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…13 min read·Jul 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…4 min read·Aug 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…18 min read·Jun 15, 2017--1--1
Tom HewitsonWhy do people vote anyway?I’ve been thinking a lot about how to get people to vote the last few days.2 min read·Apr 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…2 min read·Apr 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…10 min read·Mar 27, 2017--1--1
Tom HewitsonHow to name your service / team / policy / productSlides and video recording from my talk to the UK Government content community at #concon53 min read·Mar 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.4 min read·Jan 27, 2017--1--1
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…2 min read·Jan 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.5 min read·Dec 7, 2016--1--1
