Why I'm giving the internet of things the cold shoulder
By Dom Burch
There’s nothing quite like a catch-all phrase like ‘the internet of things‘ to inspire and frustrate in equal measure.
After all, talking about ‘things’ is about as useful as saying the world wide interweb of ‘stuff’.
It’s amorphous. Nebulous. Or any other cerebral word meaning utter bollocks.
The IoT, as the real techy gurus refer to it these days, is so vague as to mean absolutely nothing, but also so broad as to capture every new device on the market that has a Wi-Fi beacon attached to it. And if it is an IoT device it is going to revolutionise our lives.
Source: The Drum




