I am a sucker for a good Amazon Black Friday deal and this past week was no exception. After a brief moment of weakness and a single click on the “Buy Now” button, a brand new Amazon Fire TV Stick with Voice Remote was sitting on my front porch – all within 48 hours. Thanks Amazon Prime!
This would be my first time using Amazons voice recognition technology – Alexa. Similar to Siri on the iPhone, Google Now on Android or Cortana on Windows, personal assistants were supposed to change all our lives for the better. But would it? What better way to find out then to make Alexa do my dirty work. In this case, turning up my heat when I am laying on the couch using an IFTTT recipe. A perfect combination of technology and first world problems!