Category: Stuff
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So far, not missing FB and Twitter
Of course, I have noticed the time saved – twitter was always my jam. Fb I don’t miss but the news flow, connections in twitter might be another issue. I really wonder if the social part of social media was ever true really, the variety of content, leads and ideas was always a winner but…
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Time to say goodbye
Finally, it’s time. Goodbye to Facebook and goodbye to Twitter. Sick of bad owners taking people for granted, maybe it’s only one person but I’ll get my time back and feel a little bit better about the time I do spend online. Sorry, Mark and Elon but your loser platforms are a waste of time.…
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Been even longer this time!
Like many people, I started the new year with plans to adopt new resolutions, start good new habits and also journal. Of course, I had to buy new tech to support my new resolutions – OK, I didn’t have to but I did anyway. And, I am very impressed with my new Remarkable tablet, and…
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Been too long
When I last posted here, I’d just been made redundant from a job I loved, building a chatbot from scratch for Vodafone. I started the thing with an idea and a pitch, persisted and switched tack from an internal bot for staff to a public-facing bot and even took onboard the responsibility of building an agile…
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Building a chatbot: The Conversational Specialist
Typically, an agile squad will contain all the skills required to achieve your mission or solve the problem you’ve been given. However, as I developed a chatbot, it became clear that as well as UX, CX, frontend developer and Tech Dev Lead roles, we would have to create some new roles. Cognitive Engineer – fairly…
Mike Hales 