TechCrunch
Clubhouse voice chat leads a wave of spontaneous social apps
7 min · · Forget the calendar invite. Just jump into a conversation. That’s the idea powering a fresh batch of social startups poised to take advantage of our cleared schedules amidst quarantine. But they could… · Shared by 214, including Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Ben Parr, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Hailley Griffis, Amanda Goetz, Johannes Lenz, John Rampton, Warren Whitlock, Ouriel @Zengo, Chris Messina, hiten.eth, Jan Firsching 🆒, Bill Johnston, Fanzo, Kunal Bhatia, Sachin Rekhi
WIRED
Clubhouse Is Booming. So Is the Ecosystem Around It
2 min · · A wave of startups, features, and tools has sprung up around the popular audio app. And some are looking to cash in. · Shared by 158, including Dr. Nettra Pan 👁, Thomas Pleil, Nicolas Babin, Stephanie A Kowalski, Gabriele, Matt Navarra, Michael Calore, Chris Messina, Thomas Power, Jeremiah Owyang, Lauren Goode, Backchannel
VentureBeat
Chris Messina, the inventor of the hashtag, just launched his own chatbot
3 min · · Chris Messina, developer experience lead at Uber and inventor of the hashtag, said back in January that 2016 is “the year of conversational commerce.” Today, he’s launching his own personal assistant… · Shared by 60, including Dominik Grolimund, Chung, Florian Hanke 🍎, ᴏʟɪᴠɪᴇʀ ᴘᴇɪᴤᴤᴀʀᴅ, Stephanie A Kowalski, Jacob Jarnvall, Dom Zuend, Chris Messina, Kim Dik, Leslie D, Dayyan Smith, Adrian Fluri, Pete Skomoroch
Adweek
What We Can Expect From Voice Devices in 2020
3 min · · We were wrong to assume that chatbots and voice bots would naturally slide into their role as autonomous shopping tools. · Shared by 52, including Martin Jones, Klaus Eck, luis antónio santos, Stephanie A Kowalski, Real Marsha Wright®, Chris Messina, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
The New York Times
How the Copycats Came for Clubhouse
7 min · · The company showed that people would flock to an audio-only social media app. Can it fend off the imitators? · Shared by 51, including Mwaniki Gachoki, Matt Navarra, Chris Messina, Sam Maule, Forbes India
UX Collective
Chatbots — an interview with Chris Messina, inventor of the hashtag
8 min · · Are chatbots going mainstream in 2017? As designers, what are some of the challenges of designing conversational experiences? · Shared by 46, including Michael Duergner, #bottish, Chris Messina, Brian Roemmele, Fabricio Teixeira, Grégoire Japiot 🌻, Thomas Power, Jakub Ferenc
Beyond Philosophy
A Glimpse To The New Trends In Humanizing Technology
2 min · · by podcast on February 15, 2020 Social media has changed many things about our lives. Not only can we have a blow by blow account of what our friends and family are up to, but we can also see what… · Shared by 36, including 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Jonathan Kogan, Colin Shaw, Chris Messina, Katja Evertz
tnwtalks.wistia.com
Product design for a more sustainable internet
· Kara Swisher (Co-founder and Editor-in-Chief, Recode) and Chris Messina (Inventor of hashtag) · Shared by 35, including Chris Messina
Entrepreneur
Conversational Commerce Is Revolutionizing Ecommerce
2 min · · Deploying AI to facilitate dialogue with your customers adds the missing human element, providing a more personalized experience. · Shared by 28, including Real Marsha Wright®, Marsha Collier, Chris Messina, Marc R Gagné MAPP
TechCrunch
TechCrunch
3 min · · Twitter is developing a new product called “Birdwatch,” which the company confirms is an attempt at addressing misinformation across its platform by providing more context for tweets, in the form of… · Shared by 26, including Neal Schaffer | ニール・シェーファー, Rasu Shrestha MD MBA, Matt Navarra, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Chris Messina
The Washington Post
The education of Frances Haugen: How the Facebook whistleblower learned to use data as a weapon from years in tech
· Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen’s calls to change the company have broken through, winning bipartisan support on Capitol Hill, calls for more regulation and triggering soul searching among the American public. · Shared by 19, including Chris Messina, Lauren Goode, Cat Zakrzewski
VentureBeat
The inside story of Chris Messina’s new chatbot
4 min · · Guest Last summer I joined a startup as the lead marketer. The cofounders had been part of multiple exits, and everyone on the team was exceptionally talented. When I signed on, it looked like the… · Shared by 19, including Johannes Lenz, Chris Messina, Jean Decherf
diginomica.com
Uber experience chief predicts ‘conversation’ as next epoch in computing
5 min · · Chris Messina, developer experience lead at Uber, also the inventor of the hashtag, believes conversation and messaging are the next paradigm in computing. · Shared by 17, including Bertrand Maltaverne, Chris Messina, Mark Kaigwa, Brian Roemmele
VentureBeat
Chris Messina: Alexa leads the ‘god bot’ wars because Amazon gets the most interest from developers
10 min · · A little over two years ago, before Facebook Messenger or iMessage opened to third-party bots, and before the arrival of Google Assistant, conversational AI champion Chris Messina helped coin the term… · Shared by 13, including Chris Messina, Grégoire Japiot 🌻
en.fabernovel.com
Chris Messina, The Bots and the Year of Conversational Commerce // FABERNOVEL
3 min · · Chris Messina, Ex-Developer Experience Lead at UBER, talked on December 15 at the last Business & Breakfast organized by FABERNOVEL INNOVATE. Moderated by · Shared by 11, including Chris Messina, Johannes Lenz
O'Reilly Media
Chris Messina on conversational commerce
2 min · · The O’Reilly Bots Podcast: The 2017 bot outlook with one of the field’s early adopters. · Shared by 11, including Chris Messina, Pete Skomoroch