The Future of Emoji

Imagine, in the not-too-distant-future, kicking back on your sofa and enjoying a relaxing evening in your smart home. Your smart TV is cued and invisibly connected to a smart sound system tailored to your eccentric taste in ’70s Krautrock. Your smart LED lighting complements your spouse’s face…

The Future of CUI Isn’t Conversational

The ubiquity of conversational experiences remind us how easy it has become to interact through computers. However, if you’re younger than 30 it might surprise you to learn that many computers used to look like a scene from the movie Hackers:

The Day You Become a Cyborg

Many would jokingly describe their smartphone as a fifth limb, but developments in wearable technology are hinting that one day our devices will actually be part of us. In some cases, they already are. Cyborgs are organisms with enhanced abilities thanks to the integration of an…

Bots suck

Why?

First of all, they truly don’t know anything at all. They have to look information up. And I could do that…

Sorry to burst your [chat] bubble

Conversational commerce isn’t merely about texting bots 💬

connie chan has posted this critique of Conversational Commerce last Thursday:

The Age of Self-Serve is Coming to an End

The history of the human race is basically a history of technology.

How to Design a CUI

Objects have evolved from static to dynamic, becoming “smart” with the adoption of human traits like autonomy and proactivity. In this context, form is no longer just about the physical attributes of an object, or a traditional interactive experience, it has expanded to adopt the dialogue…

Introducing Luka messaging and his fleet of AI friends

Meet Luka — a messaging app that has the one…

A dummy’s guide to Deep Learning (part 1 of 3)

Yes, you can do it. Today.

Wait, what?