Jun 27 2008

Web 2.0 Couples Therapy

If I were a web 2.0 couples therapist, here’s what I’d do:

  1. Record a lot of the couple’s conversations and analyze them with IBM’s Many Eyes data visualization tools. A great way for the couple to see their patterns of communicating. (Hey, I bet my word map would show that I say “Yes, but …” or “I’ll be ready in just a minute…” a million times).
  2. Embed a light-emitting table in the kitchen counter
    light-emitting table
    and set it up to give visual feedback on all the hot spots in the couple’s communication. Even I might be embarrassed to keep saying “I’ll be ready in just a minute…” if I could see the frequency with which my kitchen counter started emitting blaring red lights.

A little more complicated than reading “Men are from Mars” (or is it Venus?), but much more effective. And if the relationship fails after that, there is always revenge on YouTube ala Trisha Walsh-Smith.

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