I am a behavior designer. I take a deep understanding of human psychology and emerging research in the behavioral sciences to build products that change user behavior in planned and predictable ways. However, these days I’m somewhat dismayed by the persistent chatter about building “addictive” products. When did addiction become an admirable thing to...
Daily Archives: September 2, 2012
Iterations: The New Movable Type
Editor’s Note: Semil Shah (@semil) is currently an EIR with Javelin Venture Partners Back in the 15th century, Johannes Gutenberg changed the world with movable type, laying a foundation for a new printing press to spread ideas faster. Fast forward a few hundred years, and the comparisons made between the Internet and Gutenberg were...
A Lot Of Kansas City Residents Are Not Signing Up For Google Fiber (GOOG)
YouTube See Also Google Would Have To Spend $400 Billion To Roll Out Its High Speed Internet Nationwide Google Gets 4% Of All Homes In Kansas City To Sign Up For Super Fast Internet After One Week VOTE NOW: Help Us Choose The World’s Best Design School Earlier this week, half the eligible neighborhoods...
Why corporate strategy needs to change with the cloud
Cloud computing changes everything, including corporate strategy as a practice. I have listed five reasons why, although I’m sure there are many more. Long story short: Corporate strategists need to get out of their 20th century mindset and into the 21st century. 1. Emergent strategy rules For years, the practice of strategy has been...
Here’s How To Create Facebook Posts That Go Massively Viral (FB)
A viral Facebook post is what digital marketers everywhere dream about at night. It is marketing gold, and better yet, it’s free. Creating these illusive posts, however, can seem like the Mount Everest of content strategies. Skip directly to the guide First, marketers need to realize there is no exact formula to viral posts....
Get Ready For ‘Super WiFi’ To Be A Big Thing In 2013
See Also BII MOBILE INSIGHTS: The Internet Wasn’t Built To Handle Mobile Google Taps Curious George In New Ad For The Nexus 7 BII REPORT: Why Location-Based Services Like Foursquare Are Going To Become Big Businesses By this time next year, thousands of people will be using a new, faster, longer-range kind of WiFi...
For $10,000, You Can Own A Self-Driving Car Today
BYD BYD remote controlled car While all eyes have been on Google and its self-driving car prototype, Chinese electric car maker BYD has released a vehicle that already drives itself, sometimes. The car is called the Su Rui and it comes with a remote control that lets you park it or call it to...
Can’t Wait? Fake iPhone 5 Available For Only $8 (AAPL)
Apple’s next iPhone, widely referred to as the iPhone 5, is expected to launch this month on September 12. Naturally, over the past few months, there’s been a steady stream of rumors and leaks showing bits and pieces of the design. A video posted yesterday by GSM Israel claimed to show off the iPhone...
Can’t Wait? Fake iPhone 5 Available For Only $8 (AAPL)
Apple’s next iPhone, widely referred to as the iPhone 5, is expected to launch this month on September 12. Naturally, over the past few months, there’s been a steady stream of rumors and leaks showing bits and pieces of the design. A video posted yesterday by GSM Israel claimed to show off the iPhone...
4 Pro Tips For Publishers Building A Native Ad Strategy
Editor’s note: Dan Greenberg is the founder CEO of Sharethrough, the native video advertising company. Dan has been honored as an AdAge “Media Maven” and was recently named to the Forbes “30 under 30″ list. You can find him on Twitter at @dgreenberg. Entrepreneurs are rapidly rolling out bold new online media designs that are changing our...