Join Us for #IoTChat on Wednesday 11am PT!

Last week we kicked off our first #IoTChat!  The topic was also the theme for this year’s Internet of Things World Forum, and the overall theme we’ll be embracing for this quarter: IoT is Here, IoT is Now with the implied: (and what does that mean?)

Here are three simple steps to join tomorrow’s #IoTChat:

Follow the hashtag #IoTChat

Introduce yourself when you join

Respond to a question number starting with its answer number  [For example if you’re responding to Q1, start your tweet with A1]

And dive in when you have something to say – we’re all friendly!  This week we’ll be discussing the concept of the “Killer App” – what does this mean for IoT?

Below, a few of the highlights from #IoTChat week 1 (I may have gone overboard with ‘highlight’):

Q1: Is the IoT already here? Yay? Nay? #IoTChat

A1. No, lots of things are connected to the Internet but IoT implies getting intelligence and acting on it, not widespread yet #IoTchat

— Brian Katz (@bmkatz) August 6, 2014

A1. #Iot is already here and growing fast as we type this tweet #iotchat

— Vijai Shankar (@vshankar05) August 6, 2014

I was at a "smart home" show a decade ago when things were real primitive. I thought, "well, maybe someday…" That day is here! #IotChat

— Roger Strukhoff (@IoT2040) August 6, 2014

a1. Cont. IoT is truly here when we use all the connected devices to making contextualized/intelligent decisions #Iotchat

— Brian Katz (@bmkatz) August 6, 2014

http://twitter.com/ITredux/statuses/497082943651979264

Q2: When did you have your first IoT experience (Q2b) How would you define it? #IoTChat

http://twitter.com/BBorowicz/statuses/497083491595845633

A2b. I define my first #iot exp as being able to enable/disable alarm via an app, control lighting, monitor video cam #iotchat

— Vijai Shankar (@vshankar05) August 6, 2014

@Cisco_IoT A2 Designing medical monitoring gateways using pre web 2.0 tech around 2003.#IoTChat

— Graham Smith (@graham_r_smith) August 6, 2014

Q2 our first prototypes were designed over 3 years ago to monitor agriculture, bee hives, and rental properties. #IoTChat

— Wovyn (@Wovyn) August 6, 2014

Q3: Has your business embraced IoT? #IoTChat

A3: In a lot of ways we @GridConnect have been doing #IoT with embedded networking for over 10 years. Only had that label recently #iotchat

— Adam Justice (@adamjustice) August 6, 2014

A1 #IoT is an evolving process from connectivity of sensors and actuators within devices, starting around 1955 #IoTchat

— Joseph A. di Paolantonio (@JAdP) August 6, 2014

Just because you *can* connect your toaster oven via #IoT, doesn’t mean you necessarily should. #value #IoTChat

— Tim Crawford (@tcrawford) August 6, 2014

Hope to see you all this week!  Join #IoTChat!