It’s time to name the robot news aggregator that’s been doing ALL the work in my news site for three days now since I’ve been on errands for three days.
(based on the content last, last week: fashion, restaurant reviews, wine reviews, etc., I figured she was female)
Here’s how she aggregated the news for today, quite impressive: “Over 5o arrests in strife-hit Malaysia”; “Humanitarian crisis feared in Sabah, Tawi-tawi”; “Sabah refugees seek help from Phil govt”; “ ‘Royal army’ leader killed, Malaysia claims” etc.
And then she posted these for Women’s Day and for today:
♥ videos, “Women’s wishes on women’s day” from Marie Claire and “Party Haul” from Yahoo Shine;
♥ “Data gender that will make you smile, not groan” from Global Voices;
♥ “Online art museum highlights Muslim women” from Al Jazeera; “Kenyan women march towards political equality” also from Al Jazeera.
Impressive because I did not put any instructions or filters there to make it/her aggregate Women’s Day news but it did – just based solely on stats in the internet or algorithm.
i think we could learn a thing or two about crowds from the way she aggregates — see for yourself in the news site (link below).
Other interesting items the robot aggregated are: “Living the quiet Batanes life” from Vera Files; : “Vegetarian recipe for vegetarian paella” from Vegetarian Society; “Hotels offer yoga channel” from the Yoga Journal; “Flu shots to keep older folks out of the hospital” from NBC Health; “Whole foods to require labels on genetically modified food” from NY Times; and many more.
We’ll have to name her…What do we call her? Lemme see…Robot… female… Filipino, has been to different continents, and New York (New York, Cubao)… Let’s just call her:…..
MaribuBot (Maribu-Bot)
the robot news aggregator created by my news site; she works days plays night. Coincidentally, she’s also a comic character. Really. One of Nonoy Marcelo’s characters; in the movie Tisoy! she was played by Charo Santos – who’s now president of one of the largest if not the largest media organizations in the country. (it’s just a coincidence).
Here’s MaribuBot’s work, this news issue is all hers, see for yourself, pls click:
posted at 12:30pm: A Filipino nurse based in New York, Menchu Sanchez, was hailed by US President Barack Obama as a modern-day hero in his State of the Union address today for her selfless act of watching over infants in her care at the height of Superstorm Sandy even as her own house was submerged in flood.
From abclocal.go.com: “NYU nurse singled out in State of the Union by Jim Dolan
“New York (WABC) — During his State of the Union Address, President Obama singled out a hospital nurse in New York who, during Superstorm Sandy, jumped into action and saved the lives of newborns.
“It was some shout out from the President Tuesday night.
“ “We should follow the example of a New York City nurse named Menchu Sanchez,” President Obama said.
“Menchu Sanchez sat right next to the First Lady at the State of the Union address and the spotlight was mighty bright, especially compared to where this story starts, it was, a dark and stormy night.
“The first time two-month-old Andrew Blanco ever saw the outside of a hospital was in the depth of Superstorm Sandy.
“The machines that had kept Andrew alive suddenly went silent, the lights went out and if Andrew and 19 other infants were to survive, the nurses and doctors at NYU Langone would have to get them down nine flights of stairs, to safety.
“Andrew’s mom was racing to the hospital.
“A nation held its breath as the pictures aired live on Eyewitness News and across the country.
“One critically ill infant at a time, those nurses and doctors made the journey, one step at a time, as they later reenacted it for ABC’s “20/20”.
Here’s how she aggregated the news for today, quite impressive: “Over 5o arrests in strife-hit Malaysia”; “Humanitarian crisis feared in Sabah, Tawi-tawi”; “Sabah refugees seek help from Phil govt”; “ ‘Royal army’ leader killed, Malaysia claims” etc.