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    #1: Catastrophizing the End of the GUI

    May 25th, 2016 · 45 minutes

    Special guest Chris Messina joins the inaugural episode of the show to discuss both the hype and beauty of conversational UIs, messaging apps, and chatbots. Will this herald the end of interface design as we know it? (Spoiler: nope.)

    Guest Starring: Chris Messina

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    Links and Show Notes

    Chris Messina: 2016 will be the year of conversational commerce
    Psychology Today: What is Catastrophizing? - Cognitive Distortions
    Dan Grover: Bots won't replace apps. Better apps will replace apps.
    TechCrunch: Facebook says 10K+ developers are building chatbots
    Ben Brown: Botkit for Facebook Messenger — Why Not?
    The Washington Post: The next hot job in Silicon Valley is for poets
    Chris Messina (@chrismessina) on Twitter