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type: this-week-with
url: 'https://taylordrayson.com/2025/05/16/tww-s6-e205'
title: 'Season 6, Episode 205'
date: '2025-05-16T13:00:00+01:00'
fields:
episode: S6E205
season: '6'
number: '205'
topic: "Entertainer's convention insights - Importance of networking - Children's entertainment trends - Magic and podcast integration - Home automation exploration - Smart devices management - Open source applications - Home Assistant advantages - Geo-fencing applications - Smart home innovations - Cost-effective solutions - Customisable automations"
duration: '30m 56s'
---
# Season 6, Episode 205
Entertainer's convention insights - Importance of networking - Children's entertainment trends - Magic and podcast integration - Home automation exploration - Smart devices management - Open source…
Trix - Children's Entertainer Convention
Meeting and networking with other professionals
I was in Stoke on Trent from Sunday through to Wednesday
Seeing people you only see once a year - stopping and chatting
Lectures, Talks and Shops
Chatting is what I find the most useful and interesting - Brainstorming
4 hour drive each way plus late nights and early mornings means very little sleep
Uploaded a new FACE the Podcast episode for people to listen to on their way to the convention
Wordcamp Europe - https://europe.wordcamp.org/
Look at what conventions there are that matter for your business
Home Assistant - Home Automation - https://www.home-assistant.io/
Bringing lots of devices into one system instead of using their own separate apps
One app to integrate all devices together
Some devices don't allow you to integrate with anything else so you get to create automations with these devices
IR Blaster
Lots of options for setting up your own Home Assistant system
Smart devices on radiators
Geofencing automations
Costs of buying hardware required
Lots of automations are possible, making a list
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