Month: January 2007

THE CAVALIER DAILY — Jan 24 — Some tests pretend to be legitimate and might make you believe their results are valid and meaningful. The most common being Myers-Briggs which breaks your personality up into four categories. Despite these inadequacies, you can find many other semi-legitimate online personality tests. The Enneagram categorizes people into nine unique groups. The "Big Five" uses five dimensions instead of four. Each test offers a different way to categorize yourself and to see how you measure up to other people. The amount of reliable information these tests provide is highly debatable, but many people still enjoy them.

The full article was originally published at The Cavalier Daily, but is no longer available.

Mark Brooks: Myers Briggs actually has 16 character types based upon four main categories, and the Enneagram has 9 personality types based upon four categories. They are both, essentially, subsets of the Big Five test.  Your comments please…

THE CAVALIER DAILY — Jan 24 — Some tests pretend to be legitimate and might make you believe their results are valid and meaningful. The most common being Myers-Briggs which breaks your personality up into four categories. Despite these inadequacies, you can find many other semi-legitimate online personality tests. The Enneagram categorizes people into nine unique groups. The "Big Five" uses five dimensions instead of four. Each test offers a different way to categorize yourself and to see how you measure up to other people. The amount of reliable information these tests provide is highly debatable, but many people still enjoy them.

The full article was originally published at The Cavalier Daily, but is no longer available.

Mark Brooks: Myers Briggs actually has 16 character types based upon four main categories, and the Enneagram has 9 personality types based upon four categories. They are both, essentially, subsets of the Big Five test.  Your comments please…

THE JOURNAL NEWS — Jan 24 — Gina's friends don't expect much eye contact from her when they get together. She stares at her cell phone, tapping feverishly, communicating with people she's never once met in person. She uses Hookt on Boost Mobile. Hookt has its origins in AirG of Canada and has grown into an international community of 10 million users. MySpace launched mobile portal Helio. Cingular offers MySpace Mobile for $2.99 per month plus data charges. Facebook partnered with Virgin Mobile USA and Amp'd Mobile. Both Sprint and Virgin Mobile have signed deals to launch a new application from Intercasting Corp. Helio says 75% of their customers have used the MySpace service, which is included in Helio's pricey monthly plans.

Mark Brooks: Helio is pricey but the phone and the service options are fully loaded. GPS, picture messaging, and Buddy Beacon, which allows users to track the locations of their friends in real time. I use a T-Mobile blackberry 7130, and a slider phone from MetroPCS ($45/mo for unlimited minutes and long distance). 

THE JOURNAL NEWS — Jan 24 — Gina's friends don't expect much eye contact from her when they get together. She stares at her cell phone, tapping feverishly, communicating with people she's never once met in person. She uses Hookt on Boost Mobile. Hookt has its origins in AirG of Canada and has grown into an international community of 10 million users. MySpace launched mobile portal Helio. Cingular offers MySpace Mobile for $2.99 per month plus data charges. Facebook partnered with Virgin Mobile USA and Amp'd Mobile. Both Sprint and Virgin Mobile have signed deals to launch a new application from Intercasting Corp. Helio says 75% of their customers have used the MySpace service, which is included in Helio's pricey monthly plans.

Mark Brooks: Helio is pricey but the phone and the service options are fully loaded. GPS, picture messaging, and Buddy Beacon, which allows users to track the locations of their friends in real time. I use a T-Mobile blackberry 7130, and a slider phone from MetroPCS ($45/mo for unlimited minutes and long distance).