Are you ready to build a voice-based game for the Amazon Echo? I’ve recently published and released my first book, “Building Voice-Enabled Apps with Alexa“, which covers everything you need to know ab
Can computer software be designed to be more emotional? Imagine the idea of conversing with your computer, perhaps checking the weather. The weather appears to be cold and rainy for the early part of
Ready to build your first web app with React? React is a javascript library, developed by Facebook, that has been gaining in popularity. It uses a component-based UI development style, combined with s
Is computer software ready to be controlled by speech? For decades, we’ve been building software with graphical user interfaces, allowing users to select, point, and click their way through applicatio
What is it like to build an app with IBM Watson, the Jeopardy-winning artificial intelligence machine? I had recently given a presentation at the 2016 Associated Press Tech Summit, focused on building
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Imagine you’re developing a video game where the player has to find magical items, build a weapon, and then attack monsters. This would be relatively straight-forward to create. Just throw some magica
Single page web applications are an important part of modern web development. Users expect web applications to function much more closely to their desktop counterparts. This includes both PC and mobil
I’ve recently completed an online course in R programming and have been weighing its strengths and weaknesses to determine where it would be most advantageous. Traditional workplace programming langua
I’ve always thought it would be neat to create a digital version of oneself. The closest that programmers can get, is most likely the chat bot. Aside from chat bots being a goal towards beating the Tu