Three Types of Triggers for Habit Designers

Like every designer, Habit Designers operate under constraints. Triggers are where…

User Retention or Engagement?

Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes.

So you have a new business, product or app and you obviously want to see how well it’s performing…. right? But, how do you measure the performance, is it through user retention or engagement? To many people, user…

“Data is like a Moat!” and Other Bad Ways to Talk About Data and AI

If you‘re founding, funding, or fueling a startup, you need to know how to talk about data.

Almost 50 years in to the Information Age and we still lack great ways to talk about data and…

Behavior Design Part 1: Habit Design

You are different because of the technology you use. We tend to think of our relationship with…

Gamification is dead. Now what?

Want to tap the brain’s motivational machinery? Use Behavior Design

How to Stop Being Addicted to Your Smartphone

We’re becoming unsocial, it no longer satisfies
To engage with one another and look into someone’s eyes
…
So look up from your phones, shut down those displays
We have a finite existence, a set number of days
Don’t waste your life getting caught in…

Autonomy in The Attention Economy?

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes.

UX, Mind Control, and being a Superhero

Too often while slaving to turn 1’s into 0’s we forget that coding is, in fact, a…

5 Hacks to Help A-Man-With-Tiny-Hands Kick His [SNIFF] Habit

A Post-Screen World?

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes

In today’s attention economy, we are bombarded with the number of digital screens we see. It’s the sad truth that no one wants to admit, but we are indeed addicted to our devices.