Behavioural Design 101: Psychology mechanisms in persuasive design
Today’s companies employ techniques from psychology and neuroscience to increase engagement of their apps. Sometimes it can benefit users, and at other times, like with Instagram latest immersive feed, it preys on our paths of least resistance to suck us into their app longer.
Your hand as a mouse - exploring hand gesture interaction (1)
Building a hand gesture interaction design tool, Handzplay, and learnings from it. I recently built and released a website where you can try and...
A linear thinker, a design thinker and a systems thinker walk into a bar…
The linear thinker draws a floor plan. He details the bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom, lounge, etc. He makes sure that each room has adequate light...
Designing Better Hyperlinks: A Detailed Guide
Why are “click here” and “by this link” poor choices? And is it acceptable to use “read more”? All these phrases have become so common that many people don’t see any problems with them. How many times have you encountered or composed the following on websites, in emails, or on intranets? In this article, I’ll explain popular wording and formatting mistakes and will show more accessible and informative alternatives.
Dynamics of a Creative Ecosystem
Creativity is a mysterious element of our existence, like existence itself. Sometimes we keep thinking and trying to write an article and the idea just doesn't come up. Even if it does, moving ahead on it seems like moving mountains, leave alone completing it. And sometimes an interesting discussion gets deeper and one's views as part of that, take the form of an article. This article is one such piece of writing!
