I think every designer and developer should give this a look.
I've been watching TED talks for a while now, frustrated at the futility of openly sharing great ideas and none of those ideas coming to fruition. This page contains a TED talk and it calls to action: "get involved", which can be the solution to the frustration I've been experiencing.
So few of us spend our time well because of constant digital interruptions and the power to change that exists in the hands of the people who make the digital products that "distract" us. You can basically set priorities to match the user's best interest, and preserve their time, which is more valuable than money these days.
Does anyone else think this is a great idea? How can we apply it? :)
@violetanedkova I think this is a great idea and am working with our Product Team to figure out how to apply these design principles to our products. These principles are challenging for many of the VC-backed startups out there, as it's arguing that the conventional metrics to measure success for apps are wrong. That said, I think the core argument could use some stronger grounding in behavioral psych and less emphasis on philosophy / ideology.
I agree with a lot of what they are about. I think they are walking a very fine and blurry line.
Zen, of course , says all distractions are in our mind and I think there is something to that. Technology can only go so far.
There was an app a few years ago called 'Concentrate' that basically switched off the internet and email , twitter etc and only permitted the tools you needed for your work to run (on a Mac). It was brilliant -at first. Then I got angry that this software was telling me what I could or could not do and when. Enforced focus.
I think the trouble is that there are each thing is stealing a little of our time, but they are happening in parallel and this conspires to steal entire hours. Perhaps reducing the parallel-ness might help.
I don't have the answers - but I hope we can find a lovely halfway point.
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