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<p>Another one on productivity. A lot of us have made lists and planned things out thing, be it an event, a shopping list, or life goals. However, here&#8217;s something I have faced whenever listing some work goals and breaking them down into tasks. There&#8217;s a tendency to list some big goals, and of course, you&#8230;</p>

<p>There is a beauty to how some products (and software) are designed. Think scissors. If we want to cut something fast, we use the forward section of the blades (speed multiplier). Want to cut something fatter or tougher, use the rear end of the blades (effort multiplier); and cut slower, or risk breaking the scissors&#8230;.</p>

<p>Dettol liquid soap&#8217;s refill packs (above) have a small flaw in their cap seal rings. The tiny ring that stays on the refill pack (after breaking off from the cap), is not secured in place, and tends to fall into the soap dispenser. Lifebuoy liquid soap refills (above) on the other hand, seemed to have&#8230;</p>

<p>Sometime before lockdown, I was in another city, attending a wedding. The reception was in this beautiful open ground. I&#8217;m no fan of wedding ceremonies, so once I was done admiring the place, I was a little bored. After some time at the bar, I caught up with a few people, and was back to&#8230;</p>

<p>Image: source In the past few months, I happened to come across some books and a lot of articles around habits. What at least some of us who struggle to build a good habit (or get rid of a bad one) assume, is that habits are like finding a nice, quiet spot somewhere (at a&#8230;</p>

<p>Given my growing interest in behavioural science and behavioural economics, when there was quite some news about the replication crisis in the field, it got me wondering if there might be a better way to undertake studies so that they remain relevant, if not replicable. The thought was triggered by a random interaction in the&#8230;</p>

<p>Pic: source It took a nice bleeding cut, thanks to a tough staple pin that held some car mats together, for me to realize how hostile the world was for animals. Staple-less staplers exist, but are far from commonplace. Got to wonder why they are so expensive. A cursory look on Amazon showed the cheapest&#8230;</p>

<p>When it comes to automotive light designs, a few occasionally catch your eye. Like the sweeping indicator lights from some years ago. Those still are impressive. I think Audi SUVs were among the first to have them. And you occasionally see some very strange designs. Like those on the Toyota Innova Crysta. What I call&#8230;</p>

<p>image: source Counterintuitiveness – Unhurried conversations Counterintuitiveness makes life more interesting. It also briefly reveals gaps or lags in our understanding or mindsets. Some weeks ago, I chanced upon a virtual session titled &#8220;Unhurried Conversations about Rule-breaking&#8221;, hosted by Johnnie Moore and Tim Pilbrow. Often, virtual sessions are mostly unidirectional. And interactions either lack many&#8230;</p>

<p>Researching chopping board designs&#8230; ..in the search for a better one.</p>

<p>Researching chair designs&#8230; ..in the search for a better one. &nbsp;</p>

<p>The gap between good intentions and impact of the resulting action (or choice) has been an area of interest to me. A decade ago, a Brad Pitt linked non-profit messed up an affordable homes project [2008-2015] in New Orleans. Meant to be green and sustainable, the homes had severe structural and mold problems. 6 of&#8230;</p>

<p>In my last post, I recommended reading the book, To-do List Formula. I also shared my own key takeaways from the book. The book highly recommended the Todoist app to create and track tasks. I started using it ever since, and compared to all the apps I have used so far, I have found it&#8230;</p>

<p>A lot of us struggle with staying productive. Especially so in these times of lockdown and uncertainties. And also when you are focusing on larger goals that don&#8217;t really offer much daily satisfaction of accomplishment. I have heard of some really brilliant people, especially from the behavioural science and behavioural economics communities, struggle with staying&#8230;</p>

<p>Do you feel the need for a more effective comments section on social media? What if the comments section had a Search feature? Making it easier to search for comments, and to continue conversations in sub-threads.</p>

<p>While looking up an old blogging account of mine, I stumbled upon a RattL &#8217;em idea from many years ago. I had made a suggestion to Google, sometime in Feb., 2013 regarding composing of emails. People sometimes want to, or even unintentionally tend to write lengthy mails. And people’s attention spans have become shorter [or&#8230;</p>

<p>This post explores an alternative to fix the replication crisis (particularly in the behavioural science and economics fields, and if relevant, in other fields too). This post is in continuation to an earlier post titled Sample Size of One: The Rose Negotiations. It would help to read that one first before coming to this one&#8230;.</p>

<p>Image: source The Replication Crisis is an ongoing crisis where it has been difficult or impossible to reproduce findings of scientific studies. The field of behavioural science too, has had its challenges with replicating past research findings. Some years ago, peer-reviewed scientific journal, Nature Human Behaviour, attempted to replicate 21 social and behavioural science studies&#8230;</p>

<p>What if WhatsApp had a feature that allows a user to mute specific person(s) in groups? The user who mutes another user on a group is simply not shown messages from that user.<br /> And, both sides win. The serial forwarder gets whatever pleasure they get, and no one has to suffer for it.</p>

<p>Note or Planner apps like EverNote, Google Keep and others, could include a &#8216;Review Mode&#8217; for existing entries.<br /> In this mode, users can be given a few function options on the toolbar, so they can make necessary updates to their entries without the keypad constantly getting in their way.</p>