Hi there! I’m Matt Colyer, a entrepreneur and technical product leader based in Redwood City, CA.

SmarterMeter v0.4.0 Released

This is a pretty major update as two significant things have changed relating to SmarterMeter. First Google PowerMeter no longer exists, therefore SmarterMet...

SmarterMeter and Google PowerMeter Part Ways

Earlier this year at Google IO, Google announced that Google PowerMeter would be retired but they didn’t give many specifics. They’ve now followed up with de...

SmarterMeter v0.3.3 Released

This is just a small update with two important bugfixes. The first bug prevented data from being sent to Google PowerMeter correctly and the second prevent e...

SmarterMeter v0.3.2 Released

Today I released SmarterMeter v0.3.2, which contained several small but important bug fixes. So upgrade when you get a chance. If you’re technically encline...

SmarterMeter v0.3.1 Released

Today I’m announcing the release of SmarterMeter v0.3.1. It’s the first release to include support for Windows. This now means that far more PG&E custome...

NSIS and Launch4J

Since I got SmarterMeter working in Windows in my last post, the next step was to make it easier to install. After searching for the best way to make an inst...