StatusThing – mac statusbar app

[brianlees (Brian Smith)]

I just stumbled upon this. Could this app be changed around to also accept commands from the Hub? Meaning, could set setup specific triggers in the app and link them to things, such as automator actions or AppleScripts? This could be a solve (at least, for Macs) to my “poor man’s Sonos” thought…

iTunes + Airplay instead of Sonos?

I have many airplay speakers around my house and a Mac that is on all the time, in addition to phones, etc. Has anyone thought about getting SmartThings to talk to iTunes on a Mac/PC so you can play music over AirPlay? Sonos can be VERY expensive and this might offer an alternative. I was thinking about looking on the developer site and see if there is anything that might help me figure out how to do it - like how to get SmartThings to communicate with an app on a computer. It seems like that it would need an app installed to act as a bridge between the Hub’s network connection and the Mac/PC’s. I can see someone creating an app that allows you to control a small list of qualified apps. I think iTunes has some external hooks, but I’m not sure.