{"id":510,"date":"2019-10-22T01:05:02","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T08:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/killingit.smallbizthoughts.com\/?p=510"},"modified":"2019-10-22T14:01:02","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T21:01:02","slug":"episode-30-robot-cats-accessible-websites-and-noise-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/killingit.smallbizthoughts.com\/2019\/10\/episode-30-robot-cats-accessible-websites-and-noise-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 30: Robot Cats, Accessible Websites, and Noise Pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Episode 30 !!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Topic 1: Karl&#8217;s Robot Cat<\/p>\n<p>Karl bought himself a robotic cat! It&#8217;s a Hasbro &#8220;Joy for All&#8221; companion animal. We talk about what this means for the bigger picture of robotics, human interaction, jobs, and opportunities going forward.<\/p>\n<p>Related Links:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B078FFX7Q8\/\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B078FFX7Q8\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joyforall.com\/\">https:\/\/joyforall.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On robots taking jobs:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.apnews.com\/6034c9ce1af347ec8da996e39b29c51b\">https:\/\/www.apnews.com\/6034c9ce1af347ec8da996e39b29c51b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Topic 2: Voice Interface and Web Site Accessibility<\/p>\n<p>As a result of a Supreme Court case, retail web sites must &#8220;accessible&#8221; &#8211; and this may include voice accessibility. To be specific, retail web sites must be accessible AND must be compatible with a voice assistant.<\/p>\n<p>Dave talked about developing voice access with Alexa (see <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.amazon.com\">https:\/\/developer.amazon.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Apple is making major moves on voice activation and accessibility.<\/p>\n<p>Links:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/2019\/10\/07\/dominos-pizza-website-accessibility-supreme-court-wont-hear-case\/3904582002\/\"> https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/2019\/10\/07\/dominos-pizza-website-accessibility-supreme-court-wont-hear-case\/3904582002\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/19\/06\/07\/hands-on-with-apples-new-voice-control-accessibility-feature\"> https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/19\/06\/07\/hands-on-with-apples-new-voice-control-accessibility-feature<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dave continues to looking like a visionary on this one.<\/p>\n<p>Topic 3: Noise Pollution<\/p>\n<p>A great article from The Atlantic digs into noise pollution and declares that &#8220;Noise is the exhaust of the digital economy,&#8221; and exhaust is pollution that poisons humans.<\/p>\n<p>We dig into noise pollution generally, both in &#8220;tech&#8221; environments and daily life.<\/p>\n<p>Link:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/2019\/11\/the-end-of-silence\/598366\/\"> https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/2019\/11\/the-end-of-silence\/598366\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; &#8212; &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Please check out . . .<\/p>\n<p>Dave&#8217;s daily Business of Tech podcast at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mspradio.com\/\">https:\/\/www.mspradio.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Karl&#8217;s Community at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smallbizthoughts.org\">https:\/\/www.smallbizthoughts.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ryan&#8217;s LinkedIn at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ryanmorris303\/\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ryanmorris303\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/directory.libsyn.com\/episode\/index\/id\/11673716\/tdest_id\/1346593\">Check out this episode!<\/a><\/p>\n<br \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display:block;\"  style=\"border:none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/11673716\/height\/100\/width\/\/thumbnail\/no\/render-playlist\/no\/theme\/custom\/tdest_id\/1346593\/custom-color\/87A93A\" height=\"100\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" 0=\"allowfullscreen\" 1=\"webkitallowfullscreen\" 2=\"mozallowfullscreen\" 3=\"oallowfullscreen\" 4=\"msallowfullscreen\" class=\"podcast-class\" frameborder=\"0\" placement=\"bottom\" libsyn_item_id=\"0\" theme=\"custom\" custom_color=\"75942D\"><\/iframe>\n<p>\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 30 !!! 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