Thanks to everyone who joined me live for our 1st episode of Got Bots? with the Microsoft Reactor- it was so much fun to chat with y'all, share bot knowledge, and swap stories of the early days of AOL bots. 🤖

If you missed the fun live, don't worry- you can watch the replay here, and in the embedded video below!

On this episode we cover:

• 5:35 How I got started with bots (the birth of Shania Bot 🤠🎶)

• 9:26 Special guest, and co-creator of the Diva Bots Pj Metz joins the show! We chat about Azure Logic Apps

• 14:35 We touch briefly on Azure QnA maker, as well as my Wine Bot post on Dev.to 🍷

• 17:15 Pj and I chat about Shania Bot, BotianaGrande, Mechanical Carey, JustBotPaid, Britney Bot, and more of our favs! 🎶

• 24:21 We throw it back to the OG bot: SmarterChild!

• 29:00 I mention my pal Ben Parr and his company Octane AI

• 29:40 Virtual Tinkerbell meet & greet?! 🧚🏼😱

• 36:00 I mention The Bot Father himself, @jaydestro ! Check out our episode where we chat all about Azure Logic Apps and build THE Bot Father!

• 41:06 A personal story about ethical bot creation (and shirt bots- ugh 😒😒😒)

Did you have fun? Check out Got Bots? 2: Making Bots with Logic Apps where I take your questions and spin up some fun bots with Azure Logic Apps- see ya then, and happy botting!