Tom Novak

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Denit Trust Professor of Marketing, George Washington University. I live in Washington, DC & Leucadia, CA. I study the good and the bad about people’s experiences and relationships with smart objects. I use data visualization techniques like UMAP and TDA to understand how people interact with objects.
Google Scholarhttps://scholar.google.com/citations?user=IK6_rNQAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
SSRNhttps://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2176697
Center for the Connected Consumerhttps://postsocial.gwu.edu/
Tom NovakApr 21, 2023

I'm having really good luck with this ChatGPT-4 prompt:

"Rewrite this paragraph so that it is as clear as possible for a paper being submitted to the Journal of XYZ. Do not summarize or shorten the material, just write it more clearly."

The only downside is that it's a bit embarrassing to see how unclear my own writing is!

Tom NovakApr 15, 2023
You would think the K-Means #jamovi procedure would let you specify a random seed to get reproducible results. But yet it doesn't have that option (#JASP does). Not great, especially when using jamovi in a classroom setting, which is kind of the point of software like jamovi.
Show threadTom NovakApr 15, 2023
@mikebrondbjerg Very Mid-Century! I'd put it on a wall.
Tom NovakApr 15, 2023
At yet another sign that Gen Alpha is something special, chess is the new hot activity. https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/04/15/school-chess-class-clubs/
Teachers nationwide are flummoxed by students’ new chess obsession

The fad, fueled by social media stars, has left teachers divided between displeasure and delight.

The Washington Post
Show threadTom NovakApr 11, 2023
@reneestephen Sounds like my students answering questions on a multiple choice test!
Tom NovakApr 8, 2023
Like many academics who are thinking about sticking pins in their eyes because of the torture of poor usability, I am currently inputting a test in Blackboard.
Tom NovakApr 8, 2023
Been awhile since I've listened to a song on repeat over and over. But this new track from #ArtSchoolGirlfriend is mesmerizing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1udsLdovjQ&ab_channel=ArtSchoolGVEVO
Art School Girlfriend - Close To The Clouds

YouTube
Show threadTom NovakApr 8, 2023
@ianRobinson Biden won 64.5% of the 2020 vote in Nashville. With Gen Z coming of age the protests are inspiring. If only the national news covered the Nashville protests instead of just TikTok showing them. What’s happening in Tennessee (and Florida, and Texas, and ….) is so wrong we need a new word for wrong.
Tom NovakApr 4, 2023
Don’t usually enjoy the TV on in the dentist’s waiting room but today is different.
Tom NovakApr 4, 2023
Every state becomes interesting when looked at this way!
https://mymodernmet.com/spencer-schien-population-density-maps/
3D Maps Visualize the Stark Population Density Differences in Cities in the U.S.

The higher the point, the more densely populated an area is.

My Modern Met