Thanks for the very thoughtful responses Bart, Shoshannah, Josh... To me, part of the moral of the story is that the farther up Maslow's hierarchy we live our lives, the more difficult it is to come up with a clear and objective definition of utility . To follow up on ...
@Joseph: Thanks for the question. My first though is that demographics play a role that's important to consider. Teenage boys value different things that boomer-aged women, for example. Do you think there's any commonality between the users in your forums that would distinguish them from the rest of your user ...
@Ben: Thanks for the insightful comment. Clearly, there's a complicated set of interrelated behaviors and tendencies at play here pardon the pun :- . I recognize what you're talking about in my own behavior, as I always feel that if I want to get someplace in a hurry, I'd rather ...
Very thoughtful comments. @Tomiko Gun: I think I take @Jeff's position on this. Understanding how sound waves and the inner ear work doesn't turn music into noise. Of course, in a certain important way, music /is/ just noise - it's only our brains that make it something else. Understanding how ...
