Retiring Project Jarvis & launching Spark Theory Labs
For over the past year, I have spent a large amount of time, energy, and money on following this idea I had, and to say it was a roller coaster would be an understatement.
It all started with a fun concept to explore, and grew into something much bigger, and better than I could have ever expected. It was all surreal and unbelievable to me. I did a series of public talks, which I really enjoyed doing, met a lot of great people, became a finalist at MassChallenge, started a company, and much more.
Above all, Project Jarvis was a learning experience to me; not just in coding, but in creativity, connecting with people, business, and entrepreneurship. I don’t have many regrets looking back, but the one I feel deepest is the way I communicated and connected with my audience. I didn’t respond to as many emails as I wanted, and when I did, the answers might have been too short. A lesson learned the hard way, but learned nonetheless.
Today I am announcing the retirement of Project Jarvis. In the end, I just don’t have the resources to execute this project in the way that it should be.
However, I never like to close one door without opening another. I make it a rule in life to always leave myself open to the universe in some way or form. So, today I am also announcing the launch of Spark Theory Labs, a website that will act as an umbrella for all of my coding projects to go under. A brand if you will, to act as a single repository, portfolio, and blog representative of me, my coding, and ventures in learning to better myself. Everyone is invited to check it out, and learn about my latest project in development, Twitter Spam Assassin.
Thanks to everyone for being so enthusiastic about Project Jarvis, and for being such strong supporters. I hope you understand how life changing and significant your support was for me, and I thank you…
After reading about Jarvis close to a year ago, I and I’m sure many others, are excited for a release. When can we expect to see a product take shape for our home use?
cannot comment on future products or services. Sorry
In response to the Active RFID question someone posed, have you considered leaving Bluetooth on on your iPhone and having a device detect your iPhone’s Bluetooth?
ehh, bluetooth is unreliable. Meaning I could be out of bluetooth range of my mac and now “bluetooth detector” has false information. Where as wifi is completely covered in my apartment. I may reapproach using bluetooth again.
Now that you are unemployed are you looking for work or concentrating on Jarvis full-time?
Love to, but Jarvian doesn’t produce revenue yet. :( Gotta pay the bills somehow.
have you ever thought of using active RFID by your door so you wouldn’t have to worry about not “signing in”?
Yes, haven’t done it for money reasons. Active RFID tags are much more expensive and require batteries. It also feels like “one more thing” i have in my pocket. you know?
how do you intergrate your facebook notifications into Jarvis? and how can you speak to him through IM?
You can do facebook via their API. Check out their docs for info on how to do that.
Are you a gamer? And if so what games do you play the most?
Used to be a gamer. Halo and Metal of Honor were my favs. I found that I was spending too much time gaming and wasn’t be constructive with my life. So I sold my xbox 360 and soon started to build Jarvis
How’d you remove the need to say the word “Execute” or “Ok” to complete a command via MacSpeech Dictate? Also how do you overcome Jarvis hearing his name from let’s say a movie, or other background source?
I havent removed “execute” yet, but simply adding an event listener for “on done editing” you wouldn’t need the word on the end to finish the command.
The mic is muted while not in use. The mic is also designed to filter out background noises.
how do you teach jarvis ?and also how its possible to communicate with jarvis(or another pc) by twitter?
Not sure I can really answer the first question. Yes, I communicate to Jarvis via twitter all the time.
Any future video updates/upgrades of your Jarvis system?
My main focus these days is working on this product for other people, than working on Jarvis for myself. When I feel I have something new I want to share, I will.
About me
Project Jarvis is a digital life assistant (DLA). He uses mainly human communications means such as Twitter, instant message, and voice to create a two way connection between me and my apartment, controlling lights and appliances, notify me of breaking news, Facebook notifications, personal finances, package tracking, netflix, bittorrenting, assist in cooking, check stock quotes, weather, and more.
