Glowing review of a new iPhone calendar app called “Peek.” The writer starts with an acknowledgement of the pesky gap between intentions and behaviors (via New Years resolutions), and then explains how making the...
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The right thing is easy to do… except when it’s not. In fact, doing the right thing often requires self regulation: we must set aside the temptation to do what is in our most immediate, selfish interest to pursue a...
It turns out it doesn’t take much to nudge eaters in the right direction when it comes to their food choices. And according to a new study from Harvard, those effects last as long as two years. Researchers fiddled with...
Ford is running a (pretty funny) campaign centered on the idea that “and” is better than “or.” In the ad below, for example, Ford asserts that their Fusion hybrid gets better mileage AND looks better than...
NPR’s Planet Money reports on the 100th anniversary of the birth of the US Federal Reserve. In the wake of the Panic of 1907, J.P. Morgan “persuaded” bankers from around the country to pool their resources...
When it comes to employing framing to promote positions, Washington DC is usually ground zero: troop surge, death tax, No Child Left Behind, government power grab… the list goes on and on. Framing uses words or concepts...
The NY Times does a nice job reporting on a recent study suggesting that people who are mentally exhausted have a tougher time slogging through a serious workout. Researchers were able to show that mentally effortful work reduced...
Yesterday, digital health company Healthrageous announced that it was closing its doors and selling off its assets to an unnamed “innovative healthcare company.” Mary Beth Clark, who was the interim president and CEO...
Wired.com reports on serial entrepreneur Ev Williams’ talk at the XOXO Fest in Portland: “The internet makes human desires more easily attainable. In other words, it offers convenience,” [Williams] said. “Convenience...
Human attention is an extremely scarce resource, and failing to design for that reality can have horrible consequences. From SkyNews: A statement released by the court said Mr Amo [the driver of the train] had been talking on...
