I consider myself smart, but I’m no Albert Einstein. I would venture to guess you feel the same way. We want to be on a higher plain of thinking, but for some reason we are stuck in our current set of thoughts. Little goes by day to day to substantially grow our knowledge and we [...]
Is Genius Status Attainable?
July 18th, 2007 · 6 Comments
Tags: Observations, Sudo Psychology, Uncategorized
Sudo Psychology Explained
July 10th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Many readers have asked me about the category sudo psychology. I know the proper term should be pseudo psychology, but I chose to use sudo as a geeky nod to the very important Linux/Unix command sudo - this command lets you run other commands as a different user. Since most my posts are around technology, [...]
Tags: Sudo Psychology, Uncategorized
Of Blogger Motivation
June 26th, 2007 · 4 Comments
I have seen a number of blog posts discussing the different types of blogs. There are link blogs, information blogs, discussion blogs, and many, many more. However, I also run into countless statistics that explain how many blogs are abandoned after a few posts or a short time. This post is to explain why.
It doesn’t [...]
Tags: Blogging, Sudo Psychology, Uncategorized
My Personal DNA Report
March 23rd, 2007 · 1 Comment
After taking a test at http://www.personaldna.com/, here are my results:
You are an Attentive Leader.
Your solid grounding in the practicalities of life, along with your self-assuredness and your willingness to appreciate new things make you a LEADER.
You’re in touch with what is going on around you and adept at remaining down-to-earth and logical.
Although you’re detail-oriented, this [...]
Tags: Me, Sudo Psychology, Uncategorized
Twitter Psychology
March 19th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Kathy Sierra has a great post on some of the psychology that plays into Twitter. I had started to go down a very similar line with my earlier post about the Twitter reinforcer, but she does a much better job (plus she even has a graph).
I think the psychology around Twitter is fascinating. Since it [...]
Tags: Sudo Psychology, Uncategorized, Web 2.0
The Twitter Reinforcer
March 10th, 2007 · 4 Comments
Having unexplainably become addicted to Twitter.com, I’ve set out to rationalize understand where the motivation to participate comes from. As continued behavior is usually a result of some kind of reinforcer, the first step is to figure out what I get out of sharing my daily activities.
I initially heard about Twitter from Dave, but saw [...]
Tags: Sudo Psychology, Uncategorized, Web 2.0