“It's not just about turning up or down the heat, it's about the other ...” — Tony Fadell Quote

It's not just about turning up or down the heat, it's about the other experiences that come with turning up or down the heat - what are we doing about energy, what are we doing about your health and safety.

I say homes are for families, and you have to make sure you design for the family, not just one person: kids, your wife, your grandparents need to be able to use it.

I've been working with contractors designing and building a house on a nonstop basis since 2005. I learned about all these systems of audio, construction, electricity, energy, water systems.

Every person I talk to has a story about how their smoke alarm went off or woke them up with a battery beeping. So you take it off the wall and you take the battery out and say 'screw this.' They hate the products.

I wanted to write about the experiences of the poor and the black and the rural people of the South.

I take inspiration from my own experiences and from other people's experiences.

I have an open mind to learning new experiences.

Real change comes from real individuals and real experiences.

Memories are just stories we tell ourselves about our past; and that's often why they don't match when we've shared the same experiences with someone.