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Does Your Software Need A Personality
Test?

Does Your Software Need A Personality
Test? 11/12/2003 01:35 PM
There are all different theories in designing software, but I've never heard of trying to give an application the famous Myers-Briggs personality test to design its user interface. However, that's what an anti-spam software company has done. They looked over the various Myers-Briggs personality profiles to find the personality that most matched "spam stopping" and chose "ESTJ" or the "Guardian Supervisor", and then made user interface choices based on what sort of person that was likely to portray. It's certainly a different approach, and it will be interesting to see how effective (if at all) it is. It sounds like some of the design choices they made (e.g., no help menu) may sound good on paper, but will confuse users (no matter what their personality type) who are just used to applications working in a specific way. Users expect a certain comfort level, even in new applications, so that the learning curve isn't too much of a hurdle for them to deal with.

YouThink.com - Quiz - Personality Test

YouThink.com - Quiz - Personality Test 04/28/2004 11:52 AM
"Which Bob Dylan song are you?" .. Click Here to Take This Quiz .. Hugh Hewitt

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SimilarMinds.com - free enneagram
personality test

SimilarMinds.com - free enneagram
personality test 04/18/2004 07:15 AM
Take Free Myers-BriggsPersonality Test .. Discover your enneagram type .. What Enneagram type are you? .. this enneagram test .. enneagram

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Harvard Institute of Politics' political
personality test

Harvard Institute of Politics' political
personality test 04/16/2004 09:03 PM
Harvard's Institute of Politics has created a short test to measure where your political beliefs fit with college students across the country. You better sit down for this one: I am a Traditonal Liberal !   From Secular Centrist Matthew Yglesias. Take the test and see where you fall on the brightly colored chart.

For Kerry, a Tough Geography Test
(washingtonpost.com)

For Kerry, a Tough Geography Test
(washingtonpost.com) 02/16/2004 10:50 PM
washingtonpost.com - MILWAUKEE, Feb. 16 -- John F. Kerry faces a daunting challenge as he turns toward a prospective general election campaign against President Bush, a race that will test whether a liberal New Englander and member of the Washington elite can attract support in the more conservative swing states that cost Democrats the White House in 2000.

Test Case for Tech Stocks
(washingtonpost.com)

Test Case for Tech Stocks
(washingtonpost.com) 04/12/2004 03:42 AM
washingtonpost.com - During its short, seven year existence, Blackboard Inc. has winked and nodded at speculation that it would attempt to become publicly traded company until last month, when the online learning software maker filed to raise up to $75 million in an initial stock offering.

He Loves Me Not, Digitally

He Loves Me Not, Digitally 02/11/2004 10:56 PM
Voice-analysis software from a security company aims to turn a computer into a love detector.

Call Me E-Mail: The Novel Unfolds
Digitally

Call Me E-Mail: The Novel Unfolds
Digitally 04/14/2004 10:28 PM
As the epistolary novel comes of digital age, a new literature captures the primal urge behind instant-message patter.

THX-1138: The (Digitally Enhanced)
Director's Cut

THX-1138: The (Digitally Enhanced)
Director's Cut 07/08/2004 09:01 AM

Building a Digitally Inclusive Society

Building a Digitally Inclusive Society 10/28/2003 11:08 PM
Building a Digitally Inclusive Society - "This is a document on Digital Divide. This document describes the situation in Hong...

Kazaa to digitally distribute a feature
film from Bollywood

Kazaa to digitally distribute a feature
film from Bollywood 11/13/2003 02:55 PM

Sony to create "iTunes for movies,"
release 500 films digitally within a
year

Sony to create "iTunes for movies,"
release 500 films digitally within a
year 03/31/2005 11:46 PM
Xeni Jardin: At a conference in Santa Monica today, Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment SVP Michael Arrieta said:

"We want to set business models, pricing models, distribution models like (Apple Computer CEO Steve) Jobs did for music, but for the film industry," [said Arrieta], "I'm trying to create the new 'anti-Napster."

To that end, Arrieta said, his group plans to digitize Sony Pictures' top 500 films and make them available for the first time in various digital environments within the next year. He said the distribution for films like "Spider-Man 2" will go beyond just Movielink, the video-on-demand joint venture of Sony Pictures and several other major studios, which to date has hosted a limited library of Sony's movies.

For example, Sony plans to sell and make films available in flash memory for mobile phones in the next year, Arrieta said. It also will further develop its digital stores for downloading and owning films on the PC, he said in an interview. Sony's plans--and similar moves by other studios--are likely to avoid empowering any one technology company--such as Apple in the music equation--and allow studios to pocket more of the profits. The philosophy in Hollywood is "Define your own agenda or someone else will for you."

Link to ZDNet story. Previously on Boing Boing: The Cuban Revolution

Digitally revived Dunhuang frescos to be
exhibited at global feast of computer
graphics

Digitally revived Dunhuang frescos to be
exhibited at global feast of computer
graphics 05/16/2004 12:41 AM
EastDay May 16 2004 4:44AM GMT

Wasp Factory Records Releases its Music
Digitally on Mperia for 50 Cents a Track

Wasp Factory Records Releases its Music
Digitally on Mperia for 50 Cents a Track 06/29/2004 02:25 AM
Wasp Factory Records and BitPass are helping to change music distribution with the digital release of almost 100 tracks of music on Mperia.com. Mperia is democratizing the distribution of music by giving independent artists a platform to sell directly to their fans, control pricing, and set their own release dates. Visit Mperia at http://www.mperia.com/. [PRWEB Jun 29, 2004]

Direct-Mail DVD Subscribers Top 12% of
US Internet Households, Offer Insight
into Emerging "Digitally Inclined"
Consumers

Direct-Mail DVD Subscribers Top 12% of
US Internet Households, Offer Insight
into Emerging "Digitally Inclined"
Consumers 04/05/2005 02:28 PM
The Diffusion Group finds that the 4+ million direct-mail DVD households constitute a fertile target market for digital media device & service vendors. [PRWEB Apr 5, 2005]

What's Your DIY Personality?

What's Your DIY Personality? 04/26/2004 11:55 AM
Weekend Project: Want to build your own PC but you're not sure if you want something speedy, small, or cool-looking? Find out what your personality says about what kind of rig you need.

Getting to Know Me, Getting to Know All
About Me: Web Personality Tests

Getting to Know Me, Getting to Know All
About Me: Web Personality Tests 03/08/2004 11:08 PM
Tickle.com, a site built around tests that purport to say what breed of dog you are or what the theme song of your life should be, is growing and profitable.

"Personality cocktail"

"Personality cocktail" 06/16/2004 11:01 PM

Sites With Personality

Sites With Personality 07/19/2004 05:03 PM
"I'm looking for an identity the visitors can latch onto, a friendly face. People are curious about the man behind the articles. So I'm thinking, either slap it into the About Us page, or else shove it into the top right hand corner of every page..."

"20 Questions to a Better Personality"

"20 Questions to a Better Personality" 07/02/2004 03:25 AM

What Is Your CRM Personality? - Part 2
(NewsFactor)

What Is Your CRM Personality? - Part 2
(NewsFactor) 09/09/2004 03:01 PM
NewsFactor - In Part 1 of this series, Gartner research director Scott Nelson made the case that the decision to buy a CRM application involves much more than price, implementation costs and strategic goals of the company.

BroadVision One-to-One Enterprise Gives
B2B Personality

BroadVision One-to-One Enterprise Gives
B2B Personality 03/14/2003 01:28 AM
Enterprise portals, particularly those aimed at helping companies personalize the customer experience, are popping up on the CRM horizon at a dizzying rate. However, only a few, like BroadVision’s One-to-One Enterprise 6.0, can approach personalization from both business-to-consumer and business-to-business perspectives.

""personality checker" for your email"

""personality checker" for your email" 11/04/2003 09:46 AM

Email Personality Checker

Email Personality Checker 11/03/2003 03:36 PM
I use Eudora as my email client which has the amusing (if mostly useless) feature of noticing if I'm using any bad words, and warning me that I might be "flaming" someone (it also notes if incoming mail appears to be burning hot as well). Basically, if you put in a curse, it notices it. This is a slightly different take on the ever-popular spell-checker and grammar-checker offerings. We've already seen some other variations on the technology, such as the "Bullfi ghter" application that would help you cut buzzwords out of your documents. Now, however, a researcher in the UK is apparently working on something of a "personality checker" for your email. You first indicate what sort of personality you want to display ("why, I'm sort of morbid today, let's make my emails dark") and then it will watch what you write and suggest alternatives to more properly convey the proper tone. Consider it your very own personality coach. Apparently, we feel the need to automate even our own personality these days. Since studies have shown that spell checkers make good spellers worse, does that mean this new tool will give us less personality?

ProNet: Veer on Personality

ProNet: Veer on Personality 03/25/2005 04:56 AM
We love the creative ideas that come from the folks at Veer, not least because of their great Movable Type-powered blog The Skinny, but their latest project is another really great way to get your creative juices flowing. Personality is...

Personality types on the Internet

Personality types on the Internet 07/26/2004 09:12 PM
Measuring personality types on the internet has been beaten to death. But a new survey at the University of Baltimore is trying to take into account typical social tasks including shopping, IMing, blogging, video chatting, online gaming as well as more solitary tasks; surfing for sex (pr0n, dating sites). The web has

Personality clashes on a team

Personality clashes on a team 09/24/2002 10:35 PM
CNET Sep 24 2002 10:02PM ET

Digitally Unique reports December sales
up more than 100% year-to-year

Digitally Unique reports December sales
up more than 100% year-to-year 01/03/2005 05:55 PM
InternetRetailer.com Jan 3 2005 9:36PM GMT

Liberal XML parsing related to
personality?

Liberal XML parsing related to
personality? 02/12/2004 07:41 PM
The heat of the discussion on liberal XML parsing has subsided, so this is actually a little late. That's because I wasn't sure if I should post this. But a post by Dave Winer today convinced me to post it anyway. Let me just say up front that I could be completely wrong. ?

SimilarMinds.com > Fun and/or Amusing
Personality Tests

SimilarMinds.com > Fun and/or Amusing
Personality Tests 01/10/2004 01:33 AM
What Famous Leader Are You?

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To Surprise of Researchers, Comet Has a
Personality

To Surprise of Researchers, Comet Has a
Personality 06/18/2004 12:16 AM
The rugged, diverse landscape of the comet Wild 2 is unlike anything scientists have ever seen or imagined.

“iPod mini reflects
personality”

“iPod mini reflects
personality” 05/12/2004 04:06 PM
Reflecting on the relationship between iPod Minis and their owners, Duncan Martell writes in USA Today, “Beyond being just a nifty way to listen to music while riding on a bus or working out at the gym, the iPod mini’s eye-pleasing design in five metallic colors has made it a reflection of the user’s personality, analysts said.” [May 12]

how the press turned on kerry's
personality

how the press turned on kerry's
personality 06/29/2004 03:31 PM
as soon as he became a candidate, he lost all his charm. apparently.

Gender, personality, and social software

Gender, personality, and social software 02/17/2004 11:56 AM

"I feel like I'm at a Microsoft monastery here," wrote Rory Blyth from the most recent Professional Developers Conference. "I think I've seen about 2.5 females ... it's like they're an endangered species." The observation holds equally true for open source conferences.
...
If we expect social software to help rewrite the productivity equation, social skills and protocols become critical parts of the game. How can social software succeed if, in its development, half the population is so poorly represented? [Full story at InfoWorld.com]

This column touches on two third-rail issues: personality and gender. The Wired article on Asperger's syndrome cited in the column was incorrectly dated, by the way. My error: it was of course published in 2001, not 1991. That slipped past me and my editors, but my friend Larry Welkowitz, a psychologist and AS specialist, caught it. ...

Go-Quiz.com Quizzes, Questionaires and
Personality Tests.

Go-Quiz.com Quizzes, Questionaires and
Personality Tests. 06/13/2004 08:54 AM
Personality Cocktail

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" Which Lord of the Rings character and
personality problem are you? "

" Which Lord of the Rings character and
personality problem are you? " 12/10/2003 03:08 PM

Apple iPod Mini Reflects Personality

Apple iPod Mini Reflects Personality 05/11/2004 07:38 PM
Some pooh-poohed the assorted colors of Apple's iPod mini as frivolous, but the digital music players are a smash hit and have become fashion accessories in and of themselves. By Duncan Martell, Reuters (via MyAppleMenu)

Learning to play well together:
Negotiating personality conflicts

Learning to play well together:
Negotiating personality conflicts 02/25/2003 02:47 AM
CNET Feb 25 2003 1:24AM ET

Jenny Turpish Slapped Me: Quizzes -
Better Personality

Jenny Turpish Slapped Me: Quizzes -
Better Personality 07/01/2004 05:38 AM
20 Questions to a Better Personality! .. I am told .. Survey

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OkCupid! Smarter, Better Matching

OkCupid! Smarter, Better Matching 03/14/2005 04:50 PM
this cutesypoo little personality test .. OkCupid! Smarter, Better Matching .. personality quiz thingamabobsky .. I'm a Peach .. Ok Cupid .. OKCupid .. here .. quiz .. you

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Builder.com members sound off on
managing different personality types

Builder.com members sound off on
managing different personality types 03/14/2003 02:46 AM
CNET Mar 14 2003 1:24AM ET

Windows types and universal types

Windows types and universal types 11/03/2003 08:59 AM
Dare Obasanjo differentiates the WinFS data model from the structures definable in W3C XML Schema as follows:

The WinFS schema language and W3C XML Schema do two fundamentally different things; W3C XML Schema is a way for describing the structure and contents of an XML document while a WinFS schema describes types and relationships of items stored in WinFS. [Dare Obasanjo]

As I see it, there are two major classes of XSD-governed XML documents. Both are well-supported by Microsoft and by other players. First, in the realm of Web services, we have SOAP messages wrapped in WSDL interfaces. Over the past two years, thanks in large part to Microsoft efforts which I've lauded, there's been a shift from an RPC-oriented style of SOAP messaging to the document-oriented style that better suits the coarse-grained, asynchronous, message-driven architectural pattern. XSD is how we define the datatypes and structures in those messages. ...

Yahoo's Offers New Anti-Spyware Tool...
That Actually Finds Spyware

Yahoo's Offers New Anti-Spyware Tool...
That Actually Finds Spyware 08/05/2004 03:50 AM
It appears that Yahoo heard the backlash loud and clear a few months back when they released an anti-spyware tool that just so happened to skip over adware from Yahoo partners. The latest version, built on PestPatrol's technology will now default to notifying users of both "spyware" and what they consider to be "adware" and then give the user the choice of what to do. I haven't tested the product yet, but it sounds like they're moving in the right direction. It still makes you wonder what they were thinking in offering a purposely crippled offering. People know what spyware is, and telling them that spyware isn't spyware doesn't change how people feel about it. It also doesn't make them look kindly back at the company that provided them with the bogus anti-spyware tool in the first place.

Yahoo's Famed Anti-Spyware App Allows
Spyware From Partners

Yahoo's Famed Anti-Spyware App Allows
Spyware From Partners 06/02/2004 10:10 AM
We didn't write about Yahoo's new "anti-spyware" toolbar that they announced last week, because it seemed to receive plenty of hype, and there were no real reviews of how it worked. There are so many so-called anti-spyware applications out there that don't actually stop spyware and adware for fear of upsetting marketing companies or out of worries that actually stopping spyware may make some applications stop working (upsetting the user), that we figured Yahoo's anti-spyware app (hype and all) probably wouldn't be much to bother with. It certainly looks like that may be the case. eWeek is now reporting that Yahoo tries to dance the careful dance of not upsetting certain companies who threate n to sue people who call their application spyware. Of course, the situation is even more complex because Claria (who you probably know as Gator - despite their attempt to change their name to shake that spyware label) is also a partner of Yahoo. So, it's really not surprising that the default setting for Yahoo's anti-spyware app won't actually remove services like Gator or WhenU. Instead, Yahoo's spyware remover claims these programs are "adware" and will only remove them if you click and extra check box each time you run the program. In other words, once again, you can't trust a provider of anti-spyware software, because they're playing both sides of the fence: partnering with providers on the one hand, and then offering weak removal products on the other. If Yahoo were serious about removing spyware from the computers of users they would refuse to partner with companies that used surreptitious tactics to be installed on computers. Instead, they want to look good to users in the front, while letting in spyware/adware from partners through the backdoor.

AOL Offers Spyware Stopper... Just After
They Started Offering Spyware

AOL Offers Spyware Stopper... Just After
They Started Offering Spyware 04/22/2004 02:36 AM
Just a few weeks after saying that they're going to start bundling spyware/adware with their instant messenger product, AOL announces their latest anti-spyware application. While we've been complaining about anti-spyware from ISPs that just points out the spyware, AOL claims that this version will disable (though not delete) the spyware. I wonder if it will catch the spyware that AOL installs themselves.

Spyware Company Sues Utah Over
Anti-Spyware Law

Spyware Company Sues Utah Over
Anti-Spyware Law 04/13/2004 03:42 PM

EFF Homepage

EFF Homepage 04/09/2005 05:15 AM
EFF Hosts Housewarming Holiday Party ! .. Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) .. Eclectic Frottage Foundation .. liberty geeks .. join the EFF .. Goodbye .. more .. Source .. donate .. EFF!

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Homepage Usability

Homepage Usability 03/30/2005 05:47 PM

Sarvodaya Homepage

Sarvodaya Homepage 12/31/2004 12:43 PM
Relief Fund for Tsunami Tragedy .. Saryodaya .. Sarvodaya

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Oxfam - homepage

Oxfam - homepage 12/30/2004 06:28 AM
Oxfam - Asian Earthquake Flood .. OXFAM

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TerraServer 6.0 Homepage

TerraServer 6.0 Homepage 07/06/2004 01:45 AM
Microsoft TerraServer Imagery .. Terraserver

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BBC - Doctor Who - Homepage

BBC - Doctor Who - Homepage 03/22/2005 03:17 PM
it's coming back, and the new Doctor is the best since Tom Baker .. Dr. Who Returns to the BBC .. whole new website

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ReliefWeb Homepage

ReliefWeb Homepage 12/30/2004 06:28 AM
Relief Web .. According .. ReliefWeb

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KDE Homepage - KDE 3.2 Beta 1: Say Hello
To Rudi

KDE Homepage - KDE 3.2 Beta 1: Say Hello
To Rudi 11/05/2003 03:02 AM
KDE 3.2 Beta 1: Say Hello To Rudi

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How I'm integrating bl0gs on my homepage

How I'm integrating bl0gs on my homepage 06/05/2005 11:12 PM
A quick and dirty tutorial on how I'm integrating blogs on my homepage.

iCamShare publishes to .Mac homepage,
more

iCamShare publishes to .Mac homepage,
more 09/03/2004 02:28 PM
Developer Arbor Bits has announced that Easy VMail, its application for sharing webcam videos and pictures, is now known as iCamShare. In addition to the new name, iCamShare can now trim unwanted portions from videos, capture and publish images on a .Mac homepage, zoom iSight and other FireWire webcams up to 300 percent, drag and drop pictures and videos into other applications and more. This is a free upgrade for existing Easy VMail owners; the full version is US$14.95, with a demo available. Mac OS X v10.2.8 or v10.3.4 is required.

Preparing for Emergencies - Homepage

Preparing for Emergencies - Homepage 07/28/2004 05:57 AM
preparingforemergencies.gov.uk .. UK Prep for Emergencies Site

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LookSmart Updates Homepage

LookSmart Updates Homepage 02/06/2003 09:28 PM

Test Your Personality, Digitally (washingtonpost.com)

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