Hello everybody, my identify’s Marty and I’m new right here 👋

I used to be initially planning to have the web site and boards operating easily earlier than introducing myself, however issues are taking too lengthy and I don’t wish to wait any longer.

First, let me acknowledge the superb work that Mark has achieved to convey the location from an thought all the way in which to the place it’s right this moment over the past 27 years. I’m honoured that Mark would enable me to turn into the custodian of the Automated House model for the following chapter. I do know that I’ve huge sneakers to fill, however I hope that in time, I can proceed the great legacy that Mark began.

Subsequent, I wish to acknowledge the frustration across the boards not at present working as they need to be. I’m additionally annoyed that issues aren’t working, however hopefully, we’re solely per week (or much less) away from issues being again to working as regular.

The transition from Mark’s internet hosting firm to mine brought about the boards to be utterly damaged for some time, and I’m grateful for the work of my developer for serving to to get them again on-line in any respect, which was unsure for some time.

Anyway, hopefully, we’re again to regular very quickly.

As talked about within the video above, I’m early in my sensible dwelling journey. I’m very concerned about studying as a lot as I can, I’m experimenting with completely different merchandise, I’m making an attempt to determine what I must be utilizing in my own residence and I might love so that you can be part of that journey.

However when you resolve that my journey studying about sensible properties isn’t one that you just wish to comply with together with, no onerous emotions when you resolve to unsubscribe or go elsewhere.

However when you resolve to stay round, I might be honoured to get to know you and work together with you. I’m having some attention-grabbing conversations with some very sensible individuals within the house and I’ll begin sharing a few of these quickly. I’ll even be enjoying round with various kinds of content material right here on the web site, on the Youtube channel and elsewhere.

I’m additionally going to fairly a couple of tradeshows, so I may additionally share some attention-grabbing issues that I come throughout there sooner or later too.

Mainly, I’ll experiment with a wide range of completely different content material varieties till I discover one thing that I discover enjoyable and that you just additionally discover attention-grabbing. So your suggestions is all the time welcome.

But when none of that sounds attention-grabbing to you, one thing that I can promise is that the good data inside the boards isn’t going anyplace. I do know lots of people think about these previous threads to be a treasure trove of knowledge, and that content material will all the time be there.

I’ll maintain this replace brief and candy, however it’s an honour to be right here and thanks once more to Mark for trusting me with this nice model that he constructed for the following chapter.

Marty