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Mark's been on a roll recently, converting many of the utilities he's built as part of writing Amazon Alexa Skills and Google Assistant Actions into open source plugins for Jovo. This week, Mark and Allen discuss why these kinds of libraries are important, review Mark's latest plugin to generate random player names, and uses this as an example for how to build a plugin for Jovo.

The Tech Transformation of Your Disney VacationIt's Official: MagicBand+ Launching this Summer and ‘Hey Disney!' Later this Year at Walt Disney World ResortWhat can you do with all this new tech?Use MagicBand+ to Bring Sculptures to LifeYou can use MagicBand+ to bring the 50th Anniversary golden sculptures to life and interact with them on the “Disney Fab 50 Quest.” You can also get a deeper experience by using the Play Disney Parks app to keep track of which sculptures you've found. The more you find, the more features you can unlock with digital achievements and an augmented reality feature that will give you a glimpse into your favorite characters' worlds.Join the “Star Wars: Batuu Bounty Hunters” Experience with MagicBand+In Galaxy's Edge at Disney's Hollywood Studios, MagicBand+ will allow you to join the “Star Wars: Batuu Bounty Hunters” experience, where you'll use your band to find virtual bounties hidden throughout Black Spire Outpost. MagicBand+ will be your guide, vibrating and lighting up to show if you're on the right path. Then, the augmented reality thermal viewer in the Play Disney Parks app will reveal what's behind locked doors in Black Spire Outpost so you can uncover your virtual bounty**. Once your mission is complete, the local guild master will reward you with galactic credits. What do these credits do? We'll find out.Experience Nighttime Spectaculars in a New Way with MagicBand+MagicBand+ will also have a glow-with-the-show feature so you can experience nighttime shows in a new way on your wrist.All of these experiences will be available when MagicBand+ goes on sale this summer. Disney World Resort hotel guests and Walt Disney World Annual Passholders will have the option to purchase bands at a discounted, pre-arrival price. Existing MagicBands will still be available for purchase and will continue to work as it does currently.MagicBand+ will be available at Disneyland Resort later this year. Some of the features will vary between Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort. More on that as the news comes in.“Hey Disney!” is Coming to Walt Disney WorldWe now know that “Hey Disney!” is coming to Walt Disney World, but we still don't know exactly when. According to Disney: "Hey Disney uses Alexa technology for supported Amazon Echo devices where you'll be able to ask all the useful questions – weather forecasts, set timers and alarms, etc. – and get answers from more than 25 popular characters including Mickey Mouse, Olaf, Rocket and Groot, Princess Tiana and many more." When you stay at select Disney Resort hotels, you can use “Hey Disney!” to learn helpful information about your vacation, order room amenities and more. Wondering when the next bus to EPCOT leaves or need to request more towels for your room? Just ask the Disney Magical Companion, a new character who will interact with you via “Hey Disney!”‘Hey Disney!' will begin rolling out the Mickey ears devices in select Disney Resort hotel guest rooms across Walt Disney World at some point in 2022 as part of the 50th anniversary celebration. Access will be offered as an optional, complimentary feature during your stay. Yes, You Can Have Hey Disney at Home!“Hey Disney!” will also be available for purchase for supported Amazon Echo devices via the Amazon Alexa Skills store, so you can bring the magic of Disney home with you. In the future, MagicBand+ will work with “Hey Disney!” by pairing with supported Amazon Echo devices to enhance some “Hey Disney!” experiences. More details will be released soon.Note: To use the Play Disney Parks mobile app to enhance the MagicBand+ experience, guests must be logged into the Play Disney Parks app with the Disney account linked with their MagicBand+. -- Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind is opening with virtual queue and individual Lightning Lane selectionWhen Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind opens in EPCOT on May 27, you will be able to access the through virtual queue and individual Lightning Lane. There will be no standby line-up option.You will need to use the My Disney Experience app to join the virtual queue or buy an individual Lightning Lane spot. The virtual queue is limited to one use per day for Cosmic Rewind.-- There are Some New Details about What's Behind those Walls at Epcot World Celebration is the new hub area, divided into different gardens with a central planter based on the five-ring EPCOT logo. The area is filled with lots of seating and shaded areas in a lush, nature theme. Each of the gardens will have their own theme and they'll change with the festivals throughout the year. At night, when the lighting takes over, the gardens will immerse you in a special nighttime experience that will evolve through the seasons.The garden areas surround CommuniCore Hall and CommuniCore Plaza, where EPCOT's international festivals will find a home base. CommuniCore Plaza will host musical performances of all sizes. CommuniCore Hall will be a flexible exhibition and gallery space, offering a wide variety of experiences that highlight art, live music, food – complete with a demonstration kitchen. Next to CommuniCore Hall will be a new Mickey & Friends location where you can meet favorite Disney characters.This new area, was inspired by the original EPCOT aesthetic that can be seen throughout the park's transformation, including the timeless triangular geometry most prominently featured in Spaceship Earth. Even the CommuniCore name reaches back to the origins of EPCOT while also emphasizing the park's central idea of community. -- New Star Wars Experiences at Disneyland Resort In Tomorrowland, Hyperspace Mountain is back for a limited time through July 4. Captain Phasma and her Stormtroopers have returned for a limited time to patrol Tomorrowland, seeking out Resistance sympathizers and reinforcing the will of the First Order. Plus, watch out for new visitors walking the lands.For a limited time, Tomorrowland showcases special photo spots including a replica of the palace throne from “The Book of Boba Fett.” You can also recreate the moment in season two of “The Mandalorian,” when Grogu connected with the Force at the ancient Jedi temple on Tython.Throughout the May and June, new galactic food and drink can be found at Galactic Grill in Tomorrowland and throughout Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge.Some of the new items will include: New Bubo Wamba Family Farms Cup (Milk Stand, Galaxy's Edge) Blue Milk: Mon Cala Swirl (Milk Stand, Galaxy's Edge) Parfait of Mustafar (Galactic Grill, Tomorrowland) Ishi Tib-style Pasta with Braised Beef Banthak (Docking Bay 7 Food & Cargo, Galaxy's Edge) Sullust Garlic Chips (Jat Kaa's Coolers, Galaxy's Edge) --Over at Disney's Hollywood Studios several New Star Wars Photo Ops are now availableThe training droid Magic Shot is popular, plus Select Image Scanners in Batuu can offer you a lightsaber to use in the photo – including a replica of Mace Windu's purple lightsaber that's available after sunset across from Oga's Cantina.  On the outer reaches of Batuu near Droid Depot, you might see Boba Fett's ship overhead. --Thank You for Listening to the Disney Travel PodcastThank you very much for listening to this episode, Amelia and I hope that you enjoyed it. If you did, we would be very grateful if you could rate, review and subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts/iTunes (or on whichever app you choose to listen). A brief review about what you liked most about an episode truly helps to keep the show going by exposing it to new listeners. We look forward to continue producing new episodes each week.Sharing the podcast with your friends and on social media is also extremely helpful and very much appreciated.Shop 1923 Main StreetFeel free to visit our 1923 Main Street® Disney merchandise shop where we have hundreds of unique and original Disney-inspired t-shirts, leggings, clothing, mugs, phone cases and much more. You'll find everything from 1923 Main Street logo merchandise to custom created authentic Disney-inspired originals, including lots of great patterns for leggings and other items.Contact 1923 Main StreetThank you for listening to the Disney Travel News Podcast at 1923MainStreet.com. As always, we love to get feedback and questions from our listeners and to hear your suggestions and ideas for future episodes.Please be sure to follow along on Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and Facebook.Thank you for listening and have a magical day!Mike Belobradic and Amelia Belobradic--Media provided by Jamendo

Hey hey there Terri B Jones here with We Voice It! where I share with you really cool things you can do with your Echo device. Did you know there are thousands of Amazon Alexa Skills to help make life better with everyday things you do. If you have a favorite blogger, podcaster or coach, check Alexa Skills to see if their content is on your device. If you are a content creator and would like your content on the Echo devices, reach out to me at https://wevoiceit.com/appointment for a free strategy session. Until next time, we voice it. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/terri-jones7/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/terri-jones7/support

In this podcast i am recommending my top 3 Amazon Alexa skills I've been using this week . Starting with 1. The wake me up feature 2. Asking the weather 3. Scheduling events

On this episode of Grumpy Old Bens we discuss the privacy problem introduced by Amazon Alexa Skills, racist oximeters, Facebook paying out to Illinois residents, Gab was hacked, space tourism, and much more! We hope you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us! SUBSCRIBE/DONATE: http://grumpyoldbens.com EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:coldacid – http://rareencounter.net ASSOCIATE – EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:Brian GenackSteve ERabbit of CaerbannogSteven … Continue reading "Episode 139: Alexa Ruin My Privacy"

On this episode of Grumpy Old Bens we discuss the privacy problem introduced by Amazon Alexa Skills, racist oximeters, Facebook paying out to Illinois residents, Gab was hacked, space tourism, and much more! We hope you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us! SUBSCRIBE/DONATE: http://grumpyoldbens.com EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:coldacid – http://rareencounter.net ASSOCIATE – EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:Brian GenackSteve ERabbit of CaerbannogSteven … Continue reading "Episode 139: Alexa Ruin My Privacy"

In this special episode of ‘Investigating the Invisible', we're sitting down to interview Phillip Hunter, an expert in conversational AI and one of the brilliant minds behind Amazon's Alexa. Phillip's been working in the field of conversational AI for 25 years. He was formerly Head of User Experience at Amazon Alexa Skills, and now he's embarking on his own conversational AI venture called CCAI. That means he's the perfect person to chat to about all things conversational AI. And Kevin and Peju have come armed with plenty of questions, which have been submitted by members from across the We and AI group. Join us, as we find out: Why is Alexa called Alexa? Is Alexa always listening? What counts as conversational AI? What does talking to AI mean for the future of communication? So, forget about asking Alexa: pull up a chair, and get ready to ask Phillip. References Phillip mentions two books: Talk: The Science of Conversation, by Elizabeth Stokoe — a social psychologist explores language, conversation and communication from a scientific perspective Because Internet, by Gretchen McCulloch — a discussion of the way the internet is changing the English language Peju talks about Alexa usage rates increasing during lockdown, and there is statistical evidence of that: according to a survey by Voxly Digital in April 2020, 3 in 5 users agreed that their voice-assistant is helping them get through isolation (however, it is worth noting that Voxly Digital produce apps for Amazon Alexa and Google assistant). By the end of the episode you might even be questioning Kevin and Peju. For example when talking about male versus female voice assistants, are we stuck in thinking that a machine should have the characteristics of a human, and how dangerous is it to project human attributes on them? Should voice assistants be gender neutral, and should we stop thinking of them as versions of ourselves? Find out more about this issue on our blog: https://weandai.org/blog/ ENDS

My guest today is Phillip Hunter. Phillip is a strategy and innovation consultant focused on conversational systems. He has a long trajectory working on such systems; among other roles, he was head of user experience for Amazon Alexa Skills. In this conversation, we focus on conversation itself, and how to design systems that converse. Listen to the show Download episode 49   Show notes Phillip Hunter on LinkedIn Phillip Hunter on Twitter Conversational Collaborative AI Services (Phillip's consultancy) Brenda Laurel Don Norman Google Assistant Amazon Alexa HomePod Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language by Gretchen McCullough Wizard-of-Oz testing Adobe XD Voiceflow Botmock Google Dialogflow CX Alexa Skills Kit How We Talk: The Inner Workings of Conversation by N.J. Enfield Some show notes may include Amazon affiliate links. I get a small commissions for purchases made through these links. Read the transcript Jorge: Phillip, welcome to the show. Phillip: Oh, thank you. So great to be here. So great to be with you. Jorge: I'm excited to have you. For folks who might not know you, can you please tell us about yourself? About Phillip Phillip: Sure. So, I've been doing many sorts of design activities and jobs and things over the course of about 25 years. I actually started my career as a developer, but quickly learned the difference between building computer programs as a hobby versus work. I enjoy one of them! So, I ended up getting into design interestingly, just because I complained so much about the applications that we were building at the company I was with, and how they just didn't make sense to me. And all of a sudden, someone hands me a book from Brenda Laurel and says, you need to read this. And that literally changed my life. I got to meet her one day and tell her that. But that was about the same time the company I was with, which was building interactive voice response started as those touchtone systems that everybody hates for your bank or airlines insurance companies. We started adopting speech recognition as part of the platform. And to me, that opened up so many new possibilities. I learned some really interesting things from the get-go about how designing for that was so different from the things I had been used to before. Now, this was around when Don Norman coined the term “user experience design,” and so it wasn't well-known. But while everyone was also getting used to designing for the web and designing then later for mobile, I was in that, but I was also getting used to designing for conversation: what does it mean to exchange things by voice that's different from how we think about information being presented on screens. So, to speed things up a little bit, I've done that sort of work in startups and then in big companies like Microsoft and Amazon. I was around for the early days of Cortana, before it was public. And I've worked on Alexa as part of their developer third-party focused team. But along the way, I've always also been fascinated by large systems. So I worked at Amazon Web Services for a while where, at the time I started, there were about 35 different offerings that they had, and now it's somewhere around 150. It's just amazing growth over the past 10 years for them. And this idea of how these — all of these — services would come together in different permutations based on who was using it and what they were using it for just really fascinated me as, you know, beyond the Lego-block metaphor into each of these things are by themselves an advanced technology, and then, how do you use all these things to run a business or create a product or serve customers or all the things that we normally do in business, nut now we're doing them with these really amazing technologies. And so, conversation itself is also a system. And so, it was interesting to me to get into the systems thinking from a pure technology standpoint. I've read other things about human systems and economies and healthcare and physiology and things like that. But I'm in tech and I soon began seeing in a different way some of the systemic elements of conversation. And so, for me, the past four, five years has really been amazing in terms of my own personal growth around what it means to interact with machines, including by voice and text, as well as just starting to see the power of systems in our lives. And you know, with technologies like Google Assistant and Alexa, now infrastructure — technology infrastructure — along with our mobile phones, along with our laptops and ways we interact with the worldwide web, all of these things are now very much in our homes every day for many of us. So, they've started to cross some interesting boundaries, that make everything that I've talked about way more interesting and way more pervasive. So, today I'm consulting in that, I've got some product ideas that I'm working on as well to explore where things go now that machine learning is really a big component, and artificial intelligence, whatever phrase you want to put on it, is now a real factor in the mix. 10 years ago, it was still sort of, you know, science fiction more than a daily practice. But now we have… well, for a number of reasons, we have these things, and we have to say, “okay, what's the impact here? What does this mean for our lives too?” So, That's the kind of thing I'm working on and, it's really exciting. Conversation as a system Jorge: You said, “conversation is a system.” What do you mean by that? Phillip: So, most of us who speak, no matter what age, we started learning how to speak and interpret speech very early on. Certainly, before we started reading, some of us start reading, two to three years later after we learned how to interact by voice. And by then, interestingly, we are ready experts at conversation, which raises the question of what are we experts at? Well, so it turns out through the study of things like conversational analysis or through practices like that and linguistics and psycholinguistics… it turns out that language is not just a bunch of sounds that we make spontaneously. In our minds and between each other, we are actually doing some really intricate dancing and processing of emotions, information, contextual settings, history, all of these things that you know are part of our daily lives, and to process those effectively with each other and, some would say for ourselves even, we have developed this system of how conversation works. And the way I think about it in my current work — and this is not a re-statement of anything that I've read necessarily — but there are essentially three levels of where a system is operative. One is types of conversations we have. So, you and I are having a sort of conversation, call it an interview, or a structured discussion, things like that. There are casual, “how are you doing?” You mentioned teaching earlier, lecture as a type of conversation, usually followed by questions and answers. And so, there are types of conversations and at the opposite end of that, there are the linguistic structures that help us understand: this is a noun, this is a verb, this is a modifier. Most of us probably hated studying those sorts of things in school, but we learned them, and we understand the basics there. And we know how to use them. We're experts in them, even if we don't necessarily like to study how it works. In the middle, there's something we don't typically think about, which is how conversations have a structure on an individual level. And so… I'll just use, what you and I did. We joined this Zoom call and we started exchanging words that we both probably could have predicted we were going to exchange: ‘how are you, how is life? What are you doing these days?' All of these things are, some would call it chit chat, some would call it small talk, some people would call it, social niceties but it's also giving us time to understand where each other is currently in our lives. Like I can… you know, especially if you're meeting a friend, let's say you can see, is this person in the usual mood? You know, are they presenting to me how they usually come across? Is something different? Why is it different? How is it different? So maybe think about a loved one. You come home from – back in the day when we came home from work – you come home from work and you see a concerned look on your partner's face and right away you start to pick up something is going on. But maybe you start with a greeting, “hey, how are you?” But at some point, you're going to probably say something like, “what's going on? Is there something…” So, there's these elements of conversation where we connect, we survey, we assess, then we get into things like, a section called negotiation. What are we going to talk about? How do we know what each other means? Do we need to clarify something? So, for us, for you and I today, you know, at some point you said, “hey, here's how this is going to work.” Which is a statement again that I expected but it doesn't mean I know the answer. So, you gave me an outline of how we would use our time today, and now we're doing it, right? Now you're asking me questions, I'm giving you thoughts and answers, and at some point, we'll move — and you said it yourself — we'll move to close out the interview. And almost all conversations have a closure. One of the things I like to point out to people is how often do you…. again, when we would run into someone in the hall at work and we'd say, “hey! Oh, I've been meaning to talk to you about this.” And now you raised a topic, maybe you talk about a few specific items and you say, “okay, great. You know what? Let's catch up on that next week.” “Sure. I'll put some time on your calendar.” “Oh! Hey, by the way, how did that thing go?” And so, you have this other… you have this transition. You're talking about another subject. Then you both start to feel like, okay, we spend enough time doing this. And what do you do? You returned to the first topic and you say, “it'll be great to talk to you next week when we meet about such and such.” And you're like, “sure, looking forward to it.” And that's your signal that it's over. So, all of these are well-documented, and for people who study this, fairly well-understood components of conversations. They're not the types of conversations because they occur across many different types of conversations. They're not the linguistic elements of what sounds and what are the individual meanings of those sounds and how they work together. It's somewhere in the middle around how does a conversation work and these systems are actually incredibly important, for reasons that I can go into in a minute, but that's what I mean about conversation: conversation is a system or more accurately, as is the case with many systems, a collection of systems that's at work. And part of our skill at being able to converse well is a tacit understanding that there are those systems and that we can and should use them to be effective in our day-to-day lives with other people. Protocols Jorge: The word that came to my mind when you were describing this middle between those two extremes is the word “protocol.” It's like, well, we're establishing a protocol, right? Phillip: Yes! Jorge: And the image that came to my mind, I think that you and I are both of the vintage where we remember these modems where you would connect to the phone line and you would hear this awful screeching noise as the modems were trying to figure out if they were compatible. Phillip: Right, right, right. Yes! It's a connection in negotiation which is for nearly every conversation we have, a crucial step, even when it's someone who we talk to on a frequent basis. Now, it will adapt based on who you are talking to. And certainly, for meeting someone new for the first time, it's a very different feel to it; it has a very different feel to it than if it's somebody you talk to multiple times a day. But yeah, it's really important. And I'm really glad you said the word protocol too, because we can breach it. And it causes something else to happen. It may not be a problem. But it almost always is a signal that you have to adapt. The direction you thought it was going to go is not how it's going to go, and you need to figure out what is happening. And that's again, where negotiation becomes a key part of the conversational ability that we have. Jorge: When you breach the subject of conversation in the context of user experience design, I think of two things. One, I think of the “assistant in a cylinder” that you've touched on earlier, right? We have a HomePod here at home, so, we have the Apple variant of that. And I also think of chatbots, which are not oral, but they're text based. Phillip: Yes! Jorge: And I'm getting the sense from hearing you that the type of protocol that you're talking about is mostly the verbal one, the one when we speak to each other. Phillip: Right. Channels Jorge: Do we have different protocols for chatting via text versus talking? Phillip: We do, we do. And I'll mention several books as we go along. And the first one I mention is Because Internet, the author is Gretchen McCulloch and she has studied the evolution of language on the internet, going back to the sixties and seventies, when some of the first chat systems, text-chat systems, were being created and all the way up through modern texting and messaging platforms. So, the difference between how we converse verbally and how we converse via text is a long-standing thing…. And so, like even if you go back to like, when we wrote letters and things like that, conversational protocols were different then, but written was still very clearly different from verbal. So, there are some different protocols and some of them are different because the establishment of context is clearer from the get-go. Meaning that, if I go to someone's website and then I look for this chatbot thing, and I open it. Well, I've already sort of taken a step into a context, right? I've visited a website. I know it's a company. I don't want to do any of the other stuff. I'm making this implicit statement of, “I don't want that stuff,” by choosing this other thing explicitly. But with many chatbots, you still see a greeting, “hi, this is Jojo-bot. I'm here to help you with your questions about X, Y, Z company.” So, the idea is there's still some semblance of this because it's about acknowledgement, a statement of presence; here I am. You can even say things to me. And then the added protocol differences. We have no emotional context, right? And now emojis are a valid expression of emotion and conversational meaning, but we can't appreciate them with the nuance and the subtlety that we can by viewing another human's face and hearing their tone of voice. So, as we all know, when you go to text, like… first of all, when we go from visibility to invisibility. So, if you and I weren't looking at each other during this podcast, we would be having a channel, a signal, that is no longer available to us, right? And then in texts, it's the same thing. But now we also don't have some of the audio signals that we can get from somebody's voice. So, we replace some of these by emojis in some cases, but we also tend to read a lot into certain ways of phrasing. One of the fascinating things that's going on right now in the world of text messaging is periods or full stops, indicate to teenagers — or maybe even into the 20- and maybe 30-year-olds — they indicate a different emotional tone than the lack of periods or full stops. And, you know this becomes just… for me, somebody like me, extremely fascinating to think about that the incredible subtlety that that brings. Part of the problem is like… I mean, one of my kids said this to me. I typed a period in a text message and the question was, “are you upset?” I was like, “No! I just typed a period!” He was like, “oh, well, periods usually mean that somebody is upset.” Like, oh! Okay. Not upset! Also, ignorant! So please, excuse me! So, it's not so much that we… well, yeah, I think you said it: we had different protocols. And we do adjust our protocols based on the channel and what signals are available to us, because at some point, there may be some information we need that might've come in through… as a signal through a different channel of visual tone of voice, and now we're just a text, so we might need to be more explicit. This becomes a problem because — and we all know this, those of us who've been working in tech for a long time — we've known how we can misread emails, right? You see an email and you think, “Oh man, there is something wrong here.” And you go talk to the person and they're like, “no, everything's great.” “Well, your email just made it sound like…” and we use those phrases “made it sound like.” There was no sound involved in this. So, we have some understanding intuitively that the different channels mean different things for us, and if we are missing some, then we have to adapt. But we aren't necessarily good at that. We don't necessarily think — and this is one of the downfalls of conversational technology right now — we think that it's the words alone that matter the most. And I won't quote the stats about like how much of meaning comes across in other channels but suffice it to say that when we have sort of full bandwidth conversations, we are actively using all of the channels available to us. But it doesn't mean that we understand that we're using them or that we are necessarily capable of adapting well to the channel loss or the signal loss. So long-winded answer, sorry about that! But yeah, it's quite different. Jorge: One of the things that I'm hearing there is that there are at least two dimensions that you can use to think about a channel. One dimension has to do with the bandwidth that is available to communicate these nuances that we're talking about. And what I'm getting from what you're saying there is that text — something like a chatbot — is a fairly low bandwidth channel, right? Phillip: Yes. Jorge: Like, we lose a lot of nuance. And another dimension has to do with context, with the amount of context that you have when engaging in that channel. And I'm saying this because, the way I envisioned it when you were talking about it, was that the mere fact that the chatbot is popping up in this website already sets boundaries for what you're expected to deal with, right? Like you don't come to it expecting that it will play your favorite song. Phillip: Right. That's right. Jorge: It's going to be a conversation related to that thing, right? Phillip: Right. And nor do we — for those of us who've used or worked in customer service over the telephone — sometimes where we have these little conversations about, “Oh, where are you? How's the weather, how are you?” So, we incorporate some of these things. You don't see that as much in text-only chatbots. And the other thing, that's a challenge there is the fact that we communicate at very different rates of speed verbally than we do typing and reading. We're much faster verbally. And the other thing is we are much more tolerant verbally of rambling and sort of things that would show up as incoherence if it were typed out. We repeat words, we pause in funny places, we gather our thoughts in the middle of a sentence and take a turn on a dime. And we keep up with that, verbally. Like we're really, really, really good at it! We don't understand how good we are, but we are really good at it. And translating that into text sometimes is just a trainwreck, even if we're doing almost the exact same behaviors. Jorge: Yeah, I can relate to that, having to go through the transcripts for this show and make them legible. It's like, “Wow! There's a lot of repetition happening here.” Phillip: Yeah! And I can almost guarantee you that I'm going to be a tough one for you, even though I do this for a living. Sorry about that! Jorge: No, it's fascinating. And it's inherent in the… I suspect that it's inherent in the channel, right? Like you're, it's almost like you're down sampling to a different channel. Phillip: Yeah! That's an excellent way to think about it. Exactly. And to get techie for a second, when I first dealt with speech recognition, over the telephone… the telephone because of economics is a tremendously downsampled version of audio. You can ask anybody who works in music or who's an audiophile. It's just the telephone bandwidth is terrible when it comes to the higher and lower frequencies. So, it's just a squished down to this middle. And yeah, it's very similar to that. And so, in speech recognition technology, we just lost all of the signal that was available for processing. If you recorded something into a microphone, we had that nice 44K bandwidth, it's so much richer than something that comes out of the telephone. And so, yeah. It's very similar, just that signal compression, the signal loss. And our brains are, again, just really, really expert at doing things with it that we don't understand that it's doing. And so, because we don't understand it, we don't necessarily notice the loss of it, but part of our brain does. And it's like, “but I don't know what to do now because I'm so used to that being there.” Designing for conversation Jorge: We've been talking about protocols and we've been talking about the signal and there's all these different aspects to this, and it also sounds like the channels are quite different. I'm wondering how one goes about designing for conversation. How do you prototype this stuff? How do you model it? Phillip: Yeah! Right, right. Well, this is great. To start this, I'll touch on something, that I think you asked, and I'm not sure I addressed earlier. But when we think about these systems, conversational systems, whether it's the cylindrical devices that we have, or whatever shape they are, how those are different from what we have available to us in human-to-human conversation. Well, a lot of it is that we focused on sort of the nugget of action. So, that's why a lot of these systems, what are they used mostly for? For playing music, getting weather, news, maybe opening an audiobook or listening to a podcast, or turning on lights. You know, all these sorts of things. To do that, the command sequence is all fairly straightforward, right? It's, “whatever-the-name-is, turn on this light” or “play this station or artists” or “start reading my book”. And then whatever audiobook it was last reading will open up. And so, what we're not designing currently, and what is not designed into any of these systems is really anything about that middle structure of conversation. We have different types of conversation. You can play a game. You can do this command kind of interaction. You know, there are ways to simulate interviews and things like that. And certainly, there's this undergirding of linguistic information, right? You have to know what the words are and what roles they usually play in a conversation. This is an interesting experiment: If you take the words in a sentence that makes sense in the normal order, standard order, and then you mix them around, it's interesting to see what these assistants understand and don't. I'll tell you that most of them don't pay a lot of attention to the order of words, but the order does also matter somewhat. But what they don't have is this like clear establishment of contexts and negotiation ability, where you can clarify or correct. The interactions really just sort of jump right to what we consider the meat of a conversation. And then we don't really… closure isn't really part of this either. You can see a little bit more of it in customer service type applications where someone dials a phone number and there's a greeting like, “hi, you've reached such as such, what can I do for you?' There's a… like you said, a minute ago, chatbots have a limited range of things that are expected or understood. Mental model mismatch is a thing, but for the sake of this, we'll just keep it narrow. So, there's just a little bit of this sort of… we're giving some lip service to the greeting — pun intended. We're giving some negotiation, you know, of what's available and what's desired. And then it moves very quickly into action. And then at the end of the action, it might… the closure might be, “is there anything else I could do for you? If not, you know, have a great day.” But with our virtual assistants, that shows up very rarely. It is there in some cases, but it's very rare. So, I say all that to say, one of the first big steps in designing is — like with all other design — is really understanding what's the context, what's the goal, who's participating, what knowledge might they have? What knowledge do we expect them not to have? What do they want? Why do they want it? All of these sorts of questions that are fundamental to any sort of true design activity that we're doing, are still important. The thing now though, is instead of saying, “Okay, well that means we're going to have certain kinds of boxes or certain content on our screen,” we're saying, “How do we translate all of that into words that we can exchange fairly easily?” And right now, I've got to say, we're mostly doing a really terrible job of it. But your question was about prototyping. So, first of all, fundamentally we can prototype very simply. I'm a big, big fan of doing basically the equivalent of conversational sketching, which looks like a screenplay. And it doesn't matter if you write this out by hand — and there's some benefits to that — or for speed, you can write it out. You could type it up. But it basically looks like a back and forth of a screenplay and then you go try it with someone — ideally several someones. Someone who might know the technology and help give you some pointers from that angle, but also people who don't care or don't know about the technology. What you're looking for is how quickly can you come to that establishment of sort of clarity of context and purpose and meaning, so that you can proceed into the conversation. That's what those upfront sections are about. The early prototyping is just simulating this conversation with another human. You can expand that into running that in a way, we call “Wizard of Oz” testing, which is where I'm pretending to be the system, and people are going to interact with me, but they don't know it's me and they can't see me. So, whether it's picking up a telephone that's connected to a different phone in the next room and, you know, pretending to talk to the phone or whether it's, you know, pretending to talk to the cylinder and I can pipe something back into the room… the idea is now you're simulating more of the end context, which is a person and a machine or a device. And there's a couple of different ways we can do that. We used to do that in some ways involving Keynote and PowerPoint and recordings and things like that. But today, there are also some tools that we can use that are prototyping tools for voice. Adobe XD has some of that built-in or tools like Voiceflow and Botmock, that are available to do some of this as well. And they… they're a little bit more system centric in the idea of that they're representing capabilities of the end of the system where you might deploy this. So, they have some built-in constraints. And then like all tools, they have, philosophies and other things built into the tool that when you're an experienced designer, you have to learn how to see, or how to work around, those things. So, around those limitations, the tool designer doesn't necessarily understand all the situations you're going to use the tool for. But those tools are available and some of them can be ported directly to one of these devices, in a private setting, so you can test them yourself. You can interact with them. They use text-to-speech technology to give the audio although you can do human recordings with some of them as well. And really that's sort of the… that's where prototyping ends. There are other tools out there. Google has Dialogue Flow and there's the Alexa skills kit tools, which I helped create. All of those are much more system-centric because you're starting to access the assets of those technologies and platforms. But they also have some level of simulation. They have beta modes where you can release it to a certain number of people to interact with it and get feedback on it, so you can make some changes before it goes live. And then they also have some amount of automated testing available too, where you can start to see holes in the application because you didn't specify some sort of action or maybe you didn't take care of a certain condition that might arise, but, you know, that's getting further into the end stage of development, away from prototyping. Closing Jorge: Well, this is all so fascinating. It feels like there's material here for us to go on, but unfortunately, we need to wrap things up. Phillip: Right, right! Sure! Jorge: Where can folks follow up with you, Phillip? Phillip: Well, my consultancy is called Conversational Collaborative AI Services. Clearly, I am focused on some of the underlying artificial intelligence machine learning things, and that's at ccaiservices.com and I am Phillip with two L's, at ccaiservices.com. And I'm also on Twitter as designoutloud, no hyphens or anything, just all one word, and I'm always happy to connect and discuss things on LinkedIn. So pretty easy to find there. I think I was lucky enough to get Phillip Hunter as my LinkedIn URL so you can find me there, and I love to talk about this stuff! Also, my, site has… I've got a fair amount of content out there about these topics, where I go much deeper on… okay, once you understand these principles, how do you really start to apply them and how do you, have an iterative and thoughtful design approach to writing for voice and text interaction. So yeah, so any of those ways be great. Jorge: Well, this is fantastic. Thank you so much for this conversation about conversation! Phillip: Well, it's my pleasure. And obviously I have a lot to say! And yes, we could go on for quite a while. In fact, I might even forget you're there and just keep talking while you're, while you're sleeping or, you know, petting your cat or whatever I saw…. Jorge: Maybe we need to do a part two. Phillip: Well, maybe so! Let's see what kind of response we get, but I'd be happy to, and you know, it is a fascinating thing to think about and analyze. And if anyone wants to dive in, I have some great resources. There's a book called How We Talk by N.J. Enfield, that is also just really, really fascinating. And I'm currently reading another book, that so far, it's very promising, but I'd want to finish it before I recommend it. But I guess the other thing is, I want to say here to people is, don't just study the tools and the technology. You need to study people and conversation to really be good at this, if you want to get into it. It's way more sophisticated than anything we have done for standard web and mobile design. As important, and as difficult as that work is, conversation has some really special and deep challenges. So, don't limit yourself to just understanding the technology and how to apply it. Jorge: That seems like a great admonition and a good place to end it. Thank you so much! Phillip: Oh, you're very welcome.

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Welcome to the Catholic Dirt podcast. Catholic Dirt was created from the idea that in order to be better Catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it’s about time as men we put in some work and get a little dirty in our faith walk. On this episode... it's crazy out there. June 7th, 2020 The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity If you have a story or a comment to share, feel free to drop us a voice mail at podcast.catholicdirt.com or email us, catholicdirt@gmail.com. This episode is brought to you by… Padrinos.com Padrino's Restaurants is a third-generation, family-owned collection of Cuban restaurants. Each generation has added their touch to create the ultimate Cuban culinary experience- from their grandmother's recipes to their father’s dedication to service. Providing great food has always been a tradition for the Padrino family. So head on over to Padrinos.com. Find your location and order today. That's Padrinos.com Padrinos. Family. Cuban. Tradition. This show wouldn’t be possible without listeners like you. Thank you to those who donate to the show monthly. Thank you to our sponsors Anchor.fm and PurpleCircle.io. And thank you for those of you who consider using them. We couldn't do this without you. We hope you enjoy this episode and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. This episode is also brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions organizations and individuals alike to grow with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, automation, Amazon Alexa Skills, and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium-sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

Welcome to the Catholic Dirt podcast. Catholic Dirt was created from the idea that in order to be better Catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it’s about time as men we put in some work and get a little dirty in our faith walk. On this episode... we're all in this together. This and more for May 31st, 2020 Pentecost Sunday Mentioned on this episode: Padre Pio Film (Amazon Video Link) If you have a story or a comment to share, feel free to drop us a voice mail at podcast.catholicdirt.com or email us, catholicdirt@gmail.com. This episode is brought to you by… Padrinos.com Padrino's Restaurants is a third-generation, family-owned collection of Cuban restaurants. Each generation has added their touch to create the ultimate Cuban culinary experience- from their grandmother's recipes to their father’s dedication to service. Providing great food has always been a tradition for the Padrino family. So head on over to Padrinos.com. Find your location and order today. That's Padrinos.com Padrinos. Family. Cuban. Tradition. This show wouldn’t be possible without listeners like you. Thank you to those who donate to the show monthly. Thank you to our sponsors Anchor.fm and PurpleCircle.io. And thank you for those of you who consider using them. We couldn't do this without you. We hope you enjoy this episode and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. This episode is also brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions organizations and individuals alike to grow with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, automation, Amazon Alexa Skills, and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium-sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

Welcome to the Catholic Dirt podcast. Catholic Dirt was created from the idea that in order to be better Catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it’s about time as men we put in some work and get a little dirty in our faith walk. On this episode... we're not staying. This and more for May 17th, 2020 The Seventh Sunday of Easter If you have a story or a comment to share, feel free to drop us a voice mail at podcast.catholicdirt.com or email us, catholicdirt@gmail.com. This episode is brought to you by… Padrinos.com Padrino's Restaurants is a third-generation, family-owned collection of Cuban restaurants. Each generation has added their touch to create the ultimate Cuban culinary experience- from their grandmother's recipes to their father’s dedication to service. Providing great food has always been a tradition for the Padrino family. So head on over to Padrinos.com. Find your location and order today. That's Padrinos.com Padrinos. Family. Cuban. Tradition. This show wouldn’t be possible without listeners like you. Thank you to those who donate to the show monthly. Thank you to our sponsors Anchor.fm and PurpleCircle.io. And thank you for those of you who consider using them. We couldn't do this without you. We hope you enjoy this episode and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. This episode is also brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions organizations and individuals alike to grow with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, automation, Amazon Alexa Skills, and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium-sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

Welcome to the Catholic Dirt podcast. Catholic Dirt was created from the idea that in order to be better Catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it’s about time as men we put in some work and get a little dirty in our faith walk. On this episode... We're live. This and more for May 17th, 2020 The Sixth Sunday of Easter If you have a story or a comment to share, feel free to drop us a voice mail at podcast.catholicdirt.com or email us, catholicdirt@gmail.com. This episode is brought to you by… Padrinos.com Padrino's Restaurants is a third-generation, family-owned collection of Cuban restaurants. Each generation has added their touch to create the ultimate Cuban culinary experience- from their grandmother's recipes to their father’s dedication to service. Providing great food has always been a tradition for the Padrino family. So head on over to Padrinos.com. Find your location and order today. That's Padrinos.com Padrinos. Family. Cuban. Tradition. This show wouldn’t be possible without listeners like you. Thank you to those who donate to the show monthly. Thank you to our sponsors Anchor.fm and PurpleCircle.io. And thank you for those of you who consider using them. We couldn't do this without you. We hope you enjoy this episode and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. This episode is also brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions organizations and individuals alike to grow with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, automation, Amazon Alexa Skills, and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium-sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

Welcome to the Catholic Dirt podcast. Catholic Dirt was created from the idea that in order to be better Catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it’s about time as men we put in some work and get a little dirty in our faith walk. On this episode... Don't be afraid. This and more for May 10th, 2020 The Fifth Sunday of Easter If you have a story or a comment to share, feel free to drop us a voice mail at podcast.catholicdirt.com or email us, catholicdirt@gmail.com. This episode is brought to you by… Padrinos.com Padrino's Restaurants is a third-generation, family-owned collection of Cuban restaurants. Each generation has added their touch to create the ultimate Cuban culinary experience- from their grandmother's recipes to their father’s dedication to service. Providing great food has always been a tradition for the Padrino family. So head on over to Padrinos.com. Find your location and order today. That's Padrinos.com Padrinos. Family. Cuban. Tradition. This show wouldn’t be possible without listeners like you. Thank you to those who donate to the show monthly. Thank you to our sponsors Anchor.fm and PurpleCircle.io. And thank you for those of you who consider using them. We couldn't do this without you. We hope you enjoy this episode and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. This episode is also brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions organizations and individuals alike to grow with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, automation, Amazon Alexa Skills, and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium-sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

Welcome to the Catholic Dirt podcast. Catholic Dirt was created from the idea that in order to be better Catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it’s about time as men we put in some work and get a little dirty in our faith walk. On this episode... Dr. David shares some new dirt on humanity. This and more for May 3rd, 2020 The Fourth Sunday of Easter Resources: https://www.pbs.org/show/inside-vatican/ If you have a story or a comment to share, feel free to drop us a voice mail at podcast.catholicdirt.com or email us, catholicdirt@gmail.com. This episode is brought to you by… Padrinos.com Padrino's Restaurants is a third-generation, family-owned collection of Cuban restaurants. Each generation has added their touch to create the ultimate Cuban culinary experience- from their grandmother's recipes to their father’s dedication to service. Providing great food has always been a tradition for the Padrino family. So head on over to Padrinos.com. Find your location and order today. That's Padrinos.com Padrinos. Family. Cuban. Tradition. This show wouldn’t be possible without listeners like you. Thank you to those who donate to the show monthly. Thank you to our sponsors Anchor.fm and PurpleCircle.io. And thank you for those of you who consider using them. We couldn't do this without you. We hope you enjoy this episode and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. This episode is also brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions individuals with small or medium-sized businesses to grow their revenue with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, automation, Amazon Alexa Skills, and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium-sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

Welcome to the Catholic Dirt podcast. Catholic Dirt was created from the idea that in order to be better Catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it’s about time as men we put in some work and get a little dirty in our faith walk. On this episode... We didn't know what to do. Resources: https://www.amazon.com/Biblical-Basis-Purgatory-John-Salza-ebook/dp/B004QGYCTY/ref=smi_www_rco2_go_smi_3905707922?_encoding=UTF8&%2AVersion%2A=1&%2Aentries%2A=0&ie=UTF8 https://www.catholic.com/qa/what-about-the-last-four-things If you have a story or a comment to share, feel free to drop us a voice mail at podcast.catholicdirt.com or email us, catholicdirt@gmail.com. This episode is brought to you by… Padrinos.com Padrino's Restaurants is a third-generation, family-owned collection of Cuban restaurants. Each generation has added their touch to create the ultimate Cuban culinary experience- from their grandmother's recipes to their father’s dedication to service. Providing great food has always been a tradition for the Padrino family. So head on over to Padrinos.com. Find your location and order today. That's Padrinos.com Padrinos. Family. Cuban. Tradition. This show wouldn’t be possible without listeners like you. Thank you to those who donate to the show monthly. Thank you to our sponsors Anchor.fm and PurpleCircle.io. And thank you for those of you who consider using them. We couldn't do this without you. We hope you enjoy this episode and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. This episode is brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions individuals with small or medium-sized businesses to grow their revenue with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, automation, Amazon Alexa Skills, and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium-sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

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In this episode of REALTOR MARKETING PODCAST, Realtors David Bramante and Kayla Jane discuss their experience with Amazon Alexa flash briefing's more commonly known as Amazon Alexa skills and how they use them in Venice California to find new buyers and sellers. This was the original service that their company My Home Agent started and they have now helped over 1000 realtors create their own flash briefing's to personally Brandon market them selves in their individual market areas, and as Kayla said, also advertise exclusive listings with insider information for buyers about offer deadlines and special open houses. The Realtor Marketing Podcast, brought to you by My Home Agent, with Host and Realtor David Levine Bramante. My Home Agent helps real estate agents market themselves on Amazon Alexa and other platforms. David became an agent in 2005, worked at Sotheby's International Real Estate, Marcus and Millichap - Los Angeles, Keller Williams and Douglas Elliman. He speaks to other successful Realtors and Brokers about their marketing experiences and their successes and failures in the business. Find out more at https://myhomeagent.co/

Welcome to the Catholic Dirt podcast. Catholic Dirt was created from the idea that in order to be better Catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it’s about time as men we put in some work and get a little dirty in our faith walk. On this episode... He won. Easter 2020. If you have a story or a comment to share, feel free to drop us a voice mail at podcast.catholicdirt.com or email us, catholicdirt@gmail.com. This episode is brought to you by… Padrinos.com Padrino's Restaurants is a third-generation, family-owned collection of Cuban restaurants. Each generation has added their touch to create the ultimate Cuban culinary experience- from their grandmother's recipes to their father’s dedication to service. Providing great food has always been a tradition for the Padrino family. So head on over to Padrinos.com. Find your location and order today. That's Padrinos.com Padrinos. Family. Cuban. Tradition. This show wouldn’t be possible without listeners like you. Thank you to those who donate to the show monthly. Thank you to our sponsors Anchor.fm and PurpleCircle.io. And thank you for those of you who consider using them. We couldn't do this without you. We hope you enjoy this episode and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. This episode is brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions individuals with small or medium-sized businesses to grow their revenue with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, automation, Amazon Alexa Skills and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium-sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

Welcome to the Catholic Dirt podcast. Catholic Dirt was created from the idea that in order to be better Catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it’s about time as men we put in some work and get a little dirty in our faith walk. On today's episode, Dr. David asks "When stopped down to our essentials, where is our loyalty?" Dr. Mike. talks about how we need to take control of our sacramental life and Enio talks about how we need to be the priest of our home. All this and more for April 5th, 2020 Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion. If you have a story or a comment to share, feel free to drop us a voice mail at podcast.catholicdirt.com or email us, catholicdirt@gmail.com. This show wouldn’t be possible without listeners like you. Thank you to those who donate to the show monthly. Thank you to our sponsors Anchor.fm and PurpleCircle.io. And thank you for those of you who consider using them. We couldn't do this without you. We hope you enjoy this episode and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. This episode is brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions individuals with small or medium-sized businesses to grow their revenue with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, automation, Amazon Alexa Skills and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium-sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

Welcome to the Catholic Dirt podcast. Catholic Dirt was created from the idea that in order to be better Catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it’s about time as men we put in some work and get a little dirty in our faith walk. On today's episode, Dr. David talks about corny ideas and the resurrection, Dr. Mike talks about the ultimate retirement account, and Enio talks about how compost composes our hope in the glory of God. All this and more for March 29th, 2020 The 5th Sunday of Lent. Don't forget you can now listen to us on all smart devices. Just ask, “Play the latest episode of the Catholic Dirt Podcast.” We’re excited to have this and so much more to come. So keep listening, you’ll never know where you're going to pick up some Catholic Dirt. If you have a story or a comment to share, feel free to drop us a voice mail at podcast.catholicdirt.com or email us, catholicdirt@gmail.com. This show wouldn’t be possible without listeners like you. Thank you to those who donate to the show monthly. Thank you to our sponsors Anchor.fm and PurpleCircle.io. And thank you for those of you who consider using them. We couldn't do this without you. We hope you enjoy this episode and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. This episode is brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions individuals with small or medium-sized businesses to grow their revenue with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, automation, Amazon Alexa Skills and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium-sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

Welcome to the Catholic Dirt podcast. Catholic Dirt was created from the idea that in order to be better Catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it’s about time as men we put in some work and get a little dirty in our faith walk. On today's episode, Dr. David charges you to be the Hero of your home. Dr. Mike talks about how sometimes the thing you wanted isn't what you needed and Enio talks about making over your role. how we as men need proof, but Christ liberates us from it. Dr. Mike talks about how Jesus puts it all into context and Enio makes transfiguration real. All this and more for March 22nd, 2020 The 4th Sunday of Lent. Don't forget you can now listen to us on all smart devices. Just ask, “Play the latest episode of the Catholic Dirt Podcast.” We’re excited to have this and so much more to come. So keep listening, you’ll never know where you're going to pick up some Catholic Dirt. If you have a story or a comment to share, feel free to drop us a voice mail at podcast.catholicdirt.com or email us, catholicdirt@gmail.com. This show wouldn’t be possible without listeners like you. Thank you to those who donate to the show monthly. Thank you to our sponsors Anchor.fm and PurpleCircle.io. And thank you for those of you who consider using them. We couldn't do this without you. We hope you enjoy this episode and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. This episode is brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions individuals with small or medium-sized businesses to grow their revenue with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, automation, Amazon Alexa Skills and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium-sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

Welcome to the Catholic Dirt podcast. Catholic Dirt was created from the idea that in order to be better Catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it’s about time as men we put in some work and get a little dirty in our faith walk. On today's episode, Dr. David talks about how we as men need proof, but Christ liberates us from it. Dr. Mike talks about how Jesus puts it all into context and Enio makes transfiguration real. All this and more for March 8th, 2020 The 2nd Sunday of Lent. Don't forget you can now listen to us on all smart devices. Just ask, “Play the latest episode of the Catholic Dirt Podcast.” We’re excited to have this and so much more to come. So keep listening, you’ll never know where you're going to pick up some Catholic Dirt. If you have a story or a comment to share, feel free to drop us a voice mail at podcast.catholicdirt.com or email us, catholicdirt@gmail.com. This show wouldn’t be possible without listeners like you. Thank you to those who donate to the show monthly. Thank you to our sponsors Anchor.fm and PurpleCircle.io. And thank you for those of you who consider using them. We couldn't do this without you. We hope you enjoy this episode and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. Resources mentioned this week: The Veil Removed This episode is brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions individuals with small or medium-sized businesses to grow their revenue with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, automation, Amazon Alexa Skills and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium-sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

Alexa Community - Bengaluru  is a Bengaluru based Alexa group united by community-led learnings and diversified by the wide variety of tools and technologies closely knit with Amazon Alexa Skills building, Conversational User Interface (CUI) design, Alexa Voice Service (AVS), Alexa for Education, production use cases of Amazon Alexa and much more. Amazon Alexa Community Days are independent community-organized Alexa education events and supported by Alexa, featuring technical discussions and demos led by expert Alexa builders and industry leaders around the globe. Community-based learning is the best way to enhance the concepts being taught by connecting with enthusiasts in person, thereby sharing first-hand experiences and familiar, accessible examples. All skill levels are welcome to help accomplish our motto of learning, sharing and networking. Let's join hands to empower Alexa community to make it bigger and better! Learn More: https://www.alexacommunity.in/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/voicefirstai/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/voicefirstai/support

Welcome to the Catholic Dirt podcast. Catholic Dirt was created from the idea that in order to be better Catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it’s about time as men we put in some work and get a little dirty in our faith walk. On today's episode, Dr. Mike talks about if you're not attacked that means the Devil doesn't worry about you and Dr. David talks about how creation is good but we make a mess too. All this and more for March 1st, 2020 The 1st Sunday of Lent. Don't forget you can now listen to us on all smart devices. Just ask, “Play the latest episode of the Catholic Dirt Podcast.” We’re excited to have this and so much more to come. So keep listening, you’ll never know where you're going to pick up some Catholic Dirt. If you have a story or a comment to share, feel free to drop us a voice mail at podcast.catholicdirt.com or email us, catholicdirt@gmail.com. This show wouldn’t be possible without listeners like you. Thank you to those who donate to the show monthly. Thank you to our sponsors Anchor.fm and PurpleCircle.io. And thank you for those of you who consider using them. We couldn't do this without you. We hope you enjoy this episode and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. Resources mentioned this week: https://ascensionpress.com/ Chaplets Explained A List of Catholic Chaplets and How to Pray Them St. Michael the Archangel HD The Significance of Ash Wednesday This episode is brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions individuals with small or medium-sized businesses to grow their revenue with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, automation, Amazon Alexa Skills and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium-sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

Welcome to the Catholic Dirt podcast. Catholic Dirt was created from the idea that in order to be better Catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it’s about time as men we put in some work and get a little dirty in our faith walk. In this episode, Dr. David talks about how we need to be more than what we perceive ourselves to be, Dr. Mike, talks about taking the temporal out of concern, and Enio gets real about love. All this and more recorded for February 23rd, 2020. The 7th Sunday in ordinary time. Don't forget you can now listen to us on all smart devices. Just ask, “Play the latest episode of the Catholic Dirt Podcast.” We’re excited to have this and so much more to come. So keep listening, you’ll never know where you're going to pick up some Catholic Dirt. If you have a story or a comment to share, feel free to drop us a voice mail at podcast.catholicdirt.com or email us, catholicdirt@gmail.com. This show wouldn’t be possible without listeners like you. Thank you to those who donate to the show monthly. Thank you to our sponsors Anchor.fm and PurpleCircle.io. And thank you for those of you who consider using them. We couldn't do this without you. We hope you enjoy this episode and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. This episode is brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions individuals with small or medium-sized businesses to grow their revenue with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, automation, Amazon Alexa Skills and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium-sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

Welcome to the Catholic Dirt podcast. Catholic Dirt was created from the idea that in order to be better Catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it’s about time as men we put in some work and get a little dirty in our faith walk. In this episode, Dr. David talks about backward design for life, and Dr. Mike talks about forming your conscience. All this and more recorded for February 16th, 2020. The 6th Sunday in ordinary time. Don't forget you can now listen to us on all smart devices. Just ask, “Play the latest episode of the Catholic Dirt Podcast.” We’re excited to have this and so much more to come. So keep listening, you’ll never know where you're going to pick up some Catholic Dirt. If you have a story or a comment to share, feel free to drop us a voice mail at podcast.catholicdirt.com or email us, catholicdirt@gmail.com. This show wouldn’t be possible without listeners like you. Thank you to those who donate to the show monthly. Thank you to our sponsors Anchor.fm and PurpleCircle.io. And thank you for those of you who consider using them. We couldn't do this without you. We hope you enjoy this episode and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. This episode is brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions individuals with small or medium-sized businesses to grow their revenue with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, automation, Amazon Alexa Skills and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium-sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

Welcome to the Catholic Dirt podcast. Catholic Dirt was created from the idea that in order to be better Catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it’s about time as men we put in some work and get a little dirty in our faith walk. On this episode, we hear some preshow conversation between Enio and Dr. Mike. This and more recorded for February 9th, 2020. The 5th Sunday in ordinary time. Don't forget you can now listen to us on all smart devices. Just ask, “Play the latest episode of the Catholic Dirt Podcast.” We’re excited to have this and so much more to come. So keep listening, you’ll never know where you're going to pick up some Catholic Dirt. If you have a story or a comment to share, feel free to drop us a voice mail at podcast.catholicdirt.com or email us, catholicdirt@gmail.com. This show wouldn’t be possible without listeners like you. Thank you to those who donate to the show monthly. Thank you to our sponsors Anchor.fm and PurpleCircle.io. And thank you for those of you who consider using them. We couldn't do this without you. We hope you enjoy this episode and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. This episode is brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions individuals with small or medium-sized businesses to grow their revenue with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, automation, Amazon Alexa Skills and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium-sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

Welcome to the Catholic Dirt podcast. Catholic Dirt was created from the idea that in order to be better Catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it’s about time as men we put in some work and get a little dirty in our faith walk. This is a message from Enio on the 4th of February, 2020 to the Catholic Dirt listeners. Don't forget you can now listen to us on all smart devices. Just ask, “Play the latest episode of the Catholic Dirt Podcast.” We’re excited to have this and so much more to come. So keep listening, you’ll never know where you're going to pick up some Catholic Dirt. If you have a story or a comment to share, feel free to drop us a voice mail at podcast.catholicdirt.com or email us, catholicdirt@gmail.com. This show wouldn’t be possible without listeners like you. Thank you to those who donate to the show monthly. Thank you to our sponsors Anchor.fm and PurpleCircle.io. And thank you for those of you who consider using them. We couldn't do this without you. We hope you enjoy this episode and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. This episode is brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions individuals with small or medium-sized businesses to grow their revenue with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, automation, Amazon Alexa Skills and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium-sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

Welcome to the Catholic Dirt podcast. Catholic Dirt was created from the idea that in order to be better Catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it’s about time as men we put in some work and get a little dirty in our faith walk. On this episode, we'll hear from Dr. David in a couple of weeks, Enio calls out Christian Compost, and Dr. Mike says, see Simeon say something. All this Recorded for February 2nd, 2020. The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord. Don't forget you can now listen to us on all smart devices. Just ask, “Play the latest episode of the Catholic Dirt Podcast.” We’re excited to have this and so much more to come. So keep listening, you’ll never know where you're going to pick up some Catholic Dirt. If you have a story or a comment to share, feel free to drop us a voice mail at podcast.catholicdirt.com or email us, catholicdirt@gmail.com. This show wouldn’t be possible without listeners like you. Thank you to those who donate to the show monthly. Thank you to our sponsors Anchor.fm and PurpleCircle.io. And thank you for those of you who consider using them. We couldn't do this without you. We hope you enjoy this episode and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. This episode is brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions individuals with small or medium-sized businesses to grow their revenue with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, automation, Amazon Alexa Skills and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium-sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

Welcome to the Catholic Dirt podcast. Catholic Dirt was created from the idea that in order to be better Catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it’s about time as men we put in some work and get a little dirty in our faith walk. On this episode, Dr. David talks about how choices we make evoke the hero within, Dr. Mike talks about how God engineered his salvation, Enio talks about how you're not in the game until you lose everything, and Will talks about suffering, sacrifice, and salvation. All this Recorded for January 26th, 2020. The Third Sunday in Ordinary Time. Don't forget you can now listen to us on all smart devices. Just ask, “Play the latest episode of the Catholic Dirt Podcast.” We’re excited to have this and so much more to come. So keep listening, you’ll never know where you're going to pick up some Catholic Dirt. If you have a story or a comment to share, feel free to drop us a voice mail at podcast.catholicdirt.com or email us, catholicdirt@gmail.com. This show wouldn’t be possible without listeners like you. Thank you to those who donate to the show monthly. Thank you to our sponsors Anchor.fm and PurpleCircle.io. And thank you for those of you who consider using them. We couldn't do this without you. We hope you enjoy this episode and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. This episode is brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions individuals with small or medium-sized businesses to grow their revenue with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, automation, Amazon Alexa Skills and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium-sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

Voice-first resources are featured in Episode 25 of Agile Digital Business podcast. You'll hear about Amazon Alexa Skills highlighted in a book by Bradley Metrock of the "This Week in Voice" podcast, to an interview with Bobby Kovey, The Credo Company, participant in a talk on preparing for voice, presented by Vickie Maris in Certificate in Executive Management at the University of Notre Dame.  You'll also learn about a new book by Susan Westwater and Scot Westwater, Voice Strategy: Creating useful and usable voice experiences. Enjoy! Vickie * * * * * * * * * * * * * *  0:18 Setup of Episode 25 and a welcome. 1:19 Vickie Maris introduces the upcoming interview that airs at the end of this episode with Bobby Kovey, The Credo Company, who chats about the value of an FAQ page on a website in this era of voice search. 3:28 Mention of an episode in the show, "This Week in Voice," hosted by Bradley Metrock, CEO, Score Publishing. The episode published on Nov. 7, 2019, (Season 4, Episode 10) is titled, "More than just weather and music: 200 ways to use Alexa." This is also the title of Bradley's book about Amazon Alexa Skills.    4:37 Review of several of the Amazon Alexa Skills that are featured in the book, "More Than Just Weather and Music: 200 Ways to Use Alexa." 5:22 Example of an Amazon Alexa Skill by PayPal that lets you send and receive money using your voice. 6:06 Vickie Maris provides a reminder that you can listen to this podcast, Agile Digital Business, when you ask your Amazon device, "Alexa, play the most recent episode of Agile Digital Business." 6:57  A reminder that it is possible to manage the recordings of your voice made by the Amazon Echo device right from the device with a request from your voice. 8:10 A reminder that there is an Amazon Alexa Skill, a Flash Briefing, that is published for this show, Agile Digital Business. 9:22 A shoutout to Len Clark, a colleague who broadcasts about Notre Dame sports who has also created an Amazon Alexa Skill, Notre Dame Football, that will give you latest in Notre Dame sports such as game day weather, kick-off times or tip-off times, etc. 9:59 Information about books I've been reading: How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big," by Scott Adams, comic strip artist of Dilbert. 10:54 Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Max Tegmark. A book that I'm reading for the AI and Ethics Book Club at the University of Notre Dame. 11:40 Video resource from Voice Summit 2019, July 24, 2019, that is available on YouTube. A session at 2:59 in the session is by emcee J.P. Poulter of Vixen Labs.  17:44 Also from the July 24, 2019 video from Voice Summit 2019, go to the time code of 38:57 seconds, for a conversation between Scott Quartner who is a VP with T. Rowe Price and Vijay Balasubramanian, CEO and Founder of Pindrop. Their chat is about security and authentication in voice. 18:59 A new book by Voice Strategy: Creating Useful and Usable Voice Experiences, by Susan Westwater and Scot Westwater.  20:44 If you would like to voice record your next book, you can use a service like rev.com to get the audio file transcribed. 21:40 you can leave a voice mail for me using the SpeakPipe widget on my website, https://vickiemaris.com/contact 24:00 Interview with Bobby Kovey, The Credo Company, after he had participated in the executive education program, Certificate in Executive Management. "Things that you can use, that are proven best practices. You can walk away from the program with knowledge from proven experience that you can use." 25:45 Bobby Kovey discusses his plan to add an FAQ page to the company website to help their content be more readily discovered by potential clients who are searching for consulting companies that do work in government relations. 28:20 A thank you from the podcast host to Bobby Kovey for participating in the interview. Let's teach! Inspire! and Connect!     #agiledigitalbiz #voicefirst #teachinspireconnect

Welcome to the Catholic Dirt podcast. Catholic Dirt was created from the idea that in order to be better catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it’s about time as men we put in some work and get a little dirty in our faith walk. On this week's episode, Dr. David talks about endurance. Dr. Mike will be back next week and Enio talks about "Splash Back Service." All this Recorded for January 19th, 2020. The Second Sunday in Ordinary Time. We’re excited to announce that you can now listen to us on Amazon Echo, Google Home, or even Siri. Just ask, “Play the latest episode of the Catholic Dirt Podcast.” We’re really excited about this and more to come. So keep listening, you’ll never know where you might find some Catholic Dirt. If you have a story or a comment to share, feel free to drop us a voice message over at podcast.catholicdirt.com or email us, catholicdirt@gmail.com. This show wouldn’t be possible without our sponsors and listeners like you. Thank you to those who give monthly, and thank you for those who have considered our sponsors. We couldn’t do this without you. We hope you enjoy this episode and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. Survival! The Shackleton Story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgh_77TtX5I&feature=youtu.be This episode is brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions individuals with small or medium-sized businesses to grow their revenue with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, Amazon Alexa Skills and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium-sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

How to get started with Amazon Alexa skillsBy Louise Corden101 fundraising.orgThis audio is available in the UK, US, Canada, Australia and India as a Flash Briefing on @amazonecho devices and the #Alexa app (even without a device), as well as Spotify and Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts.Search for “The Smart Speakers”. The links referred to are at: https://www.thesmartspeakers.com/links Also check out my 28 Day Flash Briefing Briefing - a step-by-step course in building a better briefing for your brand or business or self. It's available in the Alexa Skills store https://skills-store.amazon.co.uk/deeplink/deviceType=app&shdp/B07N75H7HM?are&refSuffix=ss_copy PLUS The Friday Flash Briefing Briefing my weekly email newsletter on the skillset, the mindset and the marketing to building a better Briefing. Sign up at www.voiceworks.info Produced by Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart) #voice #voicefirst #voiceAI #smartspeakers #Alexa #flashbriefing #WomenInVoice #AI #VUI #FlashBriefing #FlashBriefings #podcasts #technology #AlexaLive #Voice19 #Echo #smarthome

How to get started with Amazon Alexa skillsBy Louise Corden 101fundraising.orgThis audio is available in the UK, US, Canada, Australia and India as a Flash Briefing on @amazonecho devices and the #Alexa app (even without a device), as well as Spotify and Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts.Search for “The Smart Speakers”. The links referred to are at: https://www.thesmartspeakers.com/links Also check out my 28 Day Flash Briefing Briefing - a step-by-step course in building a better briefing for your brand or business or self. It's available in the Alexa Skills store https://skills-store.amazon.co.uk/deeplink/deviceType=app&shdp/B07N75H7HM?are&refSuffix=ss_copy PLUS The Friday Flash Briefing Briefing my weekly email newsletter on the skillset, the mindset and the marketing to building a better Briefing. Sign up at www.voiceworks.info Produced by Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart) #voice #voicefirst #voiceAI #smartspeakers #Alexa #flashbriefing #WomenInVoice #AI #VUI #FlashBriefing #FlashBriefings #podcasts #technology #AlexaLive #Voice19 #Echo #smarthome

How to get started with Amazon Alexa skillsBy Louise Corden 101fundraising.orgThis audio is available in the UK, US, Canada, Australia and India as a Flash Briefing on @amazonecho devices and the #Alexa app (even without a device), as well as Spotify and Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts.Search for “The Smart Speakers”. The links referred to are at: https://www.thesmartspeakers.com/links Also check out my 28 Day Flash Briefing Briefing - a step-by-step course in building a better briefing for your brand or business or self. It's available in the Alexa Skills store https://skills-store.amazon.co.uk/deeplink/deviceType=app&shdp/B07N75H7HM?are&refSuffix=ss_copy PLUS The Friday Flash Briefing Briefing my weekly email newsletter on the skillset, the mindset and the marketing to building a better Briefing. Sign up at www.voiceworks.info Produced by Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart) #voice #voicefirst #voiceAI #smartspeakers #Alexa #flashbriefing #WomenInVoice #AI #VUI #FlashBriefing #FlashBriefings #podcasts #technology #AlexaLive #Voice19 #Echo #smarthome

How to get started with Amazon Alexa skillsBy Louise Corden 101fundraising.orgThis audio is available in the UK, US, Canada, Australia and India as a Flash Briefing on @amazonecho devices and the #Alexa app (even without a device), as well as Spotify and Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts.Search for “The Smart Speakers”. The links referred to are at: https://www.thesmartspeakers.com/links Also check out my 28 Day Flash Briefing Briefing - a step-by-step course in building a better briefing for your brand or business or self. It's available in the Alexa Skills store https://skills-store.amazon.co.uk/deeplink/deviceType=app&shdp/B07N75H7HM?are&refSuffix=ss_copy PLUS The Friday Flash Briefing Briefing my weekly email newsletter on the skillset, the mindset and the marketing to building a better Briefing. Sign up at www.voiceworks.info Produced by Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart) #voice #voicefirst #voiceAI #smartspeakers #Alexa #flashbriefing #WomenInVoice #AI #VUI #FlashBriefing #FlashBriefings #podcasts #technology #AlexaLive #Voice19 #Echo #smarthome

How to get started with Amazon Alexa skillsBy Louise Corden101fundraising.org This audio is available in the UK, US, Canada, Australia and India as a Flash Briefing on @amazonecho devices and the #Alexa app (even without a device), as well as Spotify and Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts.Search for “The Smart Speakers”. The links referred to are at: https://www.thesmartspeakers.com/links Also check out my 28 Day Flash Briefing Briefing - a step-by-step course in building a better briefing for your brand or business or self. It's available in the Alexa Skills store https://skills-store.amazon.co.uk/deeplink/deviceType=app&shdp/B07N75H7HM?are&refSuffix=ss_copy PLUS The Friday Flash Briefing Briefing my weekly email newsletter on the skillset, the mindset and the marketing to building a better Briefing. Sign up at www.voiceworks.info Produced by Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart) #voice #voicefirst #voiceAI #smartspeakers #Alexa #flashbriefing #WomenInVoice #AI #VUI #FlashBriefing #FlashBriefings #podcasts #technology #AlexaLive #Voice19 #Echo #smarthome

Welcome to the Catholic Dirt podcast. Catholic Dirt was created from the idea that in order to be better catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it’s about time as men we put in some work and get a little dirty in our faith walk. On this week's episode, Dr. David talks about making memory matter. Dr. Mike teases total trust and Enio talks about perseverance and the pascal promise. All this Recorded for January 12th, 2020. Happy New Year everyone! We’re excited to announce that you can now listen to us on Amazon Echo, Google Home, or even Siri. Just ask, “Play the latest episode of the Catholic Dirt Podcast.” We’re really excited about this and more to come. So keep listening, you’ll never know where you might find some Catholic Dirt. If you have a story or a comment to share, feel free to drop us a voice message over at podcast.catholicdirt.com or email us, catholicdirt@gmail.com. This show wouldn’t be possible without our sponsors and listeners like you. Thank you to those who give monthly, and thank you for those who have considered our sponsors. We couldn’t do this without you. We hope you enjoy this episode and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. The Veil Removed - Film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOLZDaTgIaM This episode is brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions individuals with small or medium-sized businesses to grow their revenue with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, Amazon Alexa Skills and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium-sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

How to get started with Amazon Alexa skillsBy Louise Corden101fundraising.orgThis audio is available in the UK, US, Canada, Australia and India as a Flash Briefing on @amazonecho devices and the #Alexa app (even without a device), as well as Spotify and Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts.Search for “The Smart Speakers”. The links referred to are at: https://www.thesmartspeakers.com/links Also check out my 28 Day Flash Briefing Briefing - a step-by-step course in building a better briefing for your brand or business or self. It's available in the Alexa Skills store https://skills-store.amazon.co.uk/deeplink/deviceType=app&shdp/B07N75H7HM?are&refSuffix=ss_copy PLUS The Friday Flash Briefing Briefing my weekly email newsletter on the skillset, the mindset and the marketing to building a better Briefing. Sign up at www.voiceworks.info Produced by Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart) #voice #voicefirst #voiceAI #smartspeakers #Alexa #flashbriefing #WomenInVoice #AI #VUI #FlashBriefing #FlashBriefings #podcasts #technology #AlexaLive #Voice19 #Echo #smarthome

Welcome to the Catholic Dirt podcast. Catholic Dirt was created from the idea that in order to be better catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it’s about time as men we put in some work and get a little dirty in our faith walk. On this week's episode its Christmas! And Dr. Mike talks about why Saint Nick gives gifts and punches heretics. All this Recorded for December 29th, 2019. We’re excited to announce just before the new year that You can now listen to us on Amazon Echo, Google Home, or even Siri. Just ask, “Play the latest episode of the Catholic Dirt Podcast.” We’re really excited for this and more to come. So keep listening, you’ll never know where you might find some Catholic Dirt. If you have a story or a comment to share, feel free to drop us a voice message over at podcast.catholicdirt.com or email us, catholicdirt@gmail.com. This show wouldn’t be possible without our sponsors and listeners like you. Thank you to those who give monthly, and thank you for those who have considered our sponsors. We couldn’t do this without you. We hope you enjoy this episode and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. This episode is brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions individuals with small or medium-sized businesses to grow their revenue with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, Amazon Alexa Skills and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium-sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

Welcome to the Catholic Dirt podcast. Catholic Dirt was created from the idea that in order to be better catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it’s about time as men we put in some work and get a little dirty in our faith walk. In this week's episode, we continue last week's episode quite literally. What you are about to hear is last week's post-show conversation. With this week being the fourth Sunday in advent, we couldn't possibly let this dialog stay in the archives. It was just too appropriate. So for this week, Enio has more questions from last week, and Dr. David and Dr. Mike Answer. All this and more on this episode recorded for December 22nd, 2019. If you have a story or a comment to share, feel free to drop us a voice message over at podcast.catholicdirt.com or email us, catholicdirt@gmail.com. This show wouldn’t be possible without our sponsors and listeners like you. Thank you to those who give monthly, and thank you for those who have considered our sponsors. We couldn’t do this without you. We hope you enjoy this episode and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. This episode is brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions individuals with small or medium-sized businesses to grow their revenue with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, Amazon Alexa Skills and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium-sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

Welcome to the Catholic Dirt podcast. Catholic Dirt was created from the idea that in order to be better catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it’s about time as men we put in some work and get a little dirty in our faith walk. In this week's episode, Dr. David reminds us just to chill and to remember Christ's promises will come, Dr. Mike, talks about how sometimes Good acts can be for the wrong reason, and Enio is back and asks a question that gets us dirty on our faith walk. All this and more on this episode recorded for December 15th, 2019. The third Sunday of Advent. If you have a story or a comment to share, feel free to drop us a voice message over at podcast.catholicdirt.com or email us, catholicdirt@gmail.com. This show wouldn’t be possible without our sponsors and listeners like you. Thank you to those who give monthly, and thank you for those who have considered our sponsors. We couldn’t do this without you. We hope you enjoy this episode and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. This episode is brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions individuals with small or medium-sized businesses to grow their revenue with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, Amazon Alexa Skills and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium-sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

Welcome to the Catholic Dirt podcast. Catholic Dirt was created from the idea that in order to be better catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it’s about time as men we put in some work and get a little dirty in our faith walk. On this week's episode, Dr. David talks about true justice, Dr. Mike talks about how Jesus brings true peace in our lives, and Will gets on his soapbox about relationships. All this and more on this episode recorded for December 8th, 2019. The second Sunday of Advent. If you have a story or a comment to share, feel free to drop us a voice message over at podcast.catholicdirt.com or email us, catholicdirt@gmail.com. This show wouldn’t be possible without our sponsors and listeners like you. Thank you to those who give monthly, and thank you for those who have considered our sponsors. We couldn’t do this without you. We hope you enjoy this episode and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. This episode is brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions individuals with small or medium-sized businesses to grow their revenue with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, Amazon Alexa Skills and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium-sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

Welcome to the Catholic Dirt podcast. Catholic Dirt was created from the idea that in order to be better catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it’s about time as men we put in some work and get a little dirty in our faith walk. On this week's episode, Dr. David discusses discernment and Disney, and Dr. Mike talks about how serious the Assyrians were. All this and more on this episode recorded for December 1st, 2019. The first Sunday of Advent. If you have a story or a comment to share, feel free to drop us a voice message over at podcast.catholicdirt.com or email us, catholicdirt@gmail.com. This show wouldn’t be possible without our sponsors and listeners like you. Thank you to those who give monthly, and thank you for those who have considered our sponsors. We couldn’t do this without you. We hope you enjoy this episode and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. This episode is brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions individuals with small or medium-sized businesses to grow their revenue with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, Amazon Alexa Skills and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium-sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

Welcome to the Catholic Dirt podcast. Catholic Dirt was created from the idea that in order to be better catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it’s about time as men we put in some work and get a little dirty in our faith walk. On this week's episode, Dr. David puts uncertainty on Will's birthday cake and Dr. Mike talks about Kenosis. All this and more on this episode recorded for November 24th, 2019. The solemnity of our Lord Jesus Christ. If you have a story or a comment to share, feel free to drop us a voice message over at podcast.catholicdirt.com or email us, catholicdirt@gmail.com. This show wouldn’t be possible without our sponsors and listeners like you. Thank you to those who give monthly, and thank you for those who have considered our sponsors. We couldn’t do this without you. We hope you enjoy this episode and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. This episode is brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions individuals with small or medium-sized businesses to grow their revenue with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, Amazon Alexa Skills and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium-sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

Welcome to the Catholic Dirt podcast. Catholic Dirt was created from the idea that in order to be better catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it’s about time as men we put in some work and get a little dirty in our faith walk. On this week's episode, Dr. David talks about how work takes on a sacred idea, and Dr. Mike expands on the idea of a discerning spirit. All this and more on this episode recorded for November 17th, 2019. If you have a story or a comment to share, feel free to drop us a voice message over at podcast.catholicdirt.com or email us, catholicdirt@gmail.com. This show wouldn’t be possible without our sponsors and listeners like you. Thank you to those who give monthly, and thank you for those who have considered our sponsors. We couldn’t do this without you. We hope you enjoy this episode and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. This episode is brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions individuals with small or medium-sized businesses to grow their revenue with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, Amazon Alexa Skills and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium-sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

Welcome to the Catholic Dirt podcast. Catholic Dirt was created from the idea that in order to be better catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it’s about time as men we put in some work and get a little dirty in our faith walk. On today's episode, Dr. Mike talks about why we can be hopeful even in death and Enio shares a bit of his story, and how as men we too can be battle hardened in our faith. All this and more on this episode recorded for November 10th, 2019. If you have a story or a comment to share, feel free to drop us a voice message over at podcast.catholicdirt.com or email us, catholicdirt@gmail.com. This show wouldn’t be possible without our sponsors and listeners like you. Thank you to those who give monthly, and thank you for those who have considered our sponsors. We couldn’t do this without you. We hope you enjoy this episode and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. This episode is brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions individuals with small or medium-sized businesses to grow their revenue with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, Amazon Alexa Skills and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium-sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

Welcome to Catholic Dirt. CatholicDirt.com was created from the idea that in order to be better catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it’s about time as men we put in some work, and get a little dirty in our faith walk. In today's episode, Dr. Mike talks about how short stories in the gospel can increase your wisdom and Will turns into a polyglot. All this and more on this episode recorded for November 3rd, 2019. If you enjoyed this episode feel free to join us at CatholicDirt.com for the live stream. Don’t forget to support our sponsors and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. Enjoy. This episode is brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions individuals with small or medium-sized businesses to grow their revenue with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, Amazon Alexa Skills and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium-sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

Welcome to Catholic Dirt. CatholicDirt.com was created from the idea that in order to be better catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it’s about time as men we put in some work, and get a little dirty in our faith walk. In today's episode, Dr. David talks about how it's important to check your thoughts at the door and Dr. Mike talks about how apocalyptic literature is sometimes comforting. All this and more on this episode recorded for October 27th, 2019. If you enjoyed this episode feel free to join us at CatholicDirt.com for the live stream. Don’t forget to support our sponsors and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. Enjoy. This episode is brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions individuals with small or medium-sized businesses to grow their revenue with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, Amazon Alexa Skills and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium-sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

Welcome to Catholic Dirt. CatholicDirt.com was created from the idea that in order to be better catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it’s about time as men we put in some work, and get a little dirty in our faith walk. In today's episode, Dr. David talks about persistence and how action sometimes takes silence, and Dr. Mike talks about how the war is over but we still need to win the battles of life. All this and more on this episode recorded for October 20th, 2019. If you enjoyed this episode feel free to join us at CatholicDirt.com for the live stream. Don’t forget to support our sponsors and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. Enjoy. This episode is brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions individuals with small or medium-sized businesses to grow their revenue with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, Amazon Alexa Skills and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium-sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

Welcome to Catholic Dirt. CatholicDirt.com was created from the idea that in order to be better catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it’s about time as men we put in some work, and get a little dirty in our faith walk. In today's episode, Dr. David talks about how much it actually takes to be grateful and at the end of the show, drops a serious nugget of wisdom that explains the beginning of today's episode. All this and more on this episode recorded for October 13th, 2019. If you enjoyed this episode feel free to join us at CatholicDirt.com for the live stream. Don’t forget to support our sponsors and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. Enjoy. This episode is brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions individuals with small or medium-sized businesses to grow their revenue with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, Amazon Alexa Skills and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium-sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

Welcome to the Catholic Dirt Audio Experience. CatholicDirt.com was created from the idea that in order to be better catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it’s about time as men we put in some work, and get a little dirty in our faith walk. In today's episode, Dr. David talks about the intimacy of time and waiting for God, and Dr. Mike talks about letting God, be God. All this and more on this episode recorded for October 6th, 2019. If you enjoyed this episode feel free to join us at CatholicDirt.com for the live stream. Don’t forget to support our sponsors and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. Enjoy. This episode is brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions individuals with small or medium-sized businesses to grow their revenue with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, Amazon Alexa Skills and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium-sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

Welcome to the Catholic Dirt Audio Experience. CatholicDirt.com was created from the idea that in order to be better catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it’s about time as men we put in some work, and get a little dirty in our faith walk. On todays episode, Mike and David help Will from his panic attack induced by todays mass, Dr. David talks about the importance of daily conversion, and Dr. Mike reminds us of a latin phrase to keep us grounded in the faith daily. All this and more on this episode recorded for September 29th 2019. If you enjoyed this episode feel free to join us at CatholicDirt.com for the live stream. Don’t forget to support our sponsors and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. Enjoy. This episode is brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions individuals with small or medium-sized businesses to grow their revenue with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, Amazon Alexa Skills and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium-sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

Woo Hoo! Double-Digit Episode! This episode is literally a reshow discussion on the topic that very organically becomes the full episode. Due to scheduling you won’t hear David till mid-episode and so what you're going to hear is Mike and I go through some of our preshow routine that then very organically becomes the full episode. This discussion was so good I decided to literally make it the show. You’ll actually hear the moment when I make mention that the conversation Mike and I were having IS going the show. David later joins and its not really towards the end that we finally get back into the groove and back to what you're used to listening to. This is all to say that this episode is VERY much out of format but a unique moment where for just a little bit, you can be a fly on the wall listening in to how Mike and I prep this episode. OK here were go… Welcome to the Catholic Dirt Audio Experience. CatholicDirt.com was created from the idea that in order to be better catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it’s about time as men we put in some work, and get a little dirty in our faith walk. In today's episode, Mike is puzzled but that's not the point and David’s synthesis inspires Will to change this week's challenges on the fly. This episode of the live stream recorded September 15th, 2019. If you enjoyed this episode feel free to join us at CatholicDirt.com for the live stream. Don’t forget to support our sponsors and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. Enjoy. This episode is brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions individuals with small or medium-sized businesses to grow their revenue with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, Amazon Alexa Skills and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium-sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

Welcome to the Catholic Dirt Audio Experience CatholicDirt.com was created from the idea that in order to be better catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it's about time as men we put in some work, and get a little dirty in our faith walk. In today's episode, Mike talks about how a missing spoon reminds Moses of his accountability? And David talks about how upcoming nuptials in his life, is how we should as men, understand the long game and more. This episode of the live stream recorded September 15th, 2019. If you enjoyed this episode feel free to join us at CatholicDirt.com for the live stream. Don’t forget to support our sponsors and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. Enjoy. This episode is brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions individuals with small or medium sized businesses to grow their revenue with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, Amazon Alexa Skills and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium-sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

Welcome to the Catholic Dirt Audio Experience. Catholic Dirt.com was created from the idea that in order to be better catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it’s about time as men we put in some work, and get a little dirty in our faith walk. On today's episode, we talk why we hate each other, and why its actually a good thing. All this and more on this episode recorded September 8th 25th, 2019. If you enjoyed this episode feel free to join us at CatholicDirt.com for the live stream. Don’t forget to support our sponsors and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. Enjoy. This episode is brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions individuals with small or medium-sized businesses to grow their revenue with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, Amazon Alexa Skills and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium-sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

Welcome to the Catholic Dirt Audio Experience. CatholicDirt.com was created from the idea that in order to be better catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it’s about time as men we put in some work, and get a little dirty in our faith walk. On today's episode Dr. David talks about how there’s a clear transition as men we need to be aware of at church and Dr. Mike talks about the depth of true gift-giving. All this and more on this episode recorded September 1st, 2019. If you enjoyed this episode feel free to join us at CatholicDirt.com for the live stream. Don’t forget to support our sponsors and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. Enjoy. This episode is brought to you by PurpleCircle.io. Purple Circle positions individuals with small or medium-sized businesses to grow their revenue with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, Amazon Alexa Skills and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium-sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

Welcome to the Catholic Dirt Audio Experience. Catholic Dirt.com was created from the idea that in order to be better catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it’s about time as men we put in some work, and get a little dirty in our faith walk. On today's episode Dr. David talks about how training leads to strength and Dr. Mike talks about how sometimes what we may see as counter-cultural may actually be something we need to make into a habit. All this and more on this episode recorded August 25th, 2019. If you enjoyed this episode feel free to join us at CatholicDirt.com for the live stream. Don’t forget to support our sponsors and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. Enjoy. This episode is brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions individuals with small or medium-sized businesses to grow their revenue with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, Amazon Alexa Skills and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium-sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

Welcome to the Catholic Dirt Audio Experience CatholicDirt.com was created from the idea that in order to be better Catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it’s about time as men we put in some work and get a little dirty in our faith walk. On today's episode we welcome a guest, friend, YouTuber and blogger. Bill Harvelle. Bill was nice enough to allow us to take the audio from one of his YouTube presentations for this weeks episode. Bill Harvelle is a writer for Patheos.com for their catholic readers and his other presentations can be found over on his youtube channel Bible Alive Presentations. Thanks for the help this week Bill, we really appreciate it. Both Dr. Mike and Dr. David thought it was a unique perspective for this week's mass and in the end, Bill leaves us with something to really think about as American Catholics. This episode was recorded on August 18th, 2019. If you enjoyed this episode feel free to join us at CatholicDirt.com for the live stream. Don’t forget to support our sponsors and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. Enjoy. As always this episode is brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions individuals with small or medium-sized businesses to grow their revenue with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, automation, Amazon Alexa Skills and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium-sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

Welcome to the Catholic Dirt Audio Experience CatholicDirt.com was created from the idea that in order to be better catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it's about time as men we put in some work, and get a little dirty in our faith walk. On today's episode Dr. David breaks down the season we’re in at Church and why a story of a marathon runner, is something as MEN we should learn from. Dr. Mike talks about, why preparing is important and a new audience member chimes in and talks about something that’s in line with our weekly challenge. This episode of the live stream recorded August 11th, 2019. If you enjoyed this episode feel free to join us at CatholicDirt.com for the live stream. Don’t forget to support our sponsors and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. Enjoy. This Episode is brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions individuals with small or medium sized businesses to grow their revenue with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, Amazon Alexa Skills and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

Welcome to the Catholic Dirt Audio Experience CatholicDirt.com was created from the idea that in order to be better catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it's about time as men we put in some work, and get a little dirty in our faith walk. On today's episode Dr. David is out celebrating his birthday so Dr. Mike steps in and talks about the mass in masculinity. He speaks on how we should be giving ourselves as a constant sacrifice to God and how this weeks mass ties into our weekly challenge. Sacrificing what we may have in excess in order to bless others in their lives. This episode of the live stream recorded July 30th, 2019. If you enjoyed this episode feel free to join us at CatholicDirt.com for the live stream. Don't forget to support our sponsors and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. Enjoy. This Episode is brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions individuals with small or medium sized businesses to grow their revenue with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, Amazon Alexa Skills and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

Welcome to the Catholic Dirt Audio Experience CatholicDirt.com was created from the idea that in order to be better catholic friends, brothers, husbands, and fathers, then it's about time as men we put in some work, and get a little dirty in our faith walk. On today's episode Dr. David talks about this week's mass and how important it is to know, that as Catholic men, we have the privilege through baptism, to ask God a question. Dr. Mike Talks about what we should do if maybe we’re not getting an answer to our faith question and finally our weekly challenge of faith. This episode of the live stream recorded July 23rd, 2019. If you enjoyed this episode feel free to join us at CatholicDirt.com for the live stream. Don't forget to support our sponsors and may God bless you on your faith walk to being better soil. Enjoy. This Episode is brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions individuals with small or medium sized businesses to grow their revenue with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, Amazon Alexa Skills and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholicdirt/support

Erste Folge im neuen Audio-Format. Die Protagonisten sind die gleichen geblieben. Heinz und Dietmar diskutieren aktuelle Entwicklungen in der digitalen Welt und werden dazu künftig regelmäßig Gäste begrüßen. Themen dieses Mal: Messenger Bots im Marketing, Google und die semantische Suche, Amazon Alexa Skills und die Herausforderungen für Facebook und Google im Zusammenhang mit Wahlwerbung und direkter Demokratie.

A technology product design leader for 20 years, Phillip is at a fourth start-up growing its offering to customers. Pulse Labs assesses and helps improve the experience of using AI-powered digital assistants such as Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. Previously, he and his team guided the experience direction for how people build and use Amazon Alexa Skills. A veteran of small and large companies, he is passionate about how teams work, how to understand and influence complex systems, and the little details of product design that make big differences.Phillip loves living, creating, and working in Seattle. He is an active member of local and international design communities. He also fancies himself a songwriter and photographer, and a skilled maker of bad puns See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, Teri does a countdown of the 2019 Top Ten Amazon Alexa Skills in Canada.Teri went into the Canadian Amazon Skill Store and sorted the skills by top reviews which means that they are the skills that you the users have rated as the top skills. Teri had done a similar countdown months ago and interestingly some of the skills are still in the list, but there are some new ones, and the skill that takes the number one spot is actually brand new.Before we proceed, one small caveat: Teri selected the skills based on how interactive they are and not just sound effects. He decided to sort the skills this way so you can see Alexa at her best. With that in mind, time to countdown the top ten! Ready? Here we go! The Top Ten Amazon Alexa Skills in Canada!#10 AnyPod by Harrison Digital MediaAre you looking for a great skill to listen to podcasts on Alexa? It was the number 10 skill six months, so it’s holding steady. This is the best skills for listening to podcasts through your Alexa devices. Their description reads, “AnyPod lets you play any podcast. Enrich yourself with thousands of comedy, drama, music, tech, news, education, and pop culture audio programs” Once you open the skill, you can play a particular podcast title. You can say, “Next or Previous” You can say, “Fast forward two minutes” You can say, “Rewind thirty seconds” It also keeps track of where you are in your podcast.#9 Skyrim Very Special Edition by Bethesda Game StudiosThis is a new skill on the list. It has some mature content so it when you first start it, it will ask you if it is okay to start the skill based on the fact that it has some mature content. It’s an interactive game where the user explores Skyrim using the power of their voice. It has various quests, the user goes into dungeons, and they have different weapons and spells. The user encounters different people. It’s given in Alexa’s voice which means it is a text to speech type of a skill which can be a bit tiresome and difficult for a user to continue being engaged with it. The timing of the way she says sentences and phrases can be heard to understand.#8 TED Talks by TED ConferencesIf you’re interested in TED Talks, this is the skill for you. This was the number 8 skill six months ago. It’s a catalogue of all TED Talks and they describe as, “Explore TED's vast library of inspiring talks and ideas worth spreading by world-renowned speakers and thought leaders from around the globe. You can play the latest TED talk, play random TED talks, or search for talks by topic or by speaker name. You can also play talks that are funny, inspiring, persuasive, courageous, or jaw-dropping. New TED talks are available every weekday and are always free to the world!”#7 Work Smart Live Smart with Beverly Beuermann-King by 5 Star BriefingThis is a new skill on the list. It is the first of two flash briefings that are on this list of 2019 Top Skills for Canada. This skill is all about giving you tips on how to work and live smart. It’s description on Amazon reads,“Would you like to live your life with less stress and more happiness? Discover how to take small steps towards a healthier, happier, less-stress you. Stress is a powerful force in life. It can bring about illness, destroy relationships and cause chaos. There is not a one-size-fits-all coping strategy for dealing with stress. Our goal is to put a plan together that helps us to deal with the sources of stress, take care of ourselves during those stressful time and allows us to reach out to those around us for support. The Work Smart Live Smart flash briefing focuses on helping you to Harness Your Energy and Build Your Resiliency!”#6 Voice in Canada Flash Briefing by Voice in CanadaThis is the other flash briefing on the list and it’s by Teri Fisher. It is the number one flash briefing in Canada. It’s all about providing you with tips, tricks, the latest news, deals, and all types of information related to using your Alexa device in Canada.#5 True or False? by labworks.io ltdThis skill as on the list last time and it’s a fun “True or False” trivia game. There are a lot of different topics that you can pick from. You can pick from a random topic and it will go ahead and ask you “True or False” questions. You can play against other people (multiple players) or you can choose a particular topic. You can also learn some interesting facts from playing this game.#4 Would You Rather for Family by Voice GamesThis was the number one rated skill 6 months ago. It’s a game where the user is asked whether they would rather do one of two different things, activities or choices. There are different categories, either random questions/topics or Disney questions/topics. You can play along with multiple players and see how you do. It’s a very fun game.And now the top 3!#3 Escape the Room by Stoked Skills LLCDo you like escape room kind of games? Then you’re really going to enjoy this. This skill is holding strong at the number 3 spot for the last six months. This is just like all of those escape rooms that are becoming more and more popular except you’ll be doing it through voice. You’re given the option of working through a couple of different rooms then you’re presented with a scenario, and you have to look around, inspect things, use objects and figure out how you get out of the room. It’s very fun. The scenarios can be a bit challenging.#2 Yes Sire by Volley Inc.It was still at number 2 six months ago. This is a really fun game. Its description on Amazon goes, “Needy peasants. A backstabbing nobility. A king who is never satisfied. Nobody said that running a feudal fiefdom would be easy. But with this Alexa game, it is bound to be entertaining. Are you prepared to make some of the hardest decisions of your (soon to be short) life? You sit as a medieval lord of the realm, presented with an ever-expanding array of difficulty choices. Make good choices and stay in power as long as you can!”You go through making decisions about things that are happening in the kingdom, and you have to balance your level of influence and wealth, all of which if it keeps track of, and maintain those at certain levels so that you don’t end up being executed or running out of money. It’s all based on decisions in terms of running the kingdom. The voices are done by voice actors which makes the game very engaging and takes the user’s experience to a whole new remarkable level. And now for #1 of the Top Ten Amazon Alexa Skills… drum roll please…#1 Storyflow - Interactive Stories by getVoiceflow.comThey are brand new on the list and have been skyrocketing tremendously. Their description reads, “Storyflow brings adventures to life using professional voice actors, sound effects, and custom content made just for Alexa. Storyflow adventures play aloud on your Alexa device, and let you make decisions which will affect the outcome of the story. Turn left? Press the red button? It's up to you! You will be prompted by the other characters in the story when it's time to make a choice. To get started, launch the Storyflow skill and choose your story. If you already know the name of your story, just say "Alexa" followed by your story name to jump right in”They are choose-your-own-adventure type of stories which are incredibly done. The immersive experience through sound effects, voice artists and so much more, are the best on the skill store. They started out doing interactive stories, then they created a platform that allowed them to produce more stories and when they saw how the use of the platform was, they decided to put the platform out to the public to use as platform for creating stories or any other type of skill. The platform is called Voiceflow.List of resources mentioned in this episode:Teri’s Live Health Broadcast at the Alexa ConferenceTeri’s Live Flash Briefing Workshop at the Alexa ConferenceVoiceflow Founder’s Interview on Alexa in CanadaOther Useful resources:Voice in Canada: The Flash BriefingComplete List of Alexa CommandsReviews of top Alexa Skills in CanadaAlexa-Enabled and Controlled Devices in CanadaTeri Fisher on TwitterAlexa in Canada on TwitterAlexa in Canada Facebook PageAlexa in Canada Community Group on FacebookAlexa in Canada on InstagramPlease leave a review on iTunesShopping on Amazon.caThe Alexa Conference, presented by VoiceFirst.FMuse promo code ALEXAINCANADA for 20% off See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this weeks episode we talk about how Lincoln is putting an orchestra in your car, how your browser may have leaked your Facebook messages, Nintendo and Google play nice and Pikachu loses popularity? All that and more so stay connected. Today’s episode is brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions individuals with small or medium sized businesses to grow their revenue with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, Amazon Alexa Skills and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today.

On this weeks episode, we talk about a New Frontier where homes “Run on Dunkin,” selling air like bottles of water, how the state of West Virginia and the Rock ‘n’ roll Hall of Fame are using some bleeding edge technology to combat voter fraud, and Bill Gates wants to know your recommendation on your latest book? All that and more so stay connected. Today's episode is brought to you by PurpleCircle.io Purple Circle positions individuals with small or medium sized businesses to grow their revenue with the latest in emerging technology like virtual reality, 3D printing, Amazon Alexa Skills and more. If you’re an individual or a small to medium sized business looking to use emerging technology to better sell your product or service head over to PurpleCircle.io to schedule your free consultation. That’s PurpleCircle.io using tomorrow’s technology for a better future today.

Alexa skills can now offer one-time-use purchases, like in-game hints or points https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/25/alexa-skills-can-now-offer-one-time-use-purchases-like-in-game-hints-or-points/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

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Who likes games? We do! And we review one of the first board games made for Alexa, "When in Rome." We also discuss sexism and missed opportunities in Amazon's recent Alexa ads and Amazon Alexa Skills early growth vs Apple's iOS app early growth. So join us!

Two weeks ago, I did a countdown of the top flash briefings in Canada. Today we are going to tackle the top ten Amazon Alexa skills in Canada, based on average customer ratings, of course! Before we proceed, one small caveat: I selected the skills based on the categorical meaning of the word. These are interactive skills and not just sound effects. I decided to sort the skills this way so you can see Alexa at her best. With that in mind, time to countdown the top ten!Ready? Here we go! The Top Ten Amazon Alexa Skills in Canada!#10 AnyPod, by Harrison Digital Media.Love podcasts? This podcast-player skill has thousands of them! So, what’s cool about it? There are no buttons to fiddle with: your voice is the remote. To get started, you can ask Alexa to open AnyPod. After the greeting, you can dive right into your favourite podcast by asking Alexa to play it. You can also pause, fast forward, or rewind. This is the perfect skill to podcast away those 30 minutes you have free.#9 Word of the Day Quiz, by Volley Inc.Does this skill sound familiar? A couple of weeks ago, when I went over the top ten flash briefings in Canada, I spoke about “Word of the Day,” a flash briefing that, true to its name, teaches you one nugget of vocabulary per day. This skill is the flash briefing’s more inquisitive twin: it’ll quiz you on the word you just learned. If you are afraid you may choke on the quiz because you don’t know the word you’ll be quizzed on, fret not! The skill and flash briefing are intertwined so that the skill can take you to the briefing’s same word episode.#8 TED Talks, by TED Conferences.Feel like learning a little more after that last skill? Then, this skill is for you. TED Talks gives you access to some of the best speakers out there. You can search for talks by subject or by speaker name. If you’re in the mood for a surprise, you can also ask for funny, inspiring, persuasive, courageous, or jaw-dropping talks. The choice is yours.#7 TP-LINK Kasa, by TP-LINK.This skill is perfect if you are already hooked into the TP-LINK smart home ecosystem. Once connnected, it allows you set and handle your TP-LINK smart home devices. The smartphone app is just as polished as the skill. Here’s one interesting stat: TP-LINK is the only smart home device manufacturer on the “Top Ten Amazon Alexa Skills in Canada” list.#6 Feel The Pressure, by Drew Cosgrove.Bored of the same old board games on game night? This skill might just be the perfect antidote. In this trivia game, you go through a series of questions, most of them based on a letter of the alphabet, and, if you get 10 correct answers in a row, you win. It sounds deceptively simple, but don’t get overconfident, some of them are doozies.#5 True or False? by labworks.io Ltd.As the skill’s description notes, this is the perfect ice-breaker for parties. This skill has all the features to make it a knock-out party game. It’s delightfully simple; it supports a multiplayer mode; and it packs quirky, conversation-starter facts. There’s one downside, though. Sadly, and not that we don’t love hearing her, but the game is entirely spoken in Alexa’s voice. It would have been nicer to have a human touch behind this amazing game.#4 Voice in Canada, by Alexa in Canada/Voice in Canada.This is the only flash briefing that made it into the skills’ list. As you know, this is my flash briefing, so I won’t waste too much digital ink on it. If you are unfamiliar with it, here’s a short description: Discover top Amazon Alexa and Echo tips, tricks, skills, reviews, news, and deals and how to get the most out of Alexa’s voice-first service so you can have the time and freedom to make your life more organized, relaxed, stress-free, entertaining, and fun! Thanks again to all you listeners for making it the top flash briefing in Canada!And now the top 3!#3 Escape the Room, by Stoked Skills LLC.Remember those text-based games that were a sensation in the 1980’s? They’ve made a comeback. But now, you use your voice to get out of nooks and pick up ammo. Here’s the developer’s description: You are trapped in a room. It’s up to you and only you to escape. Search your room, pick up items, and solve puzzles to find your way out. There are three rooms to choose from and more being added. The skill will track your stats and how fast you complete each room.#2 Yes Sire, by Volley Inc.Art thou a gamer, Alexa? With a cast of theatrical voices, this medieval-inspired game will transport you to the past. Here’s its description: Needy peasants. A backstabbing nobility. A king who is never satisfied. Nobody said that running a feudal fiefdom would be easy. But with this Alexa game, it is bound to be entertaining. You sit as a medieval lord of the realm, presented with an ever-expanding array of difficulty choices. Make good choices and stay in power as long as you can!Let’s just say, if you want to keep your head, you better make the right choices.And now for #1 of the Top Ten Amazon Alexa Skills… drum roll please…#1 Would You Rather for Family, by Voice Games with alt Inc.Here’s their description: Would You Rather for Family is a simple but addictive game where you make a choice between two lighthearted and silly situations. Will the rest of the world agree with your decision? You have to try the skill to find out! Enjoy hundreds of fun, family-friendly questions to keep all ages entertained for hours.The game comes in three editions: Standard, Disney, and Harry Potter. The game itself is a hoot, but sometimes I noticed there was a small hiccup where the game would not select the edition I had picked.And finally, honourable mention goes to…On a final note, I do want to give a shoutout to Invoked Apps, LLC and to Voice Apps, LLC. They didn’t make the top ten Amazon Alexa Skills list, but it was not because of a lack of quality; on the contrary, their skills are top notch. However, because their skills are ambient-sound oriented and are not interactive skills in the complete sense of the term, they were not included on this list. Nevertheless, you should definitely check their skills in the Alexa Skills store, they are incredible. Perhaps I’ll do a list of the top ten Amazon Alexa skills in Canada, but specifically for ambient-sound skills in the near future? Comment below if you’re interested!List of resources mentioned in this episode:Top Ten Flash Briefings in CanadaAlexa-Enabled and Controlled Devices in CanadaTeri Fisher on TwitterAlexa in Canada on TwitterAlexa in Canada Facebook PageAlexa in Canada Community Group on FacebookAlexa in Canada on InstagramPlease leave a review on iTunesShopping on Amazon.caThe Alexa Conference, presented by VoiceFirst.FMuse promo code ALEXAINCANADA for 20% off See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What’s the best way to handle toxic people in your business and your life? Nicola Cairncross and Judith Morgan discuss this sensitive topic.  In the Show Judith continues to enjoy her weirdo trips to meet people, this week Cath and Kay. Nicola’s focusing on her creative writing with talk of agents, competitions, scholarships, writing critique and training for poetry as well as prose. What’s Fuelled Their Fire? Nicola’s excited about Amazon Alexa Skills, especially since Amazon is effectively a very large voice-searchable database and search engine. Judith’s enjoying starting with new clients, finishing up with others, month-ending her own accounts, and recording the final handful of questions from her book onto Listen with Judith. Focus of the Week What do you do when people say “get rid of the toxic relationships in your life” especially if that person is a member of your family, a close friend or work colleague or even a business partner? Words of the Week Judith picks Research and Nicola chooses Audio Marketing. Project Updates K has finished her cross stitch pattern of Judith’s three sayings and it’s up for sale in her Etsy shop. Nicola’s opened her FB shop and shares a fabulous tip for those using FB Business Manager. Who or What’s Impressed? What Judith has discovered from Right Move which gave rise to her word of the week, and Nicola is enjoying both FutureLearn.com and Alexa Skills testing tool EchoSim.io for testing her new Alexa Skills ClicksAndLeads365.com Thanks for listening! To share your thoughts: Leave a rating and review via your podcast app Ask a question in our Facebook Group  To help the show: Subscribe via Radio Public, iTunes, Stitcher, YouTube, TuneIn, Libsyn Please share on Twitter, Facebook or whatever social media platform you love to use and tag us if you can - we love to read your comments! Website: OwnItThePodcast.com

In this very first episode I try to set my first podcast and provide my thoughts on what could become possible Alexa Skills in order to solve any biking issues. I talk about: 1. Recurrent tasks done via voice commands 2. Database for bikers (Trails, discounts, events) 3. Automated tasks (New tubes, brake oil change, change seized tires) Let's Connect! Instagram: parallax_mtb Facebook: Parallax MTB Website: www.parallaxmtb.com Kit: https://goo.gl/tkKnRz

Episode 32 of The Redirect Podcast: Insights on what it means when your site gets indexed, but doesn't rank. A simple breakdown and explanation as a reminder of the differences between Search Index, Rank, and how those two get confused by even search professionals. Further discussions around Amazon's Alexa devices, their growth in the marketplace beyond voice search, and how their “Alexa Skills” could impact brand experience. Taking a step back, actionable tips on what it means to simplify your content, as well as develop it with a purpose in mind that can impact search and user experience in a positive way. This and more on The Redirect Podcast. Show notes at https://blacktruckmedia.com/podcast/redirect-podcast-episode-32/

In today's Podcast we talk about amazon's echo and India. The 127th episode of Digital India Podcast on FIR Podcast Network is brought to you by staff and students of  Web Marketing Academy Continue Reading → The post AMAZON ALEXA SKILLS. WILL IT TAKE OFF IN INDIA? appeared first on FIR Podcast Network.

In this day and age where time is the most valuable commodity, more and more people are starting to appreciate podcasts. Today, Nils and Jay Kranda tell us how podcasts are becoming more relevant and creating greater opportunities for churches. In this episode, we will also get to know the podcast opportunities beyond just the weekend sermon. TVApp.church is also giving away free Amazon Alexa Skills for ministries. Just sign up at TVApp.church/alexa. Find out more in this new episode and share your thoughts with us! Use the hashtag #SMCPodcast in your posts. Show Notes: Alexa Skill Canva CV Outreach TVApps.church Jay Kranda Twitter Podcast Statistics of 2017

In this episode, we cover recent DevOps in AWS news and Paul Duvall talks about using AWS CodePipeline to Deploy Amazon Alexa Skills. For more info, go to https://stelligent.com/2017/07/25/use-aws-codepipeline-to-deploy-amazon-alexa-skill/

The technology has closed the gap in advertisement. With alexa skill ads can interact with the consumer. Social media ads did the same. With voice it's taken to next level.

Businesses using the new technology platform gain advantage over competitiors. Retail stores should get on Amazon Alexa Skills to connect with consumers at scale and win over competitors.

Nach einer Woche Pause gibt es einiges aufzuholen. Zunächst sprechen wir über eine Sprachsynthese der besonderen Art. Lyrebird.ai verspricht, aus einer einminütigen Sprachaufnahme einer beliebigen Person die Stimme synthetisieren zu können.Dadurch kann ein Computer mit der Stimme des Betreffenden dann jeden beliebigen Text sprechen. Ein paar Beispiele gibt's auch gleich.rnrnrnrnWeiter geht's mit einem amazon.de block. Zunächst eine Nachricht in eigener Sache: Sowohl für all-in.de, als auch für die Technikblase gibt's inzwischen Amazon Alexa Skills in der Beta.rnrnDann begeistert (hust,hust) amazon mit dem Echo Look. Einem persönlichen Fashion-Assistenten. Ja wer will denn keine Kamera und ein Mikrofon im Schlafzimmer? Gerne hätten wir allerdings den "Echo Knight" mal ausprobiert. Ein Alexa Gerät mit Display.rnrnEin neues Display hat auch Stephan. Sein Schnäppchen ist allerdings ein rechter Stinker und trübt dadurch etwas den Sehgenuss...rnrnEinige Geräte sehen nicht, sondern hören. Und zwar auf Ultraschalltöne, die sie prompt für die Nachverfolgung von Nutzern im "richtigen Leben" ausnutzen.rnrnMichael hat Probleme beim Buchen des Telekom StartTV Angebots. Der rosa Riese will ihm nämlich seine 50Mbit/s Hybrid-Verbindung wegnehmen, wenn er StartTV buchen will.rnrnWindows 10s ist als abgespeckte Variante von Windows 10 angekündigt und verursacht mehr Kopfzerbrechen als Jubelrufe. Edge und Marketplace-Zwang finden wir nicht so toll.rnrnEbenso nervig ist die Preisstufen-Anpassung in Apples App Store. In Europa ist jetzt nämlich 1,09€ statt 99ct der niedrigste Preis. Dafür scheint sich eine Einigung zwischen Apple und Amazon was die Prime Video App für den Apple TV 4 betrifft abzuzeichnen. Jeff Bezos und Tim Cook haben sich - so wird gerüchtet - getroffen und mal Tacheles geredet.