What’s the Worst that could Happen with Poorly Worded Menu Options?
Choices on mobile apps (also on any app) need to be worded appropriately so as not to cause any confusion in the user. This menu option on a sleep tracking app seemed to be a…
Category: Human Behaviour
Feature Suggestion for Todoist
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…
Struggling with To-Do Lists and Staying Productive?
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't really offer much daily satisfaction of accomplishment.…
What if the Comments Section on Social Media had a Search Feature?
Image: source Say you create a post on social media, and friends or acquaintances comment on it over the next few days or weeks. Now, sometimes it gets tricky if the comments function is basic.…
Reading and Writing Smarter
While looking up an old blogging account of mine, I stumbled upon a RattL 'em idea from many years ago. I had made a suggestion to Google, sometime in Feb., 2013 regarding composing of emails.…
Sample Size of One: Towards a Possible Solution
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…
The Behaviour Triangle
A humorous take on the paradox that exists between the views or tendencies of us common humans, versus that of therapists, who seem to take the more empathetic approach, versus some behavioural science practitioners…
Sample Size of One: The Rose Negotiations
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…
Wonder Why so many Americans are wary of Vaccines
Photo by Maksim Goncharenok from Pexels In the past, US Anti-vaxxer protests have not gone unnoticed by the world. And while it was surprising then, anyone who was curious enough to dig a bit…
What if We could Mute Serial-Forwarders on WhatsApp Groups
A recent ‘RattL ’em‘ idea was for Will Cathcart and Matthew Idema at WhatsApp. Through the lockdown, a lot of people began spending considerable time on WhatsApp. And some, let's call them 'serial forwarders', dump…
Elevators and Nosocomial infections
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…
An Idea for Food Delivery Services
How most food ordering/ delivery service apps work is, you make your selection, pay (or CoD), and confirm the order. However, there are occasions (or lack of them) where you might want to order something,…
The Middle Seat
In 2019, the US FAA approved the company Molon Labe Seating's (MLS) landmark seat design for commercial airplanes. What MLS did, is take the problem of discomfort of middle-seat passengers, and attempted to solve…
Between Optimism and Pessimism
Image: source It helps to have a positive mindset, especially in a crisis or trying time, since those with a negative mindset crumble quickly. But even optimism and some values have their limits, especially…
A Forward: What is Butt Dust?
Image: link I had shared this forward on social media a few years ago, and it popped back up today. Apart from the innocence, simplicity and being purely hilarious, it is a nice example of…