I hear you on the wait-and-see regarding the Hub.

I'm after pretty much the same thing, the quickest ways to interact with the motion sensors. I was discussing it with some others over on cocoontech:
http://cocoontech.com/forums/topic/2...or-automation/

I'd be glad to carry the conversation further there if you'd like to join.

There's a missing element in a lot of the automation approaches and that's adjusting performance based on actual needs & patterns, not just "everything".