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p/mica-the-hipster-catHipster recommendations by a hipster cat bot 😼
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Thomas Schranz ⛄️

Mica, the hipster cat - Hipster recommendations by a hipster cat bot 😼

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Barbara Ondrisek
Maker
hi, I'm barbara, the owner and maker of Mica, the Hipster Cat =>'.'<= If you you have any questions, feel free to ask me anything! Or ask Mica: http://m.me/hipstercatbot
Jacob Hobbie
@electrobabe Great product! I used it in my town, Wichita, KS, and got a few decent places, although I'd say there are a few more under-the-radar hipster places then what it showed, plus some places I wouldn't define as hipster. How do you currently decide what is hipster and what isn't?
Barbara Ondrisek
Maker
@linkchef I'm glad you like the bot! :) well, I designed a special algorithm to check for hip places worldwide: I look up hipster venues in difference APIs such as Foursquare, Yelp, Google Places and Facebook Places and merge the data to display it to the user with a Facebook Messenger chat bot
Ryan Hoover
Mica passed the test. SF's Zeitgest and Sightglass are hipster.
Thomas Schranz ⛄️
Hunter
Great example for what kind of Facebook messenger bots we will see going fwd: Poncho gives you ⛅️ weather. Mica gives you recommendations of ☕️ hipster cafes and restaurants around you (or in other places).
Barbara Ondrisek
Maker
@__tosh thank you for hunting :))
Jean Lucas
NIce work :) Woah, I discovered hispter places in São Paulo hehe - btw... how do you find places? Is it possible for uses to contribute?
Barbara Ondrisek
Maker
@aleattorium we are working on a recommendation system at the moment :)
Jean Lucas
@electrobabe Just curious, because I'm in Brazil, so where you get the recommendations is an important info :) btw what technologies were used?
Jean Lucas
@electrobabe btw, that's my interaction with the product: - would love to see it speak more "naturally" (especially when it asks How I am, I replied happy, it didn't get it)
Barbara Ondrisek
Maker
@aleattorium well that's our sacred business secret ;)
Barbara Ondrisek
Maker
@aleattorium well, I designed a special algorithm to check for hip places worldwide. just give it a try! :)
Barbara Ondrisek
Maker
Hint: you can also send your location directly with facebook messenger to get fancy hipster places recommended ;)
Mike Heininger
Sent my location. Spot on! I am definitely not in a hip location 😉 Will try again tomorrow when on the road. Hehe! Thanks for building this!
Barbara Ondrisek
Maker
@mikeseeh maybe try another city / location!
Barbara Ondrisek
Maker
@mikeseeh thank you so much! at least Mica can entertain you with some cool pix 😼
Thomas Schranz ⛄️
Hunter
There are some places that don't really have good hipster locations nearby. Do you have any ideas what Mica could recommend instead?
Barbara Ondrisek
Maker
@__tosh I thought about an 404 meme pic or so, but I'd love to hear your suggestions on that!
Barbara Ondrisek
Maker
What do you think of the Mica Bot? What would you improve?
Helge Fahrnberger
Going to pick up a cupcake on the way home. Thanks Mica.
Neal Mueller
Mica told me to go to Dolores Park and Blue Bottle. That's not hip. That's mainstream. #basic
Barbara Ondrisek
Maker
@nealmueller thank you for your feedback! which venues would be more hip in this area? we're currently also working on a recommendation system to improve results...
Robert
@barbara Great Bot! It worked surprisingly good for my location (Hamburg, Germany) :D All the locations are for bearded flannel shirt people :P
Angélique Toque
Haha! Seems like there is no hipster cafe in my town :D But I love the idea, especially because I travel a lot - and I'm coffee lover!
Barbara Ondrisek
Maker
@angeliquetoque oh no! which town is it? maybe you should start a new hipster café there ;)
Angélique Toque
@electrobabe Opole in Poland :) But I tried to find other cafes in bigger cities, and yup it works :D. MrrrrrRrr!
Barbara Ondrisek
Maker
@angeliquetoque well, not in every city is a hipster café ;) glad you find something suitable