I am representative of the old adage, “what you see is what you get” – or in the case of my blog “what you read is what you get”.

Update: read to the end for something interesting ….

RTTC and then MIB blogged about the use of Typeanalyzer.com to calculate a Myers Briggs style personality indicator type based on blog entries.

Typeanalyzer uses a classification engine from uClassify.com. It is the same engine that GenderAnalyzer.com uses. I don’t know all of the in’s and out’s of these systems but it does seem that the rules and heuristics that Typeanalyzer has created are pretty good given the limited view is has for calculating results. Here is what Typeanalyzer came up with …

ESTP – The Doers: The active and play-ful type. They are especially attuned to people and things around them and often full of energy, talking, joking and engaging in physical out-door activities. The Doers are happiest with action-filled work which craves their full attention and focus. They might be very impulsive and more keen on starting something new than following it through. They might have a problem with sitting still or remaining inactive for any period of time.

Sound like anyone you know ?

BTW: GenderAnalyzer.com said my blog was written by a male (pretty smart) whereas vowe.net was reported to be written by a female – sorry Volker <giggle> And, if you blog, what results do you get for Typeanalyzer.com or GenderAnalyzer.com ?

Interesting Update: The above was based on the analysis *before* my five posts for today. I re-ran the analysis and got a different answer. My guess is the analyzer is only using the front page and thus is a very limited view of the blog author(s). Here is what it came up with after including today’s blog entries …

ISTP – The Mechanics – The independent and problem-solving type. They are especially attuned to the demands of the moment are masters of responding to challenges that arise spontaneously. They generally prefer to think things out for themselves and often avoid inter-personal conflicts.  The Mechanics enjoy working together with other independent and highly skilled people and often like seek fun and action both in their work and personal life. They enjoy adventure and risk such as in driving race cars or working as policemen and firefighters.

The change in results might indicate weaknesses in the analyser or perhaps I’m a Gemini.