All Messi La Liga goals (November 2014).
QR codes, UI and culture
Dan Grover left San Francisco for Guangzhou and became product manager at WeChat.
On his blog, he compiled a list of UI trends of Chinese apps and compared them to Western apps.
Two elements are striking because we, the Western world, never managed to make them achieve mainstream success: QR codes and location. Both are very popular in China.
Perhaps, then it might be important to consider cultural subtleties when executing on your idea. A good execution might be impeded by poor judgement on the cultural tendencies of the market’s society.
QR codes, UI and culture
Dan Grover left San Francisco for Guangzhou and became product manager at WeChat.
On his blog, he compiled a list of UI trends of Chinese apps and compared them to Western apps.
Two elements are striking because we, the Western world, never managed to make them achieve mainstream success: QR codes and location. Both are very popular in China.
Perhaps, then it might be important to consider cultural subtleties when executing on your idea. A good execution might be impeded by poor judgement on the cultural tendencies of the market’s society.
All Jerusalemites pay taxes, but the proportion of the municipal budget allocated to the roughly 300,000 Palestinian residents of a city with a population of 815,000 doesn’t exceed 10 per cent. Service provision is grossly unequal. In the East, there are five benefit offices compared to the West’s 18; four health centres for mothers and babies compared to the West’s 25; and 11 mail carriers compared to the West’s 133. Roads are mostly in disrepair and often too narrow to accommodate garbage trucks, forcing Palestinians to burn rubbish outside their homes. A shortage of sewage pipes means that Palestinian residents have to use septic tanks which often overflow. Students are stuffed into overcrowded schools or converted apartments; 2200 additional classrooms are needed. More than three-quarters of the city’s Palestinians live below the poverty line.
Economics, politics and conflicts in the Middle East.
All Jerusalemites pay taxes, but the proportion of the municipal budget allocated to the roughly 300,000 Palestinian residents of a city with a population of 815,000 doesn’t exceed 10 per cent. Service provision is grossly unequal. In the East, there are five benefit offices compared to the West’s 18; four health centres for mothers and babies compared to the West’s 25; and 11 mail carriers compared to the West’s 133. Roads are mostly in disrepair and often too narrow to accommodate garbage trucks, forcing Palestinians to burn rubbish outside their homes. A shortage of sewage pipes means that Palestinian residents have to use septic tanks which often overflow. Students are stuffed into overcrowded schools or converted apartments; 2200 additional classrooms are needed. More than three-quarters of the city’s Palestinians live below the poverty line.
This is an Amazon fulfilment centre. Robots all around, carrying your stuff. Amazing. Scary.
This is an Amazon fulfilment centre. Robots all around, carrying your stuff. Amazing. Scary.
The idea that a system cannot generate enough heat to sustain itself indefinitely is in doubt. If you’d like to know more, download and read this PDF: http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/14/10/1915/pdf
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The idea that a system cannot generate enough heat to sustain itself indefinitely is in doubt. If you’d like to know more, download and read this PDF: http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/14/10/1915/pdf
9,146
The number of firearm homicides in the US in 2012. That’s 260 times more than in France for a population that’s only five times bigger.
$3.2 million
The most expensive comic book ever sold. Produced in 1938 and marking the first appearance of Superman.
48,000 tons
The weight of the heaviest submarine ever built by mankind. More than 6 times the weight of the Eiffel Tower.
A 10-space coffee card pre-stamped twice will be completed faster than an 8 with no pre-stamps.
Fascinating stuff as always over at Cognitive Lode (consumer behaviour research curated and translated for product decision makers by Ribot, a design/creative agency).
This is called the Goal Gradient effect, it means that we would complete a task faster if it’s started for us. I think this should be helpful to people building fitness apps. No one likes to start with 0.
A 10-space coffee card pre-stamped twice will be completed faster than an 8 with no pre-stamps.
Fascinating stuff as always over at Cognitive Lode (consumer behaviour research curated and translated for product decision makers by Ribot, a design/creative agency).
This is called the Goal Gradient effect, it means that we would complete a task faster if it’s started for us. I think this should be helpful to people building fitness apps. No one likes to start with 0.