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May 2016 Blog Posts (4)
Meeting Mycroft: An Open AI Platform You Can Order Around By Voice
Mycroft developer Ryan Sipes, speaking from the show floor of this year's OSCON in Austin,…
ContinueAdded by Timothy Lord on May 30, 2016 at 11:00pm — No Comments
The Making of Swampcast
Added by Michael Levin on May 28, 2016 at 9:00am — No Comments
Learning Groovy and Self-publishing
What is Groovy and why should I care?
Hello again, it's me, Adam. Earlier this year, I finished my self-published book, Learning Groovy,…
ContinueAdded by Adam Davis on May 25, 2016 at 3:00pm — No Comments
Is Social Networking Over?
Has social networking reached it's peak?
The change from traditional read-only web pages to read write web pages took the world by storm. Web 2.0 gave rise to blogs and social features that gave a voice to the independent. It…
ContinueAdded by Michael Levin on May 3, 2016 at 10:30am — No Comments
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