Would this be the place to mention Tom Coates' wonderful Ninja/Pirate Elf/Dwarf dichotomies?

Structures are fun.

Oh I know. INTP.

Myers-Briggs test here (to be taken with a grain of salt, of course).

INTJ! Fear my l33t mastermindness!

I'm not sure about the Meyer's test, but according to the one posted, I'm an FDOG. I approve. *gang sign*

FDON (Gladwell). INFP (Myers-Briggs).

Nibbler/Gobbler vs Incrementalists/Completionists

Sorry, here's the pirate/ninja elf/dwarf link. That's the first thing that I thought of when I read Gladwell's article yesterday.

Also, FMG. I can't figure out the I/O distinction. I get along with my parents, but I don't define myself in relationship to them. Borderline?

Definitely ENFP (Myers-Briggs), and almost definitely CDIG (Galdwell). If anyone does find a link to the Galdwell article on the web, let me know, I'd love to link it.

CDOG, yo! Eastsider style.

Definitely INTP--there's no question. As for the "new" classification, I'm an FMON (with a tendancy towards D and an occasional G moment).

ISFJ on the MBTI.

Taken the Myers-Briggs twice, and both times I've been an INTJ. Not the most flattering, but it is accurate.

INTJ too - you have a very select readership Jason.

Now that everyone mentions it, I'm probably INTJ as well. I haven't taken the test for a few years, but that bunch of letters sounds familiar to me.

CDOG although I strive to be a CDON and I think my Myers-Briggs designation is INFP .

I get to be a FDIG, not a great acronym, but better than the INTJ I got from the Jung test. I wouldn't take it to the bank of course, since the answers to all the questions can pretty much change as the day progresses. Interesting nontheless. I'm still trying to figure out why a LOTR poster shows up in a Google Images search for personality+tests

I took the test in 1989 and came out INFP; then took it in 2003 and came out ESTJ. I've changed a lot over those years, but come one. After the second test I can't imagine taking the results seriously.

I/ENFP, FMON.

I took a "business leadership" class in college, and we all knew our M-B tags; while the class was normally a whole bunch of ENTJs, six out of eight class members were I- or ENTPs.

Wasn't gonna post until I saw so many of my mastermind brothers and sistahs posting. INTJ REPRESENT! (CDIN on the other, I think, maybe CDIG.)

CMIN on Gladwell and INTJ on Myers-Brigg.

This is the first I've ever done a meyers-briggs and I too garnered an INTJ. Maybe it has less to do with kottke-specific readership and more to do with the personality type that would read a stranger's diary on the internet.


(the birds go tweet)

INTP since childhood. Introverts represent!

I'm still trying to figure out why a LOTR poster shows up in a Google Images search for personality+tests

Hmm...that probably indicates something interesting about the personality of the Web.

I took the test in 1989 and came out INFP; then took it in 2003 and came out ESTJ. I've changed a lot over those years, but come one. After the second test I can't imagine taking the results seriously.

That's actually what Gladwell's article is about...just how reliable are these tests anyway. As Jason noted, test results are contextual and dependent on your current mood, thoughts, etc.

INFJ
Just like Oprah!

I've taken the Myers-Briggs at least twice because I keep forgetting my type--I still can't remember (it does start with 'I' though, I'm sure). I guess that makes me Kottke type II.

I would definitely say that I'm an FDOG, which may or may not be a good thing for a grad student. When I take Meyers-Briggs tests, I consistently score as a INFP

I'm FMOG on Gladwell's test and INTP on the traditional Myers-Briggs.

i'm an INFP. The thing i remember most about that type is that we are good at starting new projects and NOT good at finishing them. That's me to a T. Or, i guess, to an F.

I went from an INFP to an ENTJ over the course of about 8 years.

I can't recall my type, but I remember it was supposed to match my ideal career choice to being a radio personality. Speaking of which, perhaps I missed the linking, or perhaps your programming schedule puts Talk of the Nation on earlier in the day -- but I'd checked your site during lunch and then drove home listening to Talk of the Nation discussing those same Personality Tests.

(Does NPR still have that crazy linking policy?)

I've taken the Myers-Briggs test lots of times (on the web for fun, at work, in class). I score pretty consistently. I've found though, that I often have to fight myself to keep from answering how I want to be, instead of how I am. Depending on my mood, and how satisfied I am with my current personality, my results can change on a couple categories where I score very close to even.

INTJ all the way. Your readership appears to have a rare skew.

I'm INFP too. Statisticly however, there seems to be more INFP's here then there should be. What I've read so far about INFP's is that it's actually rare and found in only 1% of the population.

Makes you wonder... does that mean that comment on blogs, you are more likely an INFP? Or is it that its mostly only INFP's that actually participate in silly tests out of their own free will?

That's a lot of iNTj's in one place. It's a little disconcerting. I thought that type was rare? Or maybe I just thought I was rare?

FMIG in Gladwell's and INJT on the Myers-Briggs

INTJ/CMON

INTJ every time I've taken the M-B test. FMOG on Gladwell's. In case you're feeling slightly panicked, here are serenity prayers for all the M-B types.

I'm an ENTP and its a bit ridiculous how perfectly the profile fits me (most of the time.)

Interestingly, the small marketing consultancy I used to work for once had everyone do Myers-Briggs, and all seven project leaders and senior managers were ENTPs, and both of the support staff were matching types as well. Made me wonder if there was an ENTP-bias to the hiring process, or if ENTPs are just attracted to those jobs.

I'm Aquarius, myself.

But when people ask me my star sign, I say ENFP.

Science.

Count me in as (another!) INTJ.

I've read that Introverts only make up about 25% of people and the same goes for iNtuitives, so someone who is both I and N is supposed to be very unique. The volume of INxx types here is making me think otherwise.

Or maybe introverted intuitive types just love kottke.org.

Heh. Another INFP here too. And CDIG, I believe.

What *is* it with all the IN__s?

INTP here. IN__s are on the internet cause:
1) We like interacting over a computer screen rather than face-to-face.
2) Computer savvy people are more likely to be Ns with the whole systems and patterns preference. Ss are going to be off doing something tangible.

Yet another INTJ.

I've taken the Myers/Briggs a few times, and I've always been INTP.

INTP, both online and 'real' tests.

There's a personals site called TypeTango (http://www.typetango.com/) that tries to match people using the MBPI. The statistics for that site show a heavy skew towards INFP, INTP, INTJ, INFJ types (http://www.typetango.com/statistics.php). The IN type likes systems, MBPI, whatever. [I'm an INTJ; but, I secretly want to be a friendly, loveable ENFP.]

ENFP checking in, which seems to make me an odd one out among bloggers/Net types/kottke visitors (however you define your set). CMOG by the redoubtable Gladwell's test. Is it that INs are more likely to be on the Net, or that INs are more likely to use comments as a means of communication?

One of the other big personality tests is the Enneagram test, which is complementary to the MBTI, apparently. It speaks more about what your motivations are for acting the way you do, whereas the MBTI talks about how you act.

Also, Gladwell in the article notes that personality tests don't account for the variability of human nature and are not very good at predicting behaviour well, but for once I'm not convinced by a Gladwell piece. The MBTI's origins as a cod-philosophical adaptation of Jungian thinking are indeed dubious, but besides personal experiences of the tests, Gladwell doesn't seem to marshal very strong evidence that these tests don't predict future behaviour well, beyond a reference to Walter Mischel's critique of personality tests.