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Counterintuitiveness – Unhurried Conversations

by Shrutin ShettyMarch 21, 2022April 21, 2022

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 "Unhurried Conversations…

Human BehaviourLife or something like itThe known unknown

Counterintuitiveness – Pre-rinsing Dishes

by Shrutin ShettyMarch 15, 2022

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…

Life or something like itThe known unknown

In Hope of a Better World

by Shrutin ShettyMarch 11, 2022March 11, 2022

Pic: source In light of the current Russian war on Ukraine, and similar tensions and wars over the past decades that have left thousands dead, millions homeless and helpless.. here's stating some obvious thoughts that…

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In Search of a Better Chopping Board

by Shrutin ShettyMarch 8, 2022March 8, 2022

Researching chopping board designs... ..in the search for a better one.

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In Search or a Better Chair

by Shrutin ShettyMarch 8, 2022March 8, 2022

Researching chair designs... ..in the search for a better one.  

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The Gap between Good Intentions and Impact

by Shrutin ShettyFebruary 8, 2022

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…

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What’s the Worst that could Happen with Poorly Worded Menu Options?

by Shrutin ShettyJanuary 24, 2022

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…

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Feature Suggestion for Todoist

by Shrutin ShettyJanuary 24, 2022September 7, 2022

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…

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Struggling with To-Do Lists and Staying Productive?

by Shrutin ShettyJanuary 12, 2022January 24, 2022

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.…

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What if the Comments Section on Social Media had a Search Feature?

by Shrutin ShettyJanuary 7, 2022

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.…

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Reading and Writing Smarter

by Shrutin ShettyJanuary 5, 2022September 7, 2022

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.…

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Sindhutai Sapkal – The mai of over a 1000 children

by Shrutin ShettyJanuary 5, 2022January 5, 2022

    Image: source Sindhutai Sapkal passed away yesterday. For those who haven't heard of her, she was born in an extremely poor family in the state of Maharashtra, India in 1948.Married at the age…

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Sample Size of One: Towards a Possible Solution

by Shrutin ShettyDecember 8, 2021June 1, 2022

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…

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The Behaviour Triangle

by Shrutin ShettyNovember 8, 2021November 9, 2021

  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…

Human BehaviourImproveLife or something like itThe known unknown

Sample Size of One: The Rose Negotiations

by Shrutin ShettyNovember 3, 2021December 8, 2021

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…

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