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

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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:
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?
Maker
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
Mica passed the test. SF's Zeitgest and Sightglass are hipster.
Maker
haha good to hear that :)
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).
Maker
thank you for hunting :))
NIce work :) Woah, I discovered hispter places in São Paulo hehe - btw... how do you find places? Is it possible for uses to contribute?
Maker
we are working on a recommendation system at the moment :)
Just curious, because I'm in Brazil, so where you get the recommendations is an important info :) btw what technologies were used?
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)
Maker
well that's our sacred business secret ;)
oh ok :)
Maker
Hint: you can also send your location directly with facebook messenger to get fancy hipster places recommended ;)
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!
Maker
maybe try another city / location!
yes! as I said ... it's really spot on. Middle of nowhere 😉 Love your images btw!
Maker
thank you so much! at least Mica can entertain you with some cool pix 😼
Hunter
There are some places that don't really have good hipster locations nearby. Do you have any ideas what Mica could recommend instead?
Maker
I thought about an 404 meme pic or so, but I'd love to hear your suggestions on that!
Maker
What do you think of the Mica Bot? What would you improve?
Maker
product demo video
Going to pick up a cupcake on the way home. Thanks Mica.
Maker
you're welcome! <3
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