011: Personalities

How personalities affect our ability to learn, the design choices we make, and how to quantify it all.

Episode 011: Personalities

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This week we take a look at the strange world of personalities. Bryan kicks things off by discussing learning styles and whether or not they really have an impact on us or not. Sean discusses the interesting challenge of designing for apps and platforms that have a personality of their own, and how we design for the personality of our users. Finally, Sam closes things out by considering how we quantify and group personalities through various tests such as the Myers-Briggs, DISC, and the Big Five.

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Show Notes & LinksIntroWebMD: Weather triggering migrainesSean’s Blog Post: The Stress is RealAlcoholics Anonymous

Bryan: Learning Styles (Starts at 1:53)Overview of Learning StylesSean’s STEM ExperienceWikipedia: Learning StylesWikipedia: iPAQStackExchange: Audiobooks for ProgrammersSparkNotes: Base Case and RecursionAll of the Above: Episode 008: Writing, with John SaddingtonNYU Article: Learning Styles: Concepts and EvidencePBS: The Santa SqueezeInstitute of Education Sciences: Teacher to Student Ratio MapThe Washington Post: The FlipAdayana: One of the many companies in the adult learning industry

Sean: Designing for, and with, Personality (Starts at 11:58)UX Lady: Using Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) for User PersonasFacebook Data Science: What’s on your mind?Twitter Corporate Blog: What’s Happening?Know Your Meme: You Are Now Breathing ManuallyThe Guardian: Facebook Rants & Bikini PicsCARROT’s WebsiteiOS App: CARROT To-Do - Talking Task ListiOS App: CARROT Alarm - Talking Alarm ClockiOS APP: CARROT FitThe New York Times: Why I Use SnapchatSlate: Snapchat makes Facebook users feel oldSnapchat Corporate Blog: DiscoverThe Hollywood Reporter: Comedy Central’s Snapchat Discover Web SeriesEllo Corporate Blog: What is Ello?All of the Above on Ello

Sam: Quantification of Personalities (Starts at 24:09)Human Scavenger Hunt PDFNodes Agency: Tinder, etc.Wikipedia: DISC AssessmentWikipedia: Myers-Briggs Type Indicator16Personalities:Bryan is an INFJ PrincessSam is an ENTJ Horseback GeneralSean is just in the middle of a puzzle, being an INTPWikipedia: Big Five Personality TraitsParks & Recreation: Swanson Pyramid of GreatnessSlideShare: Beliefs, Values, and Attitudes + BehaviorBloomberg: Big Data, Advertising, and Your Poor ChildrenAmazon: Kurt Vonnegut’s Hocus PocusScienceDaily: Confirmation BiasXKCD Forums: Google and Confirmation BiasDictionary: PlatitudeDaring Fireball: The Plus in Google PlusDuckDuckGo Web SearchDuckDuckGo: Don’t Track UsDuckDuckGo: Don’t Bubble UsShare Your Personality With Us

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