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A collection of 2 posts

27 Jul 2018 - 2 min read

A Few Strong Smart Speaker Opinions

One: Amazon got this whole “voice in a can” revolution going, and they deserve tons of credit for figuring that out. When the original Echo was announced, we all thought it was going to flop. Instead, it has heralded a wave of innovation (and $$$) in this new category. This extends

Tough impressions of the Amazon Echo from regular people

20 Jun 2017 - 2 min read

Tough impressions of the Amazon Echo from regular people

I really like my Amazon Echo, and I think that voice assistants are a big part of the next wave of computing, but that does not seem to be as universal a feeling as one might gather just by reading tech blogs. I like my Echo because it can answer