I enjoyed this reverential memorial, but it would be impossible to capture all the contradictory facets of Marvin’s world(s). My impressions are based on taking Society of the Mind 2x in 1991 and 1992, held one night a week in the Bartos auditorium.
My contribution on every team I’ve been a part of has been to identify psychological patterns in Big-(gish) Data. Often, we’re working to address situations where a reliable majority of…
Let’s imagine you’re in training to run your second marathon in a couple of weeks. Your plan is to complete in time that’s a personal best. How would you react to the claim that quick trick could shave several minutes off your next race time?
Imagine: Your product dominates your industry, though recently you’ve begun losing market share. The research looks scary: white-labeled A/B testing conclusively shows the competitor’s feature set beats you head-to-head. Your hockey-stick is broken…
As software continues to nibble through every human sphere, there’s one constraint that won’t change: the human mind. This is the first in a series of posts to introduce relevant psychological concepts that designers must learn to guide choosers (a more accurate term than…
At this year’s Quantified Self conference, the first breakout with Natasha Schüll addressed foundational themes in QS: What does all this tracking aim to accomplish? What does this…
