A home dashboard can start as a fun tech project: a spare monitor, a few widgets, and live information pulled onto one screen. The trouble begins when the screen is expected to do everything. Game-server status, weather, grocery lists, family appointments, and smart-home controls may all be useful, but not necessarily to the same person or in the same room.
The better approach is to choose the job first, then choose the screen. A dashboard should answer a question people already have, where they’re most likely to ask it.
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