{"id":19,"date":"2009-04-23T12:52:04","date_gmt":"2009-04-23T12:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/?p=19"},"modified":"2017-01-12T04:43:49","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T04:43:49","slug":"self-analysis-is-it-helpful-or-disconcerting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/self-analysis-is-it-helpful-or-disconcerting\/","title":{"rendered":"<b>Self-Analysis: Is it Helpful or Disconcerting? <\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was sent a great link via twitter today, which analyses your conversations and works out your personality. I&#8217;m likeable, inquisitive &amp; cautious, with a garrulous &amp; coherent writing style, apparently, and I&#8217;m classified as a talker.<\/p>\n<p>On following a link from my analysis, I found out that <a title=\"Hatmandu also provides a Blogalyser\" href=\"http:\/\/hatmandu.net\/content\/blogalyser2.php\" target=\"_blank\">Hatmandu also provides a Blogalyser<\/a> which looks at your Blog and gives an analyis of that, too (no suprises there)!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how I did:<\/p>\n<p>The Blogalyser reveals&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Your blog\/web page text has an overall readability index of 11.<\/p>\n<p>This suggests that your writing style is conventional. (to communicate well you should aim for a figure between 10 and 20).<\/p>\n<p>Your text contains 106 sentences, which suggests your general message is distinguished by verbosity<br \/>\n(writing for the web should be concise).<\/p>\n<p>Your text shows characteristics which are 50% male and 50% female (for more information see the <a href=\"http:\/\/bookblog.net\/gender\/genie\" target=\"_Blank\">Gender Genie<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Looking at pronoun indicators, you write mainly about yourself, then your social circle and finally the world in general. Also, your writing focuses primarily on the present, next the past and lastly the future.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Find out what your Blogging style is like!\" href=\"http:\/\/hatmandu.net\/content\/blogalyser2.php\" target=\"_blank\">Find out what your blogging style is like!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>If you get half a chance, follow the link, try it out yourself and let me know how you did, I&#8217;m dying to find out&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Talk soon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share with your friends:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-19\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/self-analysis-is-it-helpful-or-disconcerting\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-19\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/self-analysis-is-it-helpful-or-disconcerting\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-19\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/self-analysis-is-it-helpful-or-disconcerting\/?share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-19\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/self-analysis-is-it-helpful-or-disconcerting\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-skype\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-skype-19\" class=\"share-skype sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/self-analysis-is-it-helpful-or-disconcerting\/?share=skype\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Skype\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/self-analysis-is-it-helpful-or-disconcerting\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20%3Cb%3ESelf-Analysis%3A%20Is%20it%20Helpful%20or%20Disconcerting%3F%20%3C%2Fb%3E&body=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.phillconnell.com%2Fblog%2Fself-analysis-is-it-helpful-or-disconcerting%2F&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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I&#8217;m likeable, inquisitive &amp; cautious, with a garrulous &amp; coherent writing style, apparently, and I&#8217;m classified as a talker. On following a link from my analysis, I found out that Hatmandu also provides a Blogalyser which looks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share with your friends:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-19\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/self-analysis-is-it-helpful-or-disconcerting\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-19\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/self-analysis-is-it-helpful-or-disconcerting\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-19\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/self-analysis-is-it-helpful-or-disconcerting\/?share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-19\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/self-analysis-is-it-helpful-or-disconcerting\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-skype\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-skype-19\" class=\"share-skype sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/self-analysis-is-it-helpful-or-disconcerting\/?share=skype\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Skype\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/self-analysis-is-it-helpful-or-disconcerting\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20%3Cb%3ESelf-Analysis%3A%20Is%20it%20Helpful%20or%20Disconcerting%3F%20%3C%2Fb%3E&body=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.phillconnell.com%2Fblog%2Fself-analysis-is-it-helpful-or-disconcerting%2F&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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