Observations on the Human Experience
UI, UX and IxD insights for a rainy day.
Observations on the Human Experience
I need one of these but for when I put too much lotion in my hand and there’s no one around to wipe the extra on their arm
Roy Wood Jr- Ex Jedix.comWhile this wasn't too difficult, it was somewhat demoralizing and discouraging. It'd be better if Anki had a “catch up” feature that would spread the excess cards over the next few weeks in your schedule. But it doesn't.
Michael Nielsen • Augmenting Long-Term Memory
Unlike other animals, we humans retain what is known as neoteny— mental and physical traits of immaturity— well into our adult years.
Greene, Robert. Mastery - Robert Greene (Kindle Locations 1686-1687). Kindle Edition.
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people think they want choices. but they prefer good defaults.
These are the run clubs and swim clubs with very robustly branded websites for some reason, websites that greet you with full-width videos of delighted people being very sweaty together. New ventures for “group conversation” or exclusive social spaces or curated clubs with sign-up flows and membership levels that evoke the rigor of a bank account r... See more
Elise Granata • What We Lose When Optimizing Community
One. Gajillion. Dollars?!
I’ve been fortunate to work with a stunning range of clients, from local printing companies and tiny churches to giant corporations with multibillion-dollar revenues, and everything between. Perhaps the most valuable lesson I’ve learned is that they’re all the same. People spend money the same, whether it’s a few hundred d... See more
I’ve been fortunate to work with a stunning range of clients, from local printing companies and tiny churches to giant corporations with multibillion-dollar revenues, and everything between. Perhaps the most valuable lesson I’ve learned is that they’re all the same. People spend money the same, whether it’s a few hundred d... See more
Pricing Design — A book by Dan Mall
"When I was a philosophy student, I used a photocopier to enlarge pages of books onto A3 paper. It helped me understand difficult texts by slowing me down, and it left room for my notes. My classmates thought it was ridiculous, but it helped."
There's so much this world, it's people and it's rules tell you to do, tell you to be.
It's hard to escape i... See more
There's so much this world, it's people and it's rules tell you to do, tell you to be.
It's hard to escape i... See more
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Larger text forces you to slow down. It makes you take your time. It asks for you to read with intention or not at all.
The act of measurement changes the behavior of the thing being measured.