Alexa In Canada: Amazon Alexa And Echo Skills, Tips, And Tricks For Canadians

In this episode Teri welcomes Nick Sawka, an independent Alexa skills developer and the developer behind Historical Voices.  Welcome, Nick!Nick is a 19 year veteran of the U.S coast guard who started skills development back in 2017, and a graduate from University of Phoenix with a Bachelor's Degree in Business management and Operations. He’s an independent developer who also develops for Voice Skills Inc., a company based in San Antonio.Getting Into VoiceNick began as an Amazon Prime member dating back from 2005 and when Alexa first came up he ended up calling them and he received an invitation link. He went ahead and bought it and that was his first step into what he believes is the future. He always had an interest and urge to explore coding and computer programming despite having a degree in business management.During Nick’s military career he would build databases and in time, he began to look up skills that used session management. Finally, he decided to take the leap to create Alexa skill