Know thy XFN
This CSI manager recently broke his finger during a Jiu-Jitsu match.
Who is Dustin Ho?
This app, named for an early Facebook feature, was an ephemeral-messaging competitor to early Snapchat.
What is “Poke App”?
This survey development tool got its name from a UI display bug affecting all live-site survey invitations.
What is Simon?
This social psychologist is known for his work on the importance of learning by observing others, including early experiments involving children and dolls.
Who is Albert Bandura?
This leader invented Growth Accounting, the PYMK Value Model, and growth-related holdouts.
Who is Danny Ferrante?
This app enabled sharing short-form videos.
What is “Lasso”?
This is the value of the gender column in dim_all_users corresponding to male.
What is 2?
This prominent 19th century British writer and political activist was one of the earliest Western sociologists and founders of the discipline.
Who is Harriet Martineau?
When asked to make a gratitude bracelet, this CSI XFN team member created the following:
Who is Rita Aquino?
This app enabled photo and video private sharing, and was a predecessor to Stories.
What is “Moments”?
This Hive table is the log of original content creation events on Facebook.
What is post_events (or post_events_unsessionized)?
This political scientist was the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.
Who is Elinor Ostrom?
This CSI XFN team member was once in a band called Erinbot and the Positive Eigenvalues.
Who is Erin Summers?
This app was story newsreader with customizable sections.
What is “Paper”?
This is a Python package for standardized weighting for bias reduction.
What is Gravitron?
This cultural anthropologist who studied the peoples of Oceania was a pioneer of the 20th-century feminist movement in the United States.
Who is Margaret Mead?
This CSI XFN team member was on an episode of Extreme Makeover Home Edition.
Who is Raena Saddler?
This app allowed users to create discussion spaces on specific topics.
What is “Rooms”?
This was the document app we used before Quip and Google Docs
What is Zoho?
This team supports researchers in screening and scheduling participants for qualitative research.
Who is Participant Engagement?
This Swiss scholar was one of the founders of modern linguistics and semiology.
Who is Ferdinand de Saussure?