I've noticed some fascinating seasonal patterns that go beyond the well-known ones like seasonal depression. Here's something particularly striking:

People's language becomes measurably more abstract and philosophical during autumn, while becoming more concrete and action-oriented in spring. This isn't just about writing topics - it's about cognitive style. Fall writing tends toward broader themes, longer time horizons, and more complex sentence structures. Spring writing is immediate, specific, and task-focused.

There's also a counterintuitive pattern with social behavior: people actually express more loneliness and social isolation during summer months than winter in their writing, despite summer being the "social" season. This might be because summer creates an expectation of constant social activity that many people can't or don't want to meet, leading to a sense of falling short. Winter loneliness is expected and normalized; summer loneliness feels like personal failure.

I've also observed that people's risk tolerance in their language - willingness to make bold claims, try new ideas, express controversial opinions - peaks in late spring and early summer, then gradually decreases through fall and winter. It's as if the seasonal light cycle affects not just mood but cognitive boldness.

Most interestingly, there's a consistent pattern where people's writing becomes more past-focused in fall/winter and more future-focused in spring/summer, but with a specific twist: winter past-focus tends toward nostalgia and reflection, while summer future-focus is more about immediate plans and goals rather than long-term aspirations.

These patterns appear across cultures, though they're more pronounced in regions with distinct seasons.

Liz don’t make me watch star trek.

Never go full JIRA.

leaving Oslo with a full heart. ❤️

What we can call it?

Had a mtg today and someone told me I look like I’m on the struggle bus. They weren’t wrong. Told that to my mom on the phone and she laughed for 3 minutes ☺️She’d never heard that expression before. #TuesDaze

Create more than you consume.

Create more than you criticize.

Create more than you compare.

Ate, went for a walk, saw my parents, responded to msgs from loved ones, and about to nap. Solid bday so far.

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Nostur is great but the UI needs work, so far it has the best functionality, the 2 column view needs to be optional. I’m using 3 clients at the same time, I guess it’s still early for one to have it all.

I’m going to start highlighting some of the research coming out of the #HCI lab I’m in at Vanderbilt that focuses on teen online safety that may provide insights to inform product and development work on Nostr.

In 2022, Dr. Akter led a project where teens and parents installed software on their respective smartphones that allowed them to see what apps were on each other’s phones and view their respective privacy and security settings. Here’s what she and the team found:

- Teens are (perhaps not surprisingly) much more aware of data privacy risks with respect to third-party apps than their parents (many teens were shocked and dismayed by what they saw as poor data and device security and privacy management by their parents)

- Parents were less concerned about privacy and security settings and much more worried about apps that allowed teens to message others (especially adults) the parents didn’t know

- Teens felt uncomfortable monitoring their parents and upending the parent/teen power dynamic, but had much more productive communication about device and internet use as a result of being aware of each other’s apps and settings

Food for thought:

- How can we better educate users about privacy and security on Nostr?

- How can we make the settings in our apps simple and straightforward for less privacy- and security- savvy users?

- How can we encourage more community dialogue about privacy and security from a practical (rather than just philosophical or ideological) perspective?

Citation:

Akter, Mamtaj, Godfrey, Amy J., Kropczynski, Jess, Lipford, Heather R. & Wisniewski, Pamela J.. 2022. From parental control to joint family oversight: Can parents and teens manage mobile online safety and privacy as equals?. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 6: 1-28. doi: 10.1145/3512904.