Category Archives: culture
Thoughts before buying the new Kindle
As I’m pretty close to getting one of these (I’ll admit that the new pricing pushed me over the edge), I thought I’d make some notes about the experience of reading books, and review after a few months of getting … Continue reading
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When Social Proof Is Unfair
I just received an email from 38 degrees asking me to vote on which action the government should take to mitigate the effects of deep cuts to public services (see screenshot). Fair enough… it strikes me as pretty odd … Continue reading
Posted in culture, politics, psychology, ux
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Saving an industry with better user experience
I had such a good experience today purchasing some music that I thought I should share the user journey. I saw something in my facebook feed that I hadn’t seen before: a media player for an entire album. I had … Continue reading
Flattr.com: a workable way to tip online?
I’ve just added a flattr button to this blog. I’ve been very frustrated by the glacial progress made in how to financially credit creators online. The music biz is badly in need of an alternative way to show your appreciation … Continue reading
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The Jerry Seinfeld Productivity Hack, using Google Calendar
A while back I heard about how Seinfeld managed to write a joke every day: he plotted it on a large wall calendar. In essence, it became a game of ‘don’t break the chain’: make sure there’s a mark on … Continue reading
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Selling software online? Make it cheaper.
Back in September I attended clearleft’s dconstruct conference. One presentation in the day really stuck out, and reviewing the slides again today I felt inspired to comment/echo one particular point. Joshua Porter used some psychology principles to examine how to … Continue reading
artmeddler… a work in progress
So an idea that Sophie and I have had bubbling away for quite some time is starting to get moving. We’re joined by Danny Hope of Hobo Internet in our efforts, who persuaded me over lunch that the key idea … Continue reading
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Accidental manipulation of attention
A moment ago I visited boingboing.net (as I often do) and for the first time ever I noticed the top banner ad, instead of applying a mental blind spot like most users do. I was struck by why this happened, … Continue reading