A Puzzling Development
By early 2018 I had already published a few fairly basic Alexa Skills, but my first attempt to build a fully robust Alexa Skill was "The Oddly Uncanny Fannee Doollee",…
90 Day APLA
If you haven't noticed, the basis of my Alexa Skills tend to slant in the direction of pop culture. For a while I considered trying to tap into the television…
Amazon Alexa and the Matter of Cat Facts
On June 1st, 2020 I visited the Alexa Skills store and did a search for "cat facts". The result of that search yielded an astonishing 15 pages of Alexa Skills.…
Sonic Branding, That Sounds Familiar
The three note chimes of NBC, the static “ahhhh” of HBO, Sonic Branding is not a new concept, but with the rise of Voice First technologies, it can be argued…
The Housewives Test
The Housewives Test is my fourth game for Alexa and was developed as part of Amazon’s In-Skill Purchasing Challenge. In-Skill Purchasing (ISP) allows developers the ability to monetize their Alexa…
Voice Summit 2019
After my personal conference draught, I attended my second one this year; the Voice Summit in Newark, New Jersey. Unlike the Alexa Conference, Voice Summit featured voice technologies from Google,…
I am a Certified Alexa Skill Builder
I’m Certified! I am thrilled to announce I am among the first to be a AWS Certified Alexa Skill Builder. Back in January 2019 Amazon announced the introduction of a…
Multimodal Alexa Being Seen and Heard
Since Amazon offers smart speakers with screen such as the Echo Spot and Echo Show, it needed a way to allow developers to offer a better visual experience to their…
Alexa Conference 2019
For quite some time attending tech conferences was part of an annual ritual for me. Through the years I have met some amazing people from around the world, many who…
Talking Trash, My First Alexa Game
With The Oddly Uncanny Fannee Doollee, a word puzzle for kids, under my belt I felt it was time to try to attempt a fully fleshed out game. Over the…
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