Episode 15 - Poke, Chipotle, Green Needle: Data to Headline with @sarahspagnolo

Foursquare Communications Director Sarah Spagnolo tells us how we turn data insights into news stories. Does marijuana legalization affect bar-going? What’s it like to go on TV? I also have to weigh in on #teamyanny and #teamlaurel. Plus an update on the news stories we’re tracking on Google and Facebook. How far along is Google’s conversational AI demo?

Sarah’s Website and Twitter
Sarah’s TV Appearance on Bloomberg for the 2015 trends played during the show. Here’s the end of year infographic for 2015

Foursquare predicts chipotle sales
Happiest Tech cafeterias – the famous Business Insider slideshow that I saw is the most accurate ever.

Patriots Vs Eagles Story:
http://www.businessinsider.com/super-bowl-menus-for-parties-differ-for-eagles-and-patriots-fans-2018-1

TGIF Article about how they are using trends data to customize menus
https://adexchanger.com/mobile/foursquare-adds-foot-traffic-tracking-brick-mortar-suite/

Laurel-yanny New York Times Tool
Brainstorm, green needle tweet

Did Google Fake it’s AI Demo. Vanity Fair Article:
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/05/uh-did-google-fake-its-big-ai-demo

Questions on the Turing test by Puneet Mehta of msg.ai:
https://venturebeat.com/2018/05/18/the-turing-test-holds-no-value-in-assessing-conversational-ai/

Jason Calacanis This Week in Startups episode on the Brave Browser, includes discussion on the ethics of Facebook and online ads.