A linkdump to accompany a short talk on Conversational UI. Originally collected on Pinboard.

#General background & starting points

#Messaging & text

Text is the most socially useful communication technology. It works well in 1:1, 1:N, and M:N modes. It can be indexed and searched efficiently, even by hand. It can be translated. It can be produced and consumed at variable speeds. It is asynchronous.

#Facebook (M)

#Software agents

#Peach🍑

#Services