Welcome to December! In the U.S., this week and next are about it for “real work” this year, at least for the non-holiday businesses (and worker attitudes). Work for the holidays and varying gift giving obligations are just ramping up, of course.

Counting down the days until you get some time off for Thanksgiving? Those of us in the U.S. are certainly yearning for a break. Even if that means you have to be nice to people you didn’t choose to hang with, as in family.

IoTPlaybook Insight: One of the best ways to learn about IoT is a conference with classes, demonstrations, and exhibits. HPE just compiled a list of 10 IoT and Edge Computing conferences worth checking out. You're in luck if you live in California, since most are there.

Things are falling everywhere, including leaves, your favorite football team’s playoff chances, and the clock, which fell backward an hour on 11/4/18. Did you spend your extra hour raking leaves or alternately cheering and cursing your football team?

At the distributor’s ONE conference this week, U.S. IoT exec Eric Hembree (pictured) explained why Ingram has been waiting for the right moment to get in on the Internet of Things opportunity, and what it’s up to now that the time to pounce has arrived.

Have you rigged up dancing witches and staggering zombies to scare trick or treaters with IoT motion detectors for Halloween yet? How about a candy-cam over the bowl to catch your spouse dipping into the stash? No? Just wait a year or two, and these things will be on the market.