So, remember voice assistants?
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Replying to @benedictevans
Benedict, Indeed: The
#VoiceFirst revolution is quite unlike any other in the tech industry, hence why there is such a blind spot to the shift taking place. Fastest adoption of any technology Explosion of devices Prime Day 2015-2019 Echo is the top selling electronic device.pic.twitter.com/6xzT6ISbGX
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Replying to @BrianRoemmele @benedictevans
Benedict, the “next big thing” never looks like the last big thing. It is absurd to think we will be thumb clawing the 1890s QWERTY keyboard in 2030. We won’t—we will use
#VoiceFirst systems. The world agrees we are reaching 50%+ of the US population with a#VoiceFirst device.pic.twitter.com/90tLfpQtn8
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This is also true of the things that did not work.
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Replying to @benedictevans
Benedict, Indeed. Can you mention things that did not work that has reached 50% of the US population and faster than
#VoiceFirst? Can you mention things that did not work sell out on Amazon holiday season and Prime Day consistently for 4 years in a row?1 reply 1 retweet 6 likes -
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Brian Roemmele Retweeted Brian Roemmele
Benedict, the interesting thing is the prodigious number of Alexa app downloads recently, just in December 2018, is certainly not evocative of “things that did not work” phenomenology in the review of the history of technology:https://twitter.com/BrianRoemmele/status/1077749161640882176?s=20 …
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Brian Roemmele Retweeted Brian Roemmele
Benedict, In conclusion there are these profound words stated recently about the
#VoiceFirst revolution, from one of the most prolific and accurate minds of the last 50 years, the polymathic and amazing Mr. Marc Andreessen@pmarca of@a16zhttps://twitter.com/BrianRoemmele/status/1081755036974120961?s=20 …Brian Roemmele added,
Brian Roemmele @BrianRoemmeleBOOOOM! The amazing Marc Andreessen on the#VoiceFirst revolution. “Of course, speech as a [user interface] is rapidly on the rise. So I think audio is going to be titanically important” Marc, come to The Alexa Conference this month. I think you may find it interesting... https://twitter.com/BrianRoemmele/status/1081754346616807427 …1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes -
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You know he works at a16z right? Also I died cuz u started each tweet w his name hahahapic.twitter.com/5dsqmVKBtx
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This is it precisely.
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