Comments for this.blue.angel http://thisblueangel.com the concept of home Wed, 09 May 2012 23:54:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Los Brazos by Carol Chihara on Facebook http://thisblueangel.com/2012/05/09/los-brazos/comment-page-1/#comment-982 Carol Chihara on Facebook Wed, 09 May 2012 23:54:53 +0000 http://thisblueangel.com/?p=1195#comment-982 It was a good trip, wasn't it!? It was a good trip, wasn’t it!?

]]> Comment on roller coaster by Carol Chihara on Facebook http://thisblueangel.com/2012/03/28/roller-coaster/comment-page-1/#comment-860 Carol Chihara on Facebook Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:05:49 +0000 http://thisblueangel.com/?p=1174#comment-860 Did you ride this with Harper? :-) Did you ride this with Harper? :-)

]]> Comment on Problems with Authority, Part II by Paul Socolow on Facebook http://thisblueangel.com/2012/03/23/problems-with-authority-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-836 Paul Socolow on Facebook Sat, 24 Mar 2012 18:44:25 +0000 http://thisblueangel.com/?p=1134#comment-836 The more I observe it in action, I think the quantification/reward thing has strong links to social behavior. As someone who is very low on the influence of group behavior scale (scored a 0 at the Johnson O'Connor Institute!), I also have little interest in the current trend of measurement and gameification. I would argue that for many people, measurement is a substitute for societal feedback. Thus, the trueness of the measurement doesn't matter as long as it mimics the judgement of others. This explains a lot of compensation behavior, too. Of course, people vary in the degree to which they seek this group approval. But this doesn't invalidate the utility of good measurements! I love the caloric output estimates of my cyclocomputer, not because I need to hit some arbitrary goal, but because they give me some standardized measurement of a value I know I am bad at measuring myself. The more I observe it in action, I think the quantification/reward thing has strong links to social behavior. As someone who is very low on the influence of group behavior scale (scored a 0 at the Johnson O’Connor Institute!), I also have little interest in the current trend of measurement and gameification.

I would argue that for many people, measurement is a substitute for societal feedback. Thus, the trueness of the measurement doesn’t matter as long as it mimics the judgement of others. This explains a lot of compensation behavior, too. Of course, people vary in the degree to which they seek this group approval.

But this doesn’t invalidate the utility of good measurements! I love the caloric output estimates of my cyclocomputer, not because I need to hit some arbitrary goal, but because they give me some standardized measurement of a value I know I am bad at measuring myself.

]]> Comment on Problems with Authority, Part III by Michelle Chihara on Facebook http://thisblueangel.com/2012/03/23/problems-with-authority-part-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-840 Michelle Chihara on Facebook Sat, 24 Mar 2012 18:27:44 +0000 http://thisblueangel.com/?p=1136#comment-840 Hi Paul. Scroll down in my "timeline." Part II is there, out of chronological order. Hi Paul. Scroll down in my “timeline.” Part II is there, out of chronological order.

]]> Comment on Problems with Authority, Part III by Paul Socolow on Facebook http://thisblueangel.com/2012/03/23/problems-with-authority-part-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-839 Paul Socolow on Facebook Sat, 24 Mar 2012 18:14:08 +0000 http://thisblueangel.com/?p=1136#comment-839 No post about part II? I had some comments to make! No post about part II? I had some comments to make!

]]> Comment on Problems with Authority, Part III by Carol Chihara on Facebook http://thisblueangel.com/2012/03/23/problems-with-authority-part-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-817 Carol Chihara on Facebook Sat, 24 Mar 2012 00:08:03 +0000 http://thisblueangel.com/?p=1136#comment-817 Send this to him and ask him to write a reply!!!!!! Send this to him and ask him to write a reply!!!!!!

]]> Comment on Problems with Authority, Part III by Nicole Frantz on Facebook http://thisblueangel.com/2012/03/23/problems-with-authority-part-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-814 Nicole Frantz on Facebook Fri, 23 Mar 2012 19:26:07 +0000 http://thisblueangel.com/?p=1136#comment-814 Even though I can't read this right now, I am quite certain I agree with you. Even though I can’t read this right now, I am quite certain I agree with you.

]]> Comment on Problems with Authority, Part I by Problems with Authority, Part II | this.blue.angel http://thisblueangel.com/2012/03/16/problems-with-authority-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-813 Problems with Authority, Part II | this.blue.angel Fri, 23 Mar 2012 19:04:29 +0000 http://thisblueangel.com/?p=1118#comment-813 [...] this.blue.angel the concept of home Skip to content HomeAboutI ♥ L.A. ← Problems with Authority, Part I [...] [...] this.blue.angel the concept of home Skip to content HomeAboutI ♥ L.A. ← Problems with Authority, Part I [...]

]]> Comment on Breaking Dawn, Part 1: or, what up with the venom? by Story Translated: The Hunger Games. | sunset and echo http://thisblueangel.com/2011/12/17/breaking-dawn-part-1-or-what-up-with-the-venom/comment-page-1/#comment-786 Story Translated: The Hunger Games. | sunset and echo Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:33:31 +0000 http://thisblueangel.com/?p=829#comment-786 [...] On the flip side, though, sometimes film adaptations opt the other way, and assume that all of their viewers know the story anyway.  This is what happened in Twilight: Breaking Dawn, which is shockingly bereft of any kind of helpful information.  I saw Breaking Dawn with a non-reader who spent the entire movie entertained, but baffled. [...] [...] On the flip side, though, sometimes film adaptations opt the other way, and assume that all of their viewers know the story anyway.  This is what happened in Twilight: Breaking Dawn, which is shockingly bereft of any kind of helpful information.  I saw Breaking Dawn with a non-reader who spent the entire movie entertained, but baffled. [...]

]]> Comment on Problems with Authority, Part I by Paul Socolow on Facebook http://thisblueangel.com/2012/03/16/problems-with-authority-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-751 Paul Socolow on Facebook Sat, 17 Mar 2012 00:58:48 +0000 http://thisblueangel.com/?p=1118#comment-751 It makes perfect sense. Even internal dialogues are not immune from the requirement to present things in ways that appeal and entice us. The key is to figure out how to tell yourself what you need to hear. Tone and reasoning matter. Unfortunately, Google has the advertising and customization chops, and Apple has the output methods (Siri), so we won't get the ideal self-marketing, self-improvement, auto-monitoring, feedback system for a while yet. It makes perfect sense. Even internal dialogues are not immune from the requirement to present things in ways that appeal and entice us. The key is to figure out how to tell yourself what you need to hear. Tone and reasoning matter.

Unfortunately, Google has the advertising and customization chops, and Apple has the output methods (Siri), so we won’t get the ideal self-marketing, self-improvement, auto-monitoring, feedback system for a while yet.

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