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Ben McCulloch
March 7, 2024

The evolution of the full-stack conversation designer

The evolution of the full-stack conversation designer https://vux.world/wp-content/uploads/Blue-Modern-Digital-Marketing-Webinar-Zoom-Virtual-Background.jpg 1280 720 Ben McCulloch Ben McCulloch https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b1f3549c2d953651d69f59ec1fa801a3?s=96&d=blank&r=g March 7, 2024 March 20, 2024

Just a few years ago we saw the concept of the ‘full-stack conversation designer’ emerge. Essentially, this job title meant that the designer could see a bot from ideation to…

Ben McCulloch
February 2, 2024

ChatGPT’s ‘strategies for success’ look familiar to us!

ChatGPT’s ‘strategies for success’ look familiar to us! https://vux.world/wp-content/uploads/2085cb70-3940-45ae-b24d-598727613940.webp 1792 1024 Ben McCulloch Ben McCulloch https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b1f3549c2d953651d69f59ec1fa801a3?s=96&d=blank&r=g February 2, 2024 February 2, 2024

When Open AI released their ‘Six strategies for getting better results’ in Dec 2023, anyone who has worked in conversational AI must have thought oh, that looks familiar! The blog…

Ben McCulloch
February 1, 2024

The end of role play in conversation design?

The end of role play in conversation design? https://vux.world/wp-content/uploads/1706261471904.png 1260 720 Ben McCulloch Ben McCulloch https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b1f3549c2d953651d69f59ec1fa801a3?s=96&d=blank&r=g February 1, 2024 February 2, 2024

There’s a common practice in conversation design, where a design team will role play a conversation with the intention of identifying common conversational patterns, and distilling that down into an…

Ben McCulloch
January 12, 2024

It still takes effort to make a really good assistant

It still takes effort to make a really good assistant https://vux.world/wp-content/uploads/Cream-Gold-2024-New-Year-Facebook-Post-1920-x-1080-px-1-1.png 1920 1080 Ben McCulloch Ben McCulloch https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b1f3549c2d953651d69f59ec1fa801a3?s=96&d=blank&r=g January 12, 2024 January 15, 2024

Come on then conversation designers – who’s bored by the lack of challenges in our industry? What, nobody? It’s no surprise really. We conversation designers have to be comfy with…

Ben McCulloch
February 6, 2023

What’s this news about conversation designer layoffs?

What’s this news about conversation designer layoffs? https://vux.world/wp-content/uploads/cxd-layoffs-2.jpg 1120 840 Ben McCulloch Ben McCulloch https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b1f3549c2d953651d69f59ec1fa801a3?s=96&d=blank&r=g February 6, 2023 February 6, 2023

In recent months we’ve seen rather a lot of layoffs. It feels like every few days there’s another LinkedIn post from someone in our network who’s lost their job. We…

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