Category: Editor’s Desk

Here’s the 7/29/17 LME Weekly Summary: links to all of the previous week’s posts along with a brief summary of each. Click through on the links to view the full post for any you’re interested in.     7/24/17: Things to Ask Alexa Statements and queries to try on Alexa for a funny or unexpected response. 7/25/17 AlexaDev Tuesday - Royalty Free Images for Alexa Skills There are...

Publication Date: 7/26/17 - Now that there are so many to choose from, each designed to meet different needs, people often ask me which Alexa device to get. The answer is: it depends on your priorities and intended use for the device. Today I'll break it down step by step. Note to UK readers: as of this writing, the Show, Look and Tap are not yet available in the UK. While I'm confident the Show...

Here’s the 7/22/17 LME Weekly Summary: links to all of the previous week’s posts along with a brief summary of each. Click through on the links to view the full post for any you’re interested in.     7/17/17: Things to Ask Alexa Statements and queries to try on Alexa for a funny or unexpected response. 7/18/17 AlexaDev Tuesday - Managing The Alexa Interaction Model When the user...

Sorry it's late this week, but here’s the 7/16/17 LME Weekly Summary at last: links to all of the previous week’s posts along with a brief summary of each. Click through on the links to view the full post for any you’re interested in. There was no post on Friday and the weekly summary post is late because I had a bout of BPPV that put me out of commission from Thursday through yesterday....

Publication Date: 7/11/17 - Ever since the Echo Show was announced, certain conspiracy theorist corners of the internet have been asking, "Now that they've released the more expensive Show, is Amazon going to discontinue Echo?" No. At least, not anytime soon. Read on for further reassurance.     Developers Are Being Told To Keep Voice The Top Priority In Their Skills Amazon has expanded...

Here’s the 7/1/17 LME Weekly Summary: links to all of the previous week’s posts along with a brief summary of each. Click through on the links to view the full post for any you’re interested in.     6/26/17: Things to Ask Alexa Statements and queries to try on Alexa for a funny or unexpected response. 6/27/17 AlexaDev Tuesday - Hackster.io’s Alexa Section Is A Skill Developer...

Here’s the 6/24/17 LME Weekly Summary: links to all of the previous week’s posts along with a brief summary of each. Click through on the links to view the full post for any you’re interested in.     6/19/17: Things to Ask Alexa Statements and queries to try on Alexa for a funny or unexpected response. 6/20/17 AlexaDev Tuesday - Free Alexa Skill Programming Webinar Join Mark...

Here’s the 6/17/17 LME Weekly Summary: links to all of the previous week’s posts along with a brief summary of each. Click through on the links to view the full post for any you’re interested in.     6/12/17: Things to Ask Alexa Statements and queries to try on Alexa for a funny or unexpected response. 6/13/17 AlexaDev Tuesday - Check Those Alexa Skill Metrics: It’s Easy! Now...

Here’s the 6/3/17 LME Weekly Summary: links to all of the previous week’s posts along with a brief summary of each. Click through on the links to view the full post for any you’re interested in.     6/5/17: Things to Ask Alexa Statements and queries to try on Alexa for a funny or unexpected response. 6/6/17 AlexaDev Tuesday: Top Alexa Skill User Complaints Today I'm sharing the...