MEMO - Issue #170
Stanford psychology expert: This is the No. 1 skill parents need to teach their kids—but most don't
Want to raise smart and successful kids? Teaching them how to stay focused and indistractable is a skill that will serve them well no matter what life path they pursue. Here’s how to do it.
The Technology of Kindness
Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.
The Gradual Design System: How We Built Slack Kit - Several People Are Coding
In 2016, Slack was two years old and already used by millions of people. Our codebase had grown rapidly, and like many companies that focused on product/market fit, our code was built in a way that…
How Video Games Inspire Great UX
I had this intuition that video games would also change my perspective. They seemed so much edgier, playing with deeper and more experimental UX techniques. I wanted to go well beyond classic “gamification”. That was all the rage a decade ago where apps used toys like “achievements” to encourage app use. Of course, given what we’ve learned in the last few years about the overuse of mobile phones and social media, it also seems irresponsible to make our apps “sticky” or “addictive”. I was looking for something deeper. Games felt more visceral and I wanted to understand them better and see where it took me.
Use this email format to simplify your overflowing inbox
All too often, we end up sending six or more emails back and forth to work through a problem, when just one would have sufficed.