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Cathy Pearl

Conversational AI is our topic this week as your hosts Mark Mirchandani and Priyanka Vergadia are joined by Cathy Pearl and Jessica Dene Earley-Cha. Cathy explains what conversation AI is, describing it as people teaching computers to communicate the way humans do, rather than forcing humans to communicate like computers. Later, we talk best practices in design and development, including how a good conversation design and sample dialogues before building can create a better product. This prep work helps anticipate the ways different users could respond to the same question and how the program should react. In multi-modal programming, planning is also important. Our guests suggest starting with the spoken portions of the design and then planning visual components that would augment the experience. Working together as a team is one of the most important parts of the planning process. We also talk best use-cases for conversation AI. Does performing this task via voice make the experience better? Does it make the task easier or more accessible? If so, that could be a great application. In the future, the conversation may be a silent communication with the help of MIT’s Alter Ego. Cathy Pearl Cathy Pearl is head of conversation design outreach and author of the O’Reilly book, “Designing Voice User Interfaces”. She’s been creating Voice User Interfaces for 20 years and has worked on everything from programming NASA helicopter pilot simulators to a conversational app in which Esquire’s style columnist advises what to wear on a first date. She earned an MS in Computer Science from Indiana University and a BS in Cognitive Science from UC San Diego. You can find Cathy on Twitter, or check out her latest Medium article  “A Conversation With My 35-year-old Chatbot”. Jessica Dene Earley-Cha Jessica Dene Earley-Cha is a Developer Advocate for Actions on Google. She loves to connect with developers and explore VUI (voice user interface) to add another dimension to how users interact with technology. Jessica is part of the leadership team for @WomenInVoice. You’ll find her either spending time with her dog, collecting strawberry knick knack or biking around town. Stay up-to-date on her ventures on Twitter. Cool things of the week  How Google and Mayo Clinic will transform the future of healthcare  blog Announcing the general availability of 6 and 12 TB VMs for SAP HANA instances on Google Cloud Platform  blog Understanding your GCP Costs site and  videos  Coupon code for qwiklabs is: 1q-costs-626    Interview  GCP Podcast Episode 188: Conversation AI with Priyanka Vergadia  podcast Google’s Conversation Design Best Practices site Actions on Google site Interactive Canvas docs Dialogflow site Deconstructing Chatbots  videos Behind the Actions  videos Assistant On Air  videos MIT’s Alter Ego site Google Developers on Medium site Actions Codelabs site Actions Code Samples site Actions on Google Twitter site Google Assistant Dev on Reddit site Cathy’s Book: Designing Voice User Interfaces  site How We Talk: The Inner Workings of Conversation  site Talk: The Science of Conversation  site  Question of the week  How to integrate Dialogflow with BigQuery Where can you find us next? Cathy will be at Project Voice. Mark will be on vacation soon! Priyanka will be at GOTO Berlin, Codemotion Milan, and GOTO Copenhagen

Conversational AI is our topic this week as your hosts <a href="https://twitter.com/markmirch" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mark Mirchandani</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/pvergadia" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Priyanka Vergadia</a> are joined by <a href="https://twitter.com/cpearl42" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cathy Pearl</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/chatasweetie" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jessica Dene Earley-Cha</a>. Cathy explains what conversation AI is, describing it as people teaching computers to communicate the way humans do, rather than forcing humans to communicate like computers. Later, we talk best practices in design and development, including how a good conversation design and sample dialogues before building can create a better product. This prep work helps anticipate the ways different users could respond to the same question and how the program should react. In multi-modal programming, planning is also important. Our guests suggest starting with the spoken portions of the design and then planning visual components that would augment the experience. Working together as a team is one of the most important parts of the planning process. We also talk best use-cases for conversation AI. Does performing this task via voice make the experience better? Does it make the task easier or more accessible? If so, that could be a great application. In the future, the conversation may be a silent communication with the help of MIT’s Alter Ego. Cathy Pearl <a href="https://twitter.com/cpearl42" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cathy Pearl</a> is head of conversation design outreach and author of the O’Reilly book, “Designing Voice User Interfaces”. She’s been creating Voice User Interfaces for 20 years and has worked on everything from programming NASA helicopter pilot simulators to a conversational app in which Esquire’s style columnist advises what to wear on a first date. She earned an MS in Computer Science from Indiana University and a BS in Cognitive Science from UC San Diego. You can find Cathy on Twitter, or check out her latest Medium article <a href="https://chatbotslife.com/a-conversation-with-my-35-year-old-chatbot-part-1-21f0b3ecfcc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> “A Conversation With My 35-year-old Chatbot”</a>. Jessica Dene Earley-Cha <a href="https://twitter.com/chatasweetie" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jessica Dene Earley-Cha</a> is a Developer Advocate for Actions on Google. She loves to connect with developers and explore VUI (voice user interface) to add another dimension to how users interact with technology. Jessica is part of the leadership team for @WomenInVoice. You’ll find her either spending time with her dog, collecting strawberry knick knack or biking around town. Stay up-to-date on her ventures on Twitter. Cool things of the week <ul> <li>How Google and Mayo Clinic will transform the future of healthcare <a href="https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/customers/how-google-and-mayo-clinic-will-transform-the-future-of-healthcare" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> blog</a></li> <li>Announcing the general availability of 6 and 12 TB VMs for SAP HANA instances on Google Cloud Platform <a href="https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/sap-google-cloud/announcing-the-general-availability-of-6-and-12tb-vms-for-sap-hana-instances-on-gcp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> blog</a></li> <li>Understanding your GCP Costs <a href="https://www.qwiklabs.com/quests/90" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">site</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIivdWyY5sqKJx6FwJMRcsnFIkkNFtsX9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> videos</a> <ul> <li>Coupon code for qwiklabs is: 1q-costs-626</li> </ul> </li> </ul> Interview <ul> <li>GCP Podcast Episode 188: Conversation AI with Priyanka Vergadia <a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-188-conversation-ai-with-priyanka-vergadia/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> podcast</a></li> <li>Google’s Conversation Design Best Practices <a href="https://designguidelines.withgoogle.com/conversation/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">site</a></li> <li>Actions on Google <a href="https://developers.google.com/actions/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">site</a></li> <li>Interactive Canvas <a href="https://developers.google.com/actions/interactivecanvas/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">docs</a></li> <li>Dialogflow <a href="https://dialogflow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">site</a></li> <li>Deconstructing Chatbots <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIivdWyY5sqK5SM34zbkitWLOV-b3V40B" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> videos</a></li> <li>Behind the Actions <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOU2XLYxmsIKP4Hh9gQO54naZ8V7mDEQi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> videos</a></li> <li>Assistant On Air <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOU2XLYxmsILU6mHf5ERbUBpvKX6GL4rn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> videos</a></li> <li>MIT’s Alter Ego <a href="https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/alterego/overview/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">site</a></li> <li>Google Developers on Medium <a href="https://medium.com/google-developers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">site</a></li> <li>Actions Codelabs <a href="https://codelabs.developers.google.com/?cat=Assistant" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">site</a></li> <li>Actions Code Samples <a href="https://github.com/actions-on-google" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">site</a></li> <li>Actions on Google Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/ActionsOnGoogle" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">site</a></li> <li>Google Assistant Dev on Reddit <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/GoogleAssistantDev/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">site</a></li> <li>Cathy’s Book: Designing Voice User Interfaces <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Designing-Voice-User-Interfaces-Conversational/dp/1491955414/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> site</a></li> <li>How We Talk: The Inner Workings of Conversation <a href="https://www.amazon.com/How-We-Talk-Workings-Conversation/dp/0465059945" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> site</a></li> <li>Talk: The Science of Conversation <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Talk-The-Science-of-Conversation/dp/1472140842/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> site</a></li> </ul> Question of the week <a href="https://medium.com/google-cloud/deconstructing-chatbots-how-to-integrate-dialogflow-with-bigquery-267b68f4e795" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> How to integrate Dialogflow with BigQuery</a> Where can you find us next? Cathy will be at <a href="https://www.projectvoice.ai" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Project Voice</a>. Mark will be on vacation soon! Priyanka will be at <a href="https://gotober.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GOTO Berlin</a>, <a href="https://events.codemotion.com/conferences/milan/2019/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Codemotion Milan</a>, and <a href="https://gotocph.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GOTO Copenhagen</a>

Conversational AI Best Practices with Cathy Pearl and Jessica Dene Earley-Cha

Today, Jessica and I chat about the path she took to become a Developer Advocate at Google. After studying Sociology and Education in college, Jessica dedicated herself to working for both Girls Inc. and Girl Scouts. After five years of doing that, she transitioned her focus onto mental health advocacy work. After facing some extremely difficult tragedies in that role and receiving encouragement from friends and family, she decided to take a class at her local college to learn C++ in hopes of transitioning yet again. That was the moment she fell in love with programming and the rest is history! She attended Hackbright Academy and even went on to teach there for a few years afterwards. Today, she is a Developer Advocate at Google, where she creates content in innovative ways to help other developers build with Google Assistant. We speak about the power of community and the importance of relationships in this industry. Jessica shares incredible advice on how to leverage those relationships while job hunting. She provides tips for those interested in exploring a role within Developer Relations and presents some tangible ideas to help recruiters find you. Jessica is an absolute rockstar and is ever so inspiring- this episode is not one to miss! Resources:Find Jessica online:Twitter Instagram We Belong Here Podcast: Follow Lauren on Twitter @LoLoCoding WeBelongPodcast.com websiteSubscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Spotify LoLoCoding.com 

Today, Jessica and I chat about the path she took to become a Developer Advocate at Google. After studying Sociology and Education in college, Jessica dedicated herself to working for both <a href="https://girlsinc.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Girls Inc</a>. and <a href="https://www.girlscouts.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Girl Scouts</a>. After five years of doing that, she transitioned her focus onto mental health advocacy work. After facing some extremely difficult tragedies in that role and receiving encouragement from friends and family, she decided to take a class at her local college to learn C++ in hopes of transitioning yet again. That was the moment she fell in love with programming and the rest is history! She attended <a href="https://hackbrightacademy.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hackbright Academy</a> and even went on to teach there for a few years afterwards. Today, she is a Developer Advocate at Google, where she creates content in innovative ways to help other developers build with <a href="https://assistant.google.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google Assistant</a>. We speak about the power of community and the importance of relationships in this industry. Jessica shares incredible advice on how to leverage those relationships while job hunting. She provides tips for those interested in exploring a role within Developer Relations and presents some tangible ideas to help recruiters find you. Jessica is an absolute rockstar and is ever so inspiring- this episode is not one to miss! Resources: Find Jessica online: <a href="https://twitter.com/chatasweetie" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/chatasweetie/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> We Belong Here Podcast: Follow Lauren on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/LoLoCoding" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@LoLoCoding </a><a href="https://webelongpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WeBelongPodcast.com</a> websiteSubscribe on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-belong-here-lessons-from-unconventional-paths-to-tech/id1455784370#episodeGuid=Buzzsprout-6495208" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts </a>Subscribe on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0YilCmVxb3t9dHAYCQoExC" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a> <a href="https://linktr.ee/lolocoding" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LoLoCoding.com </a>

12. Jessica Dene Earley-Cha: Community & Developer Advocacy at Google