introverts and extroverts: extreme ux personalities

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Introverts & Ext
roverts
Extreme UX P
ersonalities
by Mike Tow
nson

Mike TownsonUX Designer
I work at projekt202 and focus on user research and software design.

AUSTIN DALLAS SEATTLE

What are Introverts & Extroverts?
What are the extremes?
Why you should care.
History of UX and how I&Es fit
Work Environments
Leadership Styles
Communicating
Networking
Procrastinators and Perfectionists

I had a serious problem...
I used to be an EXTREME extrovert.

7:00AM
8:30AM
10:00AM
5:00PM
7:30PM
9:00PM
10:30PM
12:00AM
1:30AM
Wakeup & get to school on time
Class
Go to work
Guitar Lessons
Help a buddy with studies
Party #1
Party #2
Party #3
Party #4
Typical (college) Extrovert Day

1 Year, 100 Books
1 Day, 100 P
eople

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Introverts
Extroverts

Whats an extrovert?

Extroverts according to Myers-Briggs
I like getting my energy from active involvement in events and having a lot of different activities. Im excited when Im around people and I like to energize other people. I like moving into action and making things happen. I generally feel at home in the world.
http://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/extraversion-or-introversion.asp
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FERRIS BUELLER

STEVEJOBS

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Whats an introvert?

Introverts according to Myers-Briggs
I like getting my energy from dealing with the ideas, pictures, memories, and reactions that are inside my head, in my inner world. I often prefer doing things alone or with one or two people I feel comfortable with.
http://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/extraversion-or-introversion.asp

CAMERON FRYE
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BILLGATES

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Can you be a little of both?

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Ambiverts
An ambivert is moderately comfortable with groups and social interaction, but also relishes time alone, away from a crowd.

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What can make you extreme?(or possibly unhealthy...)

Reminder: I am not a doctor.

Introvert
Decide when something is finished, or done
enough.
Extrovert
Not focusing on a task at hand, never getting started.
The inability to...

The inability to...
Introvert
Talk to anyone.
Extrovert
Shut up.

The inability to...
Introvert
Work well with others.
Extrovert
Work well with others.

Personality Disorders
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Pathological Gambling
Intermittent Explosive Disorder
Kleptomania
Pyromania
Trichotillomania
Self-mutilation
Sexual impulsivity
Borderline Personality Disorder
Impulsivity which has been linked to extroversion can in its extreme case cause:
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/biology/b103/f03/web1/nkrimgold.html

Personality Disorders
Social Anxiety
Major Affective Disorder
Somatoform Disorder
Eating Disorders
Avoidant
Dependent
Obsessive-Compulsive
Schizoid
Cases of disorders stemming from extreme introversion could be:
https://www.ima.org.il/FilesUpload/IMAJ/0/46/23023.pdf

Drug Use
Drugs like cocaine, alcohol, or prozac, all affect an individual's degree of extroversion.Natalya Krimgold, Extroversion, Introversion, and the Brain, http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/biology/b103/f03/web1/nkrimgold.html
This can artificially correct an ineffective dopamine system and make someone feel more sociable or motivated to pursue a goal.Susan S.

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