Comments on: Google Wave Robots http://www.kroesbergens.com/portfolio/2010/01/google-wave-robots/ my opinions, conjectures, and thoughts Sun, 23 Oct 2011 21:17:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Wes Kroesbergen http://www.kroesbergens.com/portfolio/2010/01/google-wave-robots/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Wes Kroesbergen Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:54:11 +0000 http://www.kroesbergens.com/portfolio/2010/01/google-wave-robots/#comment-43 Thank you Pamela. I agree that there are a variety of potential cases in which Wave robots may help out. However, until there are mobile applications which plugin to the API in a different manner, I don't believe that Wave robots will take off in the personal sector. I personally believe that for data retrieval purposes, a conversation robot will be less effective than an application designed to retrieve and present that data. Any hints as to potential API changes that will target this point? Thank you Pamela. I agree that there are a variety of potential cases in which Wave robots may help out. However, until there are mobile applications which plugin to the API in a different manner, I don’t believe that Wave robots will take off in the personal sector. I personally believe that for data retrieval purposes, a conversation robot will be less effective than an application designed to retrieve and present that data.

Any hints as to potential API changes that will target this point?

]]> By: Pamela Fox http://www.kroesbergens.com/portfolio/2010/01/google-wave-robots/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Pamela Fox Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:46:51 +0000 http://www.kroesbergens.com/portfolio/2010/01/google-wave-robots/#comment-42 You are right that many of the compelling uses for robots are tied to business use - but there are in fact various uses of robots for casual use, like shopping or games. The withwaves.com crew has a few nice consumer-oriented robots that tie in with Amazon & E-bay: http://withwaves.com/ Once we release some improvements to the robots API, you should start seeing more user-friendly robots that help out in a variety of situations. Stay tuned! You are right that many of the compelling uses for robots are tied to business use – but there are in fact various uses of robots for casual use, like shopping or games. The withwaves.com crew has a few nice consumer-oriented robots that tie in with Amazon & E-bay: http://withwaves.com/

Once we release some improvements to the robots API, you should start seeing more user-friendly robots that help out in a variety of situations. Stay tuned!

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