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Early Home Automation
- Brett Terpstra's early home automation involved X10 devices and a hacked intercom system.
- He used voice recognition and programmed his bathroom to read news and play music upon entering.
Mood Blast App
- Brett's first Mac automation project was "Mood Blast," an AppleScript app for posting to social media.
- It sent one update to 12 different services, boosting his blog traffic significantly.
Learning AppleScript
- Learn AppleScript by finding a problem you want to solve.
- Then, create a script to solve it, rather than learning it abstractly.