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Analytics are now woven into our online social lives. We are constantly checking follower counts, likes, comments, and shares. A few years ago, I was right there with everyone, obsessing over metrics from Twitter, to…
Yesterday, I mentioned an odd human behaviour in some (most likely most) of us where we consciously add great movies or series to our favourite streaming service watchlist; only to almost always pick something completely…
Which one’s better, a plain product or an ergonomically designed one? I’m not quite sure, but I think it was Kat Holmes, Chief Design Officer at Salesforce, who mentions an interesting counter-intuitiveness to do with…
I was recently at a few car showrooms, just browsing.. And I noticed something. Many of the popular brands tend to keep a higher or top end variant of different models on display. And interestingly,…
Netflix does something admirable with its listing thumbnails. it toggles the image thumbnails of many of its movie and series listings, and also the hover preview clips, from one of 2-3 different ones. While it…
Here's something I had posted on LinkedIn about 3 weeks ago, following new Starbucks CEO Brian Noccol's first earnings call and some major decisions taken. On the call, Niccol's said one of the goals for…
Who doesn’t love a good deal when shopping online? From eCommerce to flight bookings and food delivery, discounts are everywhere. Beyond price cuts on products, many platforms offer unique promotions — like specific restaurant deals…
Transforming good product idea or even logical process ideas into actionable strategy can feel like climbing a mountain for corporate teams — exciting yet daunting. What I find fascinating is that despite clear processes and…
Here in India, we citizens as consumers don't quite take customer feedback as seriously yet, as they do in some other countries. In my first job for a short stint at a BPO in Bangalore,…
Over the years, I have asked quite a few people who have gotten used to e-readers (as opposed to loyalists who stick to physical books), if they prefer horizontally swiping to turn pages, or vertically…
What's the similarity between trial biking and the one-inch punch? Is there any similarity? I believe so. I have always enjoyed watching trial bike events on TV (check the clip, not to be mistaken with…
The bout between the tech giants Amazon and Google regarding Google's payments related policy, that has been going on since 2022, has finally hit India recently, and the two giants have taken a big dump…
Present day products, be it cars, or consumer products; they have become extremely safe and similar-looking. Like the past, one can only hope the future too has some brave designs in store. Clip: Tom Fisk
Fictional and real-life legends seem to have a more straightforward approach to dealing with complex-seeming challenges and to getting better at something. They simply make it an optimization challenge. Clip: David G Morgan