alexa | Matthew Dicks

Someone wrote a song about me! About me!

By Matthew Dicks | September 29, 2017 |

Spotify recently added podcasts to its offerings. Wondering if my podcast, Boy vs. Girl, had been added, I asked Alexa, our Amazon Echo, to play Boy vs. Girl. She told me that she couldn’t find it on Spotify. Then I asked her to play “Matthew Dicks,” hoping it might pick up my name as one of…

I think my daughter is becoming cool.

By Matthew Dicks | August 4, 2016 |

Clara came downstairs yesterday morning, asked Alexa (the name assigned to the Amazon Echo) to play Francis England (her favorite musician, who she found independently on Spotify), and then just sat and listened. One of the best things about our Amazon Echo is the control it’s given our kids over the music they love. It’s…