personality

Who Twitters?

by Brian on 01-09-2009

in art,business,civics,science

I’ve been trying to figure out who from my group of friends and “real life” acquaintances might want to start using Twitter. I got on it recently and I love it. (Actually, I tried it over a year ago and didn’t quite “get it” — not until after I’d been immersed more in the social [...]

I didn’t start out thinking this intellectual stuff is necessary, it just feels necessary. It’s just the way I am. Classifying and defining is just something I automatically do — always. It isn’t a basic need on the same level as food, sex & shelter. It’s even more basic – on the level of breathing, or maybe sleep is [...]

Change Will Be Prolific

by Brian on 12-26-2008

in civics

That’s my proverbial t-shirt slogan for the new year. It’s a prediction for what 2009 will represent in historical terms, as well as a personal mantra. As a prediction it’s by no means original, but I think most people don’t appreciate either the tremendous volume of changes we’re about to experience or how the changes will become manifest. We might say something [...]

Personality Type

by Brian on 11-21-2008

in Uncategorized

According to Typealyzer my blog’s personality is INTP: The logical and analytical type. They are especialy [sic] attuned to difficult creative and intellectual challenges and always look for something more complex to dig into. They are great at finding subtle connections between things and imagine far-reaching implications. Not a very surprising result. I do these tests every [...]

A recent discussion on David Armano’s blog, Logic + Emotion, has motivated me to clarify what I mean by “generalism.” The conversation was started by Dave Gray’s illustration of the “Generalist or Specialist” dichotomy, the key difference being that generalists “are best when defining the problem or goal” [I wouldn't change a word of that.] [...]