Summary: Beyond Social Media Show, Episode 220<br> <br> BL and David discuss Mattel’s new line of historic Barbies; made up holidays; the Philando Castille crowdfunding effort that fed a school district; brilliant billboards; Techmeme’s new Ride Home podcast; how to write good error messages; the Jurassic World Alive AR app; Mall of America’s mallbot; Amazon’s creepy, laughing Echo; thought transfer technology; facial recognition in interviews; a brainwave-powered exoskeleton; voice optimization for Amazon Alexa; and much, much more.<br> SUBSCRIBE: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-social-media-marketing-advertising-public-relations/id954939987" target="_blank" rel="noopener">iTunes</a> or <a href="https://play.google.com/music/m/Imnkptaa4j3yd54dcn3ekmo7mfm?t=Beyond_Social_Media_The_Marketing_Advertising__Public_Relations_Podcast">Google Play</a> or <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/beyond-social-media-show-the-marketing-advertising-and-public" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Stitcher</a> or <a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/263-Beyond-Social-Media-27722243/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">iHeart Radio</a> or ask Amazon Alexa or search the Spotify app.<br> Your browser does not support the audio element.<br> Best Digital Cases<br> Inspiring Historic and Living Legend Women Are Being Made Into Barbie Dolls<br> Kids around the world will soon be able to own a Barbie doll bearing the likeness of Frida Kahlo, Amelia Earhart, Katherine Johnson and Olympian Chloe Kim. Happy #InternationalWomensDay.<br> <br> * <a href="https://beyondsocialmediashow.com/hello-barbie/888">Beyond Social Media Show Episode 90: Hello Barbie</a><br> * <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/amelia-earhart-frida-kahlo-katherine-johnson-barbies_us_5a9dac8ee4b089ec353dd02b">Frida Kahlo And Other Historic Women Are Being Made Into Barbies</a><br> <br> <br> Made-Up Holidays<br> There are literally thousands of holiday, some very obscure, such as National No Socks Day and National Dance Like A Chicken Day. Then there’s the branded holidays, like National Barbie Day.<br> <br> * <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/26/us/wacky-holidays-who-creates-them-trnd/index.html">Anyone can make up a holiday. This woman made up 1,900</a><br> * <a href="https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/pay-administration/fact-sheets/holidays-work-schedules-and-pay">Official Federal Holidays</a><br> * <a href="http://creativepr.com/obscure-holidays/">32 Obscure Holidays</a><br> * <a href="http://adriennesiouxkoopersmith.blogspot.com/">KOOPERSMITHin’</a><br> <br> <br> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NationalPoutineDay?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NationalPoutineDay</a> ~ you know you want some! 5th annual observance. <a href="https://t.co/IAzehqdR1P">pic.twitter.com/IAzehqdR1P</a><br> — Chase's Calendar (@ChasesCalendar) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChasesCalendar/status/970695483160256512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 5, 2018</a><br> <br> Jurassic World Alive AR Game is The Next Pokemon<br> It’s like Pokemon, but with giant dinosaurs whose DNA samples you collect.<br> <br> * <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/7/17090294/jurassic-world-alive-pokemon-go-ar-augmented-reality-game">Jurassic World Alive looks like Pokémon Go but with giant dinosaurs</a><br> <br> <br> <br> Brilliant Billboards<br> These cleverly creative billboards will make you smile.<br> <br> * <a href="https://9gag.com/gag/aLj8d5g/13-funny-billboards-that-make-you-want-to-salute-to-designers-creativity">13 Funny Billboards That Make You Want To Salute To Designers’ Creativity</a><br> <br> <br> Philando Castile’s Kindness Lives On<br> To honor his memory, a diversity and ethics college class at Metropolitan State University in St Paul, Minnesota, raised money to pay the lunch debt of students at his form...
