Hooked by Nir Eyal

Book Review: Hooked: A Guide to Building Habit-Forming Products by Nir Eyal and Ryan Hoover Were you surprised when Facebook acquired Instagram for $1 billion? Stunned by their $19 billion Whatapp deal? Both of these companies were…

The Brainfluence CD

I just received an actual copy of the Brainfluence CD. Despite the fact that it's unabridged (yep, all 100 techniques are in there), Brilliance Audio made it fit on one CD because it's in MP3 format.

Riddle: When Is Twitter Like an Elevator?

Travel enough, and you encounter a lot of elevators. This simple device can offer some interesting user experience lessons. Some are bizarre ones, like the incomprehensible control system I described in Don’t Redesign Your Elevator! The…