Data on the Rocks Episode 7: Location Data, Sentiment Analysis and Fake Listings
On this episode we sit down with Max Sklar. Max is a seasoned software engineer and data scientist, best known for his decade-long pioneering contribution at Foursquare.
Since Max was so passionate about location data and maps, he proceeded to focus on his personal project, New Map dot AI. He also started hosting his own podcast, The Local Maximum.
In this conversation we explore the intricacies involved in constructing extensive entity lists, while addresing the challenges of "bad data" in our environment.
Mr. Sklar also takes us back to the days when handling large volumes of data was a rarity, long before it was deemed "sexy" by the tech community. I found his reflections on these early days to be quite thought-provoking.
