The blog

Reads from the blog

Practical posts for spotting patterns and choosing a next step.

An illustrated card showing a stack of identical documents with dotted lines running to four abstract figures in frames, for the article Why personality descriptions feel accurate, and when they do not.

October 9, 2026 · Understanding yourself

Why personality descriptions feel accurate, and when they do not

An illustrated card showing a phone with charts drawn on it beside a framed portrait reached by a dotted line, for the article Portraitor vs WhatsAnalyze.

October 8, 2026 · Guides

Portraitor vs WhatsAnalyze: which one leaves your device

An illustrated card showing two document frames side by side, one retained in a storage box and one dissolving into dotted lines, for the article Portraitor vs Mosaic.

October 8, 2026 · Guides

Portraitor vs Mosaic: what each one keeps of your chat

October 8, 2026 · Understanding yourself

Politeness theory, and why please can read as rude

October 7, 2026 · Understanding yourself

Communication accommodation theory, measured at scale

October 6, 2026 · Understanding yourself

The Pollyanna hypothesis: why language leans positive

October 5, 2026 · Understanding yourself

How much does a chat analysis cost, and what you get

A dark card carrying the headline What a chat analysis cannot tell you beside a flat illustration of a document frame with several blanked out panels and one readable column of text.

October 4, 2026 · Understanding yourself

What a chat analysis cannot tell you about someone

An illustrated card on a dark background showing a chat bubble whose names have been replaced by placeholder blocks, with an arrow leaving the device beside the headline Is it safe to upload your chat history to an AI.

October 4, 2026 · Understanding yourself

Is it safe to upload your chat history to an AI?

A dark card carrying the headline Which chat export files can be analysed beside a flat illustration of four file cards labelled by extension feeding into a single upload tray.

October 4, 2026 · Understanding yourself

Which chat export files can be analysed, and which cannot