I don’t know about you, but to me Wednesday is sun-shiney yellow. Tuesday is hunter green, Thursday purple-ish blue and Friday a deep red. Monday… Read More »
psychology
[Google} Glass may inadvertently disrupt a crucial cognitive capacity, with potentially dangerous consequences. Why the Google team didn’t take psychology into account when designing Glass,… Read More »
Google’s Dead-Simple Tool For Making UX Decisions
It starts with a mindset, that every design decision they make affects user emotion in a positive or negative way. Obviously, that means iteration needs… Read More »Google’s Dead-Simple Tool For Making UX Decisions
How We See Colour
Little article on the Symantec blog How we see colour. How We See Colour
Four good examples of how to use psychology in design from Wired magazine (Via Pierce). 1. The Mere Availability Effect 2. Habituation and Defaults 3.… Read More »
Employers love personality tests. But what do they really reveal?
I’ve never been a big fan of personality tests. Malcolm Gladwell describes the problem with them far better than I could. Employers love personality tests.… Read More »Employers love personality tests. But what do they really reveal?
[slideshare id=21504596&style=border:1px solid #CCC;border-width:1px 1px 0;margin-bottom:5px&sc=no] Psychology for designers or 3 predictions from psychology for the future of web design by @mrjoe from cxpartners My… Read More »
This research suggests that there is a complicated relationship between mood and persuasion. We are driven to pay attention to information that is inconsistent with… Read More »
On Behavior Change – Dan Lockton’s holy grail
Great interviews with Dan, one of the leading thinkers in behavioural change (good stuff like reducing carbon footprint). Lots in there about cognitive biases. This… Read More »On Behavior Change – Dan Lockton’s holy grail