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A Girl, a 300 Baud Modem, and how she found her tribe.

May 5, 2021

A Girl, a 300 Baud Modem, and how she found her tribe.

May 5, 2021

Cathy Pearl

Be Like the Bird: Lessons from My 107-Year-Old Grandmother

“Girls! Too much sugar!” This was a common refrain from my grandmother during Canasta games in which my sister and I would get sillier and…

Jan 13, 2021

Be Like the Bird: Lessons from My 107-Year-Old Grandmother

Jan 13, 2021

Cathy Pearl

How To Become a Conversation Designer

Of all the questions I get asked about conversation design, “how do I become a conversation designer?” is the most common.

Nov 24, 2019

How To Become a Conversation Designer

Nov 24, 2019

Cathy Pearl

How to Be a Good Podcast Guest

I’ve seen many articles and blog posts on how to start a podcast, how to run a podcast, and how to host (there’s even a podcast ABOUT…

Sep 22, 2019

How to Be a Good Podcast Guest

Sep 22, 2019

Cathy Pearl

A Default Gender?

Originally published at scifiinterfaces.com.

Aug 27, 2019

Photo of R2-KT, an R2-D2 unit with pink instead of blue highlights

Aug 27, 2019

Cathy Pearl

A Conversation With My 35-year-old Chatbot (Part 2 — Technical Details)

In Part 1, I introduced the chatbot I programmed when I was 12, on my Commodore 64. It includes a video demo of the chatbot in action.

Jul 29, 2019

A Conversation With My 35-year-old Chatbot (Part 2 — Technical Details)

Jul 29, 2019

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A Conversation With My 35-year-old Chatbot (Part 1)

Think chatbots are pretty new? Let’s hop in a time machine and go back…way back…to 1984.

Jul 29, 2019

A Conversation With My 35-year-old Chatbot (Part 1)

Jul 29, 2019

Cathy Pearl

I’m a PhD Dropout, and That’s Okay

Academic probation. I read the letter with a mixture of anger and disbelief. How could I, always such a good student, be getting such a…

Nov 26, 2018

I’m a PhD Dropout, and That’s Okay

Nov 26, 2018

Cathy Pearl

What happens to me if I fail your test?

I recently attended an artificial intelligence retreat in Norway. Why Norway? Well, for one thing, Norway is breathtakingly beautiful, so…

Oct 8, 2018

What happens to me if I fail your test?

Oct 8, 2018

Cathy Pearl

My Year of Saying Yes

I’ve always been a person of “what ifs”. What if the cat gets sick right before we leave on our big trip? What if I get on the wrong bus…

Aug 14, 2018

My Year of Saying Yes

Aug 14, 2018

Cathy Pearl

Cathy Pearl

UX Lead on Google Gemini. Author of "Designing Voice User Interfaces" from O'Reilly (More at https://cathypearl.com)

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