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Re: SXSW PanelPicker®

kate_niederhoffer — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 11:35:13 -0000

You're not biased! You're responsible-- for the enhancing part.

Re: SXSW PanelPicker®

kate_niederhoffer — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 11:31:21 -0000

So glad you think so, Rebecca! Thank you!

Re: SXSW PanelPicker®

kate_niederhoffer — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 10:51:33 -0000

Thanks @P Resnik you absolutely should try to make it. There are a ton of mental health submissions that would be of interest to you and, like ours, value from your presence and critical commentary!

Re: SXSW PanelPicker®

kate_niederhoffer — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 00:36:41 -0000

Thanks so much, @Christopher Munch . Feeling is mutual - just did the same for yours and am looking forward to hearing more about your suicide prevention app.

Re: social abacus: The fear, laziness, ignorance, and plain old difficulty of getting out of our own shoes

kate_niederhoffer — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:31:06 -0000

I'm constantly impressed by my kids' expectations, assumptions, or lack thereof, given their lack of sample size and experience.

Re: social abacus: The fear, laziness, ignorance, and plain old difficulty of getting out of our own shoes

kate_niederhoffer — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 11:27:24 -0000

Ha. I love that story for a few reasons. On the one hand, despite the discomfort, people pretty fluidly construct neo-normative behavior (as actors)-- power of the situation, or maybe even due to authority, but worse, observers incorrectly infer what normal is, operate based on schemas, and draw incorrect conclusions that aren't proactively tested. Thanks, Larry!

Re: http://socialabacus.blogspot.com/2012/03/starting-up-infusing-business-with.html

kate_niederhoffer — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 17:40:22 -0000

Thanks, John. What else would you be interested in? Trying to get back to providing content on a more regular basis... Do let me know if there's a particular topic of interest.

Re: social abacus: The fear, laziness, ignorance, and plain old difficulty of getting out of our own shoes

kate_niederhoffer — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 17:38:44 -0000

Ha. You should read about enclothed cognition. You'd be surprised-- not only do these things have an impact on others' perceptions, but on your actions too!

Re: SXSW PanelPicker

kate_niederhoffer — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:28:19 -0000

Sam and I went back and forth about the word "fearful" in our description above-- whether it would confuse people and send the wrong message...

The idea is that a song isn't an obvious thing to measure with a ruler/
inch-long worm. It's audible, not visible. But the inchworm could come
up with a proxy or creative measurement instead of just running away.

Psychologists-- especially Sam, are (is) really good at doing this.
Others, like marketers, or anyone interested in social media could
benefit to understand how they approach such challenges.

Re: weekend update

kate_niederhoffer — Sun, 27 May 2012 01:04:27 -0000

This just exudes happiness, Tor. I love your honesty too-- you have such an inspiring voice here. It's hard for me to write in such an uninhibited way. Funny this, given your respect for others' confidence in body image, for example.

A fridge full of food; know what you mean. Random dogs - obviously thinking of 2 in particular and the nicknames that ensue.

Re: social abacus: Publicly living in the implied presence of others

kate_niederhoffer — Sun, 27 May 2012 00:45:45 -0000

Glad to hear you perceived it as such. Take it and run!

Re: social abacus: Publicly living in the implied presence of others

kate_niederhoffer — Mon, 21 May 2012 11:32:34 -0000

Larry- Thank you for elevating the dialogue. I love Mead's thinking on the social self/ groupmind and Wegner's extension of this work with transactive memory. If I find it, I will send you my second-year paper (MA thesis) which I wrote on this very topic!

Re: social abacus: Publicly living in the implied presence of others

kate_niederhoffer — Sat, 19 May 2012 23:54:39 -0000

Well Allport's definition technically includes actual, imagined, and implied. Newer definitions simply focus on how thoughts, feelings and behaviors are influenced by others. I think the qualifiers are each important, speaking to (a) physical reality, (b) perceived in our heads, and (c) expected due to societal pressures.

Were you suggesting imaginary vs. imagined (not implied)?

Re: social abacus: Open Questions

kate_niederhoffer — Mon, 14 May 2012 00:57:29 -0000

OK, I'll write more! I think it's important to understand that personas and personality types do not preclude doing in-person discovery. That's a necessary part of the process of creating them. Even at scale, preferable methodology would be qualitative observations and interviews, quantitative measurement, qualitative follow-up.

Further, in creating a segmentation (different types/ personas), the dimensions on which you segment are the most critical decision. Following from psychology, you choose the factors that will maximize between group differences and minimize within. Although, that's not to say you always want distinct types... Anyway, there's a concept from Social Judgment Theory called latitude of acceptance which explains the range within which we find attitudes acceptable. Applied here, a concept like this would explain the boundary conditions within which a person would find the dimensions on which you segment acceptable. You need to find dimensions that preserve people's idiosyncrasies enough that they feel "gotten," but not so much that they feel pinned down. Likewise, enough so that the designer/ strategist can address at scale, but communicate individually. It's a delicate balance, especially when summing up a large population.

When you do this right, there's comfort in the groupings, as opposed to feeling inaccurately summarized-- from a user and designer's perspective.

Re: social abacus: Open Questions

kate_niederhoffer — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:43:28 -0000

You found me, Lou! Thanks for your comments. I should clarify the first Q-- what I want to develop is a framework of the ways people go about finding answers, in our respectful fields. Beyond habitual methods, I see the terms I listed as "crutches," to some extent; things people say to justify an answer or lack thereof e.g. In academia, most questions are "empirical" meaning the asker should go out and collect data to get the answer (following the scientific method). In business, take the example of laying someone off-- that's often a "business decision," indicating the method by which that decision was made.

To the second, I think I see where you're going there...

Thanks again for stopping by. Just trying to get back in the habit of sharing thoughts and you proved exactly why it's worthwhile to post even the beginnings of an idea.

Re: social abacus: Pinning to tell our stories

kate_niederhoffer — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:32:25 -0000

Hi Oliver - thanks so much for your thoughts and for introducing another dimension. I would imagine the life stories of an active Pinner and Collector vs. forum member and/or expert would be quite different. Not a superficial thought at all... It's true that different forms of involvement betray different levels of commitment and the role/ importance of a given thing in our life (again, to us and to others). McAdams work suggests that we try to find meaning in everything in our lives from minor incidents (e.g. findings ourselves captivated by Ferrari images online) to major experiences (e.g. marriage, birth, death). We're constantly trying to put together things into a pattern that validates our meaning and purpose.

Other psychologists who focus more on our perceptions of others' personalities based on these behavioral residues might say that we would draw very different inferences from a Ferrari Pinner than from an active Ferrari forum member...

I think what determines whether a technology is fadlike or fulfilling an important need is its longevity or endurance. I think it's really important for everyone to try out technologies in their nascence to figure this out... Over time, the natural attrition often dictates it fills a need and provides value for some and is simply a fad to others.

Re: social abacus: Reading-and-sharing: nurturing the ties that bind

kate_niederhoffer — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:10:39 -0000

Carol - I can see why it resonates with you; I think it's very applicable to complex skill development. I would imagine, in your world, the question is how you encourage people to 'go to the salons'. Your work sounds fascinating and important- thanks for sharing. Not only does cognitive science support how we think and make decisions, but social as well, i.e. the presence or implied presence of others. Will be curious to watch your work unfold.

Re: social abacus: Reading-and-sharing: nurturing the ties that bind

kate_niederhoffer — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:04:29 -0000

So glad to hear, Tor! Yes - Interesting to think about them as new spaces; although Stowe Boyd suggests instead "time is the new space" in his reblog yesterday-- also an interesting idea. See: http://www.stoweboyd.com/po...

Re: Reading-and-sharing: nurturing the ties that bind

kate_niederhoffer — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:15:18 -0000

My post looks even better on your blog. Thanks for extending the conversation. Time as the new space is interesting.

Re: travel update!

kate_niederhoffer — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:18:49 -0000

Fascers. I'd like to see some fruits and vegetables please. Also, can you photo your meals? Any factories yet? So weird to see a large skyscraper so close to the beach in addition to those beautiful, old buildings.

Re: http://drburnshead.tumblr.com/post/10970539225

kate_niederhoffer — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:12:02 -0000

My favorite course, I think. Or maybe the moment I fell in love with the meal.

Re: http://joe-knows.tumblr.com/post/9003041537

kate_niederhoffer — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:54:51 -0000

yes

Re: SXSW 2012 - MILFs of Social Media: Moms I'd Like to Follow

kate_niederhoffer — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:07:34 -0000

All my professional career, I've battled stereotypes of being an academic in business... With this panel title, I aim lay these myths to bed, once and for all. This is bound to be an exciting and meaty panel that gets to the heart of issues in social media analysis today. Curious to hear others' thoughts and feedback.

Re: http://drburnshead.tumblr.com/post/3305832826

kate_niederhoffer — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 23:55:46 -0000

Ha! I can see Finn getting into this game.

Re: http://drburnshead.tumblr.com/post/3305951671

kate_niederhoffer — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 23:53:52 -0000

Artie looks so gorgeous. Something about her posture here makes this look exactly like a back flap of a book author pic.