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Major Project #2 Abstract

Personality Test:

My personality test results were INFP-T, also known as the “Mediator” personality type. I stands Introverted at 54% which I feel is accurate because there are times where I am outgoing and feel energized when I’m around people, but at the same time I don’t enjoy social interactions and talking to people when I am feeling depleted. N stands for iNtuitive at 84% which I feel is extremely accurate because I’m almost always considering what another person is thinking when I’m interacting with them. F stands for Feeling at 79%, also accurate as I base a lot of my decisions on emotions, both mine and the other parties involved. P stands for Prospecting at 64%, which I don’t feel is as accurate as the others because while I am occasionally spontaneous, I tend to plan out my actions and stick to a plan.  Overall, I feel like the title of “Mediator” is very applicable in my life, as I’m often the one helping my friends resolve their fights or see the other party’s side.

Audience:

My audience will be my friends and family. I chose this audience because I want to direct my choices for collection and curation towards things that represent me but not necessarily things they may already know about me/what I would choose based on what they know about me,

Intended Style:

The style I’m aiming for with my collection is mentioned above in the Audience section: things that represent me in each category that they (or someone else) might not assume of me/know about me. Aesthetically, I want to choose items that are similar colors in each category.

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Homework #8: Anonymous Data, Reading & Blogging

When I think about my personal web browsing habits, the first things that come to mind are the social media sites I use most and what I tend to gravitate towards when online shopping/browsing. I use Facebook Messenger, Tumblr, and Snapchat the most, so those three websites alone can easily identify me as either millennial or Gen Z. I also read a lot of web comics, all of which are rated PG-13 and over, so I can be identified as at least a teenager. As a kicker, I’ve been doing a lot of research into college life, like what things I should buy for my dorm, what kind of classes I should take/avoid for my major, etc., so that lands me right in the college student category. I also do a lot of online shopping and browsing for succulents, stationery items, and typically “feminine-branded” things, so all of those combined can be used to identify me as someone who enjoys gardening, crafts, and is female. In fact, I have already seen this in action. Ever since I started looking up cute stationery items like decorative paper or stickers or washi tape, I would get ads on Amazon and Google that would recommend those to me. When I began to have an interest in raising succulents, Instagram showed me more and more ads about accounts with succulents and various stores that sold them. That’s when the reality of my data not really being privately really hit me, and I looked into more data privacy methods, but that’s probably out there now, too.