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  • Kevin Chiu 1:24 am on August 29, 2006 Permalink | Reply
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    Flickr geotagging 


    This is great! Flickr just added geotagging ability to their site. If there’s an open API, or a way to scrape this, it could really help out the Photo Tourism project.

     
  • Kevin Chiu 11:10 pm on August 27, 2006 Permalink | Reply
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    likebetter.com 

    likebetter.com

    Figure 1. Apple vs. The Matrix: one of the hardest choices I had to make

    This website was astonishingly good at deciphering my personality traits from simple A/B picture preference testing. It did make a few mistakes, but I agreed with the majority of its guesses. It seems the program learns by guessing your traits based on the clicks of previous users. Whenever a trait guess is offered, there is an option to agree or disagree with the trait; so, the program can update its data set.

    Here’s the output, including wrong guesses:

    You’re a guy.
    You prefer boxers.
    Your desk is a mess.
    You avoid junk food.
    You would say your household income is at the upper class level.
    You attended college.
    You’re fifty or older.
    You are not very interested in matters of technology.
    You are fairly wealthy.
    You’re a night person
    You often employ logic in your decision-making.
    You’re someone who has a few close friends.
    You’re the kind of person who thinks first and acts later.
    You are right-handed.
    I bet you find it easy to empathize with other people.
    You study/work better without music playing in the background.

     
    • Bryan 10:35 pm on October 9, 2006 Permalink

      Thanks for the link, Kevin! Email me at bryan at pairwise.com if you know any good programmers. We’re looking. :-)

      +bryan of likebetter.com

  • Kevin Chiu 7:06 pm on August 26, 2006 Permalink | Reply
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    Trust your instincts 

    I was browsing my usual feeds and came across this very interesting article about subconscious decision making vs. conscious decision making. I’m very much the kind of person who believes that deliberate and rational decision making will usually lead to the best outcome. Imagine my surprise when I came accross this: Education Guardian

     
  • Kevin Chiu 12:27 am on August 24, 2006 Permalink | Reply
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    Siggraph pics 

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    See all of my pics from Siggraph

     
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