Jean-Louis Gassée, writing for Monday Note, takes on the Internet of Things: the good (industrial, smart cities) and the (mostly) bad (consumer electronics). A witty, insightful piece that manages to use the made-up-by-the-internet word persphinctery.

UPDATE: I asked Jean-Louis about the origins of the word, his comment:

Glad you like the latest Internet of … Monday Note – and the word I made up, a couple of years ago actually, used in previous Notes: persphinctery, perfunctory acts by a$$holes…

Google turned up this post on Steve Jobs’ death as the earliest usage. I love the word.