Polle de Maagt - Latest Comments

Re: A piece of tape to save energy? Hivos’ small experiment.

Polle — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:23:51 -0000

Heerlijk. Kun je als je de kans krijgt eens een foto maken?

Re: A piece of tape to save energy? Hivos’ small experiment.

ceeko — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:00:21 -0000

Als je nog een voorbeeld nodig hebt, ik kom tegenwoordig op de baan af en toe wegmarkeringen tegen die eigen zijn aan verkeersdrempels (dwarse lijn met loodrecht hierop op regelmatige afstand korte lijnen). Alleen is er geen wegverhoging. Toch (ook na de 'nieuwheid') gaat men spontaan op de rem staan.

Lijkt me allemaal een beetje Pavlov. Men is geconditioneerd bepaalde lijnen te volgen (in jouw voorbeeld), dan wel te vermijden.

Re: A piece of tape to save energy? Hivos’ small experiment.

Polle — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 03:35:51 -0000

He Koen, in dit specifieke experiment is dat niet onderzocht, maar kijk zeker even naar boeken als 'Nudge', 'Obliquity' en andere boeken over behavioral economics en choice architecture.

Re: A piece of tape to save energy? Hivos’ small experiment.

Koen peeters — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:42:08 -0000

Is er onderzocht of de factor 'nieuwheid' meespeelt? Bvb in een kantoorgebouw, met elke dag dezelfde mensen. Blijft het werken? Of na x tijd toch terug meer liftgebruik?
Hoorde,ooit bij flanders dc over architectuuroplossingen. Bvb traphal centraal, lift verstopt achter de hoek. Vaak is omgekeerde waar in gebouw.

Re: “Why you shouldn’t use social media” for AGX

TOM @ ILoveStyle.be — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:35:00 -0000

once again, great presentation !

Re: The evolution towards frictionless sharing

Lode Broekman — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:42:49 -0000

Nice addition to yesterday's post Polle. Interesting stuff

Re: How Spotify, Foursquare and Facebook shape our behavior: the sharing bias, playlistism and social guilt.

Dennis Moons — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 04:50:49 -0000

The Google search results are made up from the amount of links shared around and the social sharing. Both are done by a group that isn't representative for the population. The sharing bias you mention further messes with the results.

More frictionless sharing could be a solution, but I'm not sure if that is the way forward.

Re: How Spotify, Foursquare and Facebook shape our behavior: the sharing bias, playlistism and social guilt.

Lode Broekman — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:18:47 -0000

Yes, in certain cases I am (not) sharing stuff with my peers in mind. At the highest level: business versus fun items. I do try to filter what I share, depending on platform, users, groups.

Re: How Spotify, Foursquare and Facebook shape our behavior: the sharing bias, playlistism and social guilt.

Stijn — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:28:12 -0000

Sharing can also be influenced by whether or not you want to attract feedback. I'm aware which kind of content will receive comments for each network I am on. Sometimes that's good, but not everything I share is determined by it. I will also share items that I'm pretty sure no one else is interested in, just to keep that archive for myself. I guess there is a nuance if you're seeking approval/comments or just do what you want.

Re: How Spotify, Foursquare and Facebook shape our behavior: the sharing bias, playlistism and social guilt.

Polle — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:11:40 -0000

Absolutely. This IS the filter bubble. I guess we need more qualitative raw data. We need to be more conscious of what we share, and even more important, how and why we mine data and how we interpret that.

Re: How Spotify, Foursquare and Facebook shape our behavior: the sharing bias, playlistism and social guilt.

Kloos — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:56:16 -0000

In other words, does this add to the "filter bubble" we all seem to be in?

Re: How Spotify, Foursquare and Facebook shape our behavior: the sharing bias, playlistism and social guilt.

Polle — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:40:32 -0000

But are you also conscious of what you are sharing? Are you sharing different things, influenced by your peers?

Re: How Spotify, Foursquare and Facebook shape our behavior: the sharing bias, playlistism and social guilt.

Polle — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:39:59 -0000

Interesting thought, that's almost a philosophical consequence. Maybe it filters out towards different personas? Say ... blockbuster, niche, rebels, privacy-fetisjists ... ?

Re: How Spotify, Foursquare and Facebook shape our behavior: the sharing bias, playlistism and social guilt.

Polle — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:37:07 -0000

True. The more conscious you are of sharing and the opener it is, the more biased you will be. Well, as far as I can see now.

Re: How Spotify, Foursquare and Facebook shape our behavior: the sharing bias, playlistism and social guilt.

Lode Broekman — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:01:13 -0000

Yep, it's true. An individual micro social media strategy. Not sharing each 4sq checkin, no posts copied to other networks unless relevant, sharing those links you find interesting.

Re: How Spotify, Foursquare and Facebook shape our behavior: the sharing bias, playlistism and social guilt.

Kloos — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:46:10 -0000

So will this in the end result in, the same as how conglomerates eventually dominate an industry, a convergence towards similar media consumption? Revival, or the future of, of the blockbuster :)? Just pondering.

Re: How Spotify, Foursquare and Facebook shape our behavior: the sharing bias, playlistism and social guilt.

Patrick Cohen — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:39:26 -0000

I think this kind of bias also involves sharing links (like this blogpost) on twitter. My followers for i.e. expect me to share these type of blogposts and not engadget/geeky stuff instead :)

Re: Het fenomeen krabbelen (scraps)

Ebooyka — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 05:05:32 -0000

ik kan op één bepaalde hyves geen krabbels meer plaatsen, en ik heb niets gewijzigd. ik beheer hem zelf dus hoe kan dit

Re: “Taking travel from ads to acts” for Travel 2011

Koen Peeters — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:30:26 -0000

This is not a valuation of the great Tom De Bruyne, but guess he got this paraphrase on slide 8 from Seth Godin - purple cow, be remarkable - or not?

Re: Foursquare’s brand book, a missed opportunity to prove they’re all about making the real world easier to use

Polle — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 08:56:48 -0000

Thanks, mate!

Re: Foursquare’s brand book, a missed opportunity to prove they’re all about making the real world easier to use

Patrick Mulder — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 08:32:42 -0000

leuk artikel Polle!

Re: Remarkable house rules for coffeehouse Bagels & Beans

Stijn — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 15:12:43 -0000

Choice ftw! ;)

Re: Remarkable house rules for coffeehouse Bagels & Beans

Polle — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 14:55:10 -0000

Haha, no you *can*, you don't *have* to. They have the best bagels there :)

Re: Remarkable house rules for coffeehouse Bagels & Beans

Stijn — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 12:52:39 -0000

Hm. Bringing your own food. Is that a Dutch thing? (Yes, I went there.)

Re: What would you do with a 30.000 euro customer? The NMBS, NS and one-sided loyalty.

Stijn — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:56:54 -0000

Perhaps the difference here is that both NS and NMBS are monopolists. They know that you have no choice and will keep coming back, even if they keep delivering shitty service. It's bad for PR when their customers get to complain in the media every now and then, but do they really care? Let's have a look at the last ten years: delays are still the same (no improvement), price keeps rising (every six months or so), and NMBS has introduced plans to close certain lines. All things considered, that's not a pretty picture. But it's not like they customers have another choice. Also -- for the NMBS -- if they lose customers and need money, the government will chip in and help with funding. No motivation to improve the service.

Now imagine this framework in any other company sector.