It’s been quite a year here at Signal Patterns. New site, new apps, new partners (announcements coming soon!) new folks and new digs. Sometimes we get so focused on getting the details right, it’s hard to see the ‘big picture.’ So what’s important to us? One way is to check what we blog about. What are [...]

Your Music Patterns Playlist - Songs from People Like You

With the launch of SignalPatterns.com in public beta today, we are releasing a new social music recommendation feature. It uses the FUSES? music personality model to generate a playlist with recommended songs each time you visit. Here’s how it works: You take the audio-based Music Patterns test to create your own music personality profile We determine people [...]

Where did Social Networks Come From?

I am not sure who was the first one to coin the term in the context of social sites, but the source of the term is "Social Network Analysis" in social sciences. SNA has been traditionally used to study social phenomena such as epidemics, social support relationships in small communities, relationships between countries, and even the spread of happiness between people.