This week's must-reads: The Quintessential Guide For Building An Unforgettable First-time User Experience

This week's must-reads: The Quintessential Guide For Building An Unforgettable First-time User Experience

In my work as a behavioral designer, I come across stories on the importance of using psychology to influence behavior. Here's my weekly round-up of the most important stories at the intersection of psychology, technology, and business.

The Quintessential Guide For Building An Unforgettable First-time User Experience

You only get one chance to make a good impression.

Why the idea that the world is in terminal decline is so dangerous

From all sides, the message is coming in: the world as we know it is on the verge of something really bad. That's dangerous bullshit.

The Dying Art of Disagreement

To disagree well, you must first understand well. Keep an open mind.

What Boredom Does to You

Every emotion has a purpose—an evolutionary benefit,” says Sandi Mann, a psychologist and the author of The Upside of Downtime.

Fashion, Maslow and Facebook's control of social

The fashion industry does not set fashion - it proposes them. It tries to work out the mood and the zeitgeist and looks for ideas that might express that. The same goes for Facebook.

Nir Eyal is the author of Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products and blogs about the psychology of products at NirAndFar.com. For more insights on changing behavior, join his free newsletter and receive a free workbook.




John Thornton

Helping companies of all sizes to intelligently manage their business travel, cut costs and keep their travelers safe

7 年

A good article but definitely coming from a Western perspective that does not take into consideration different cultures. I am from the U.S. and was taught to always hold the door open for other people, let ladies go in first, show up on time, apologize when necessary and just generally put myself in other people's shoes. I wish these values were universal but they're just not. In Japan, you apologize a lot, even when there is nothing to apologize for. In other Asian countries, it is perfectly acceptable to be late. As for manners, what is considered rude in some countries is acceptable, or even the norm, in others. Frankly, it took me a while to get accustomed to living in Asia. It's not that people are rude or, in some cases, overly friendly. It's just different cultures and social norms.

Richard Gross

CEO and Founder at Flexisource IT

7 年

Awesome!

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