Florian HollandtExploring a new (personal) frontierThis article covers some thoughts on how I will approach a new hobby. First of all, you might ask yourselfAug 9, 2020Aug 9, 2020
Florian Hollandtin#VoiceFirst GamesA/B-Testing your Alexa SkillIn this article I introduce my architecture for A/B-testing Alexa Skills, along with an open-source framework-independent proof of concept…Aug 23, 20192Aug 23, 20192
Florian HollandtIntroducing project ‘Dice Championship’What if a voice app of non-trivial complexity would be implemented with different approaches, and all of it would be open source? This is…Jul 29, 2019Jul 29, 2019
Florian Hollandtin#VoiceFirst GamesReview: Rogue’s ChoiceThis article is something between a review and a case study, and it would have been even longer if I could have gotten hold of the…Feb 26, 2019Feb 26, 2019
Florian Hollandtin#VoiceFirst GamesReview: Skyrim Very Special EditionRole-playing games (RPGs) are a particularly interesting genre of #VoiceGames, in so far as they have both a great potential for user…Feb 2, 2019Feb 2, 2019
Florian Hollandtin#VoiceFirst GamesThoughts on ‘Alexios, the Spartan’The companion Alexa Skill to ‘Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’ is one of my favorite #VoiceGame(-related) releases this year. In this article, I…Nov 11, 2018Nov 11, 2018
Florian Hollandtin#VoiceFirst GamesReview: Song QuizWith currently more than 9.2K positive reviews, ‘Song Quiz’ is the most popular #VoiceGame for Alexa by a large margin (fun fact: it has…Aug 26, 20181Aug 26, 20181
Florian Hollandtin#VoiceFirst GamesMulti-modality in #VoiceGamesMulti-modality is a hot topic these days, and Dustin recently devoted an entire article on the distinction between voice-only, voice-first…Aug 12, 20181Aug 12, 20181
Florian HollandtReview: Question of the DayThis #VoiceGame is a classic trivia quiz game — But it’s implemented so well that it is one of the three most popoular game Skills overall…Jul 15, 2018Jul 15, 2018
Florian HollandtDear culture: We need to talk!I feel like we’re growing apart. Do we still care enough to work on reversing that pattern?Jun 30, 20181Jun 30, 20181