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<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>Firstly, should laptop charging lights be put on the side the charger plugs in? That is where the charger plugs in, but not where we sit. Which means many a times, it would be an effort to confirm charging. How about on the front? Better, since most often, many of us (remember to) charge the&#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>Counterintuitiveness makes life more interesting. It also briefly reveals gaps or lags in our understanding or mindsets. A recent article, and probably many before that, states how pre-rinsing dishes before putting them in the dishwasher actually reduces the cleansing quality. How? Modern dishwashers have sensors that gauge the degree of dirt and adjust the amount&#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>A humorous take on the paradox that exists between the views of us common humans, versus that of psychologists, who take a slightly more empathetic view, and those behavioural science practitioners who try to leverage knowledge of human biases and drivers to grow business without it always being beneficial to customers themselves.</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>

<p>Nosocomial infections are infections that patients contract inside of a hospital, due to contamination or germs present there. A patient undergoing treatment at a hospital is almost always has a weak immune system, which is more susceptible to infection. And the odds of contracting an infection are higher in operation theatres and ICUs. Most likely&#8230;</p>

<p>A feature to allow you to schedule food orders with your preferred food delivery service.</p>

<p>In 2019, the US FAA approved the company Molon Labe Seating&#8216;s (MLS) landmark seat design for commercial airplanes. &nbsp; What MLS did, is take the problem of discomfort of middle-seat passengers, and attempted to solve it by: (i) widening the middle seat (from 18&#8243; to 21&#8243;), and (ii) placing the seat slightly lower, and slightly&#8230;</p>

<p>Constraints and the beautiful A-10. Contrary to oddly popular belief:<br /> 1. constraints help make a better product (or service), and<br /> 2. a good innovative product or service does not need to be expensive</p>