to plan events quickly

PS: I use a 10000mAh battery in the frame, so no cables A typical use-case is glancing at the calendar during a phone call for example

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Re:Why Simone Giertz spent 3 years working on a coat hanger ... by SparkyMcUnicorn on Friday November 17, 2023 @11:14AM (#38305557)

I agree with everything you're saying, but I do want to note that you can put just about anything you want on Google's displays by casting.

HomeAssistant has built-in support to cast lovelace dashboards onto them, and it works surprisingly well. Even has touchscreen support, which I didn't know was possible with casting.

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/cast/#home-assist...

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Re:Why Simone Giertz spent 3 years working on a coat hanger ... by ta1243 on Friday November 17, 2023 @11:53AM (#38306189)

Control your own data is certainly a big selling point, but seems this one seems to rely on a closed source saas model.

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