Tom HewitsonSome thoughts on the top Alexa Live ’22 announcements from a skill developer perspectiveAh Alexa Live, every year it feels just like Christmas did when you’re a kid: sitting around while the adults have long boring…Jul 25, 2022Jul 25, 2022
Tom HewitsoninCode For AfricaEyewitness platform sprint 1 reportThe Eyewitness platform is an open source Faceb00k Messenger bot and management interface designed to let news organisations create their…Aug 22, 2017Aug 22, 2017
Tom Hewitsoninlabworks.ioThe conversation designer’s handbook — or how to design chatbots, Google Home actions and Alexa…For some time I’ve been meaning to put together a guide for writers and designers working on conversational interfaces based on my…Jun 15, 20171Jun 15, 20171
Tom HewitsonWhy do people vote anyway?I’ve been thinking a lot about how to get people to vote the last few days.Apr 24, 2017Apr 24, 2017
Tom HewitsonThis Election Is A Chance For The Tech Industry To Fix Its Mistakes.Like many people, after the neverending car-crash that was 2016 I decided to hunker down and try to pretend politics is something that…Apr 18, 2017Apr 18, 2017
Tom HewitsonMy personal list of things to read if you want to work in online mediaI was busy clearing out some old folders and discovered this list of resources I put together for a friend of mine who wanted to get into…Mar 27, 20171Mar 27, 20171
Tom HewitsonHow to name your service / team / policy / productSlides and video recording from my talk to the UK Government content community at #concon5Mar 19, 2017Mar 19, 2017
Tom HewitsoninChatbot News DailyIntroducing LastSeen — the chatbot that keeps you safe when you’re on your ownLastSeen is a simple chatbot that asks the user to check-in once a day and notifies their designated contact if they don’t.Jan 27, 20171Jan 27, 20171
Tom HewitsonIntroducing Eyewitness — the chatbot journalist for your media organisationUpdate: We won! We’re being funded to build Eyewitness and will be looking for beta partners soon. If you’re interested getting access drop…Jan 6, 2017Jan 6, 2017
Tom HewitsonUsing value propositions to improve your product development processAs a content person in a product team I’m often asked how I spend my time, considering there isn’t much copy to write.Dec 7, 20161Dec 7, 20161