Emilie Kormienko

I can’t overemphasize the value of getting hands-on experience, combined with the time I’d previously spent on research.

Onboarding doesn’t end after the user’s first interaction with the product. On the contrary, onboarding is ongoing: as users continue to engage with your product, they’ll discover more features and learn about new updates.

All of this means that the value of metaverse land and real estate to users will likely depend on what’s locally proximate, rather than on the full geography of that metaverse. We can expect to see thriving shopping malls, micro-cities, or even entire virtual worlds that are kind of like islands in digital space – packed with activity that leads

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When onboarding goes well it should be seamless, intuitive, and informative. Users should have a good understanding of what’s to come within the app, how it works, and why they should be using it.

Women with children reduced housework from 18 to 14 hours a week as they went from earning zero to half of the household income. But after passing her husband’s salary, a woman’s home tasks increased to nearly 16 hours a week, the analysis found. In contrast, a man’s housework ranged from six to eight hours a week when he was the primary... See more

The idea behind Web 3.0 is to combine the decentralized ideals of Web 1.0, with the consumer-friendly user experience of 2.0.

Six steps to improve your emotional granularity: try on new perspectives, recategorize what you're feeling, talk about what you're feeling, move your body, improve your vocabulary, write about your experiences. 

People feel torn between doing what they know to be right and what the powerful emergent incentives of the system demand. People who resist get increasingly worn out and burnt out.

As humans, we're evolutionarily wired to prioritize short-term gain. Hunter gatherers had no use for five-year plans, and those instincts are still within us. Combine that with our current economic system, ad-driven business models, and algorithmic social media platforms, all of which visibly reward cynical short-term games, and you've got the... See more