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Rockerbox - Your machine-learning personal shopping assistant

#1

Post by rjjacobson » Mon, Apr 29, 2013, 10:30 PM UTC

Check out Rockerbox! Rockerbox learns your unique tastes and guides you to what you'll actually want. Shopping used to be hard...until Rockerbox.

Rockerbox - Your machine-learning personal shopping assistant
getrockerbox.com

Re: Rockerbox - Your machine-learning personal shopping assistant

#2

Post by thelarry » Mon, Apr 29, 2013, 10:46 PM UTC

hopefully this will be a bit more personalized, sometimes amazon takes to heart those stupid links i click and thinks I like shirts with wolves...

Re: Rockerbox - Your machine-learning personal shopping assistant

#3

Post by nobodysfool » Mon, Apr 29, 2013, 10:52 PM UTC

So, this just gives me ads?

Re: Rockerbox - Your machine-learning personal shopping assistant

#4

Post by rjjacobson » Mon, Apr 29, 2013, 10:54 PM UTC

nobodysfool wrote: post #3

So, this just gives me ads?

Nope. You swipe through products, liking or disliking each one. We learn what sort of things you like and guide you to the right ones. We want to help you browse for products.

Re: Rockerbox - Your machine-learning personal shopping assistant

#5

Post by rjjacobson » Mon, Apr 29, 2013, 10:55 PM UTC

thelarry wrote: post #2

hopefully this will be a bit more personalized, sometimes amazon takes to heart those stupid links i click and thinks I like shirts with wolves...

Exactly. We're trying to actually learn what you'll like and showing you only those products. Not just a "Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought..."

Re: Rockerbox - Your machine-learning personal shopping assistant

#6

Post by rogerclark » Mon, Apr 29, 2013, 10:58 PM UTC

why is it called rockerbox? what does that name have to do with shopping?

Re: Rockerbox - Your machine-learning personal shopping assistant

#7

Post by rjjacobson » Mon, Apr 29, 2013, 11:01 PM UTC

rogerclark wrote: post #6

why is it called rockerbox? what does that name have to do with shopping?

Rocker boxes used to be used by gold miners to separate gold from sand / gravel. We're trying to do the same for products - helping you find the "golden" product that is best for you.

Somewhat of a stretch...but it works.

Re: Rockerbox - Your machine-learning personal shopping assistant

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Apr 29, 2013, 11:01 PM UTC

rogerclark wrote: post #6

why is it called rockerbox? what does that name have to do with shopping?

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Re: Rockerbox - Your machine-learning personal shopping assistant

#9

Post by moggie » Mon, Apr 29, 2013, 11:02 PM UTC

Just a nitpick:

"Stop struggling to find products and let Rockerbox give you hand."

You're missing an "a" between "you" and "hand."

Re: Rockerbox - Your machine-learning personal shopping assistant

#10

Post by rjjacobson » Mon, Apr 29, 2013, 11:03 PM UTC

moggie wrote: post #9

Just a nitpick: "Stop struggling to find products and let Rockerbox give you hand." You're missing an "a" between "you" and "hand."

Thanks! Fixed.