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Lazy Mental Models
Photo by Pixabay As much as I love mental models, most of us barely use them, or even know we’re using them. What is a mental model. Simply put, it’s our perspective of how something is or works, or should be or should work. Speaking of, you might wonder, as I did, if a mental model is just a fancy name for a habit? I had to look it up, and here’s the distinction: not quite. A habit is the…
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Attention Economy Metaphor
Photo by Peter Kambey Many writers know the effort that goes into anchoring a complex, slow-cooked thought in a reader’s mind. When an idea grows deep and layered, our instinct is to hunt for a metaphor, a cognitive bridge that will help our reader cross to our side. Most metaphors are functional. A rare few are functional and brilliant in their simplicity. I recently stumbled upon one such, by…
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A Possible Cause of Power Bank Fires
CrystalPlanet - A Possible Cause of Power Bank Fires
A power bank charging a mobile phone. Pic: source Given the random exploding or catching of fire of power banks on flights, airlines have either banned or restricted the carrying of power banks to hand luggage only. According to an interesting article by Andrew Hirst in 2021, there were about 340 lithium battery related incidents on flights (presumably in the US only?) between January 2006 and…
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Leopard 2 Tanks and the Irony
CrystalPlanet - Leopard 2 Tanks and the Irony
I can’t seem to get over the irony of how once upon a time, Russian tanks helped turn the fate of a world war against invading Germany..; to current times where multiple European countries are now sending German-made (Leopard 2) tanks to Ukraine to help save it from the invading Russians.  Somewhere between these two events, we humans forgot our history and lost the plot. German Leopard 2 tank,…
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On Seeking Advice
CrystalPlanet - On Seeking Advice
Image: source When seeking advice, especially from someone you believe can offer great perspective, stick to gaining clarity on the big questions you need help figuring out. The advice you receive is obviously for you to consider, not to blindly implement. And especially not for you to defend when receiving it. Clarify if you think something was misunderstood. I have observed a good number of…
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Helmets from Scallop Shells
Crystal Planet - Helmets from Scallop Shells
A lot of you probably love scallops?! [controls drool]. Now, imagine scallop shells that are thrown away after we’ve had the good stuff. Then, imagine 40000 tons of scallop shells thrown away! That is the quantity of discarded scallop shells the island of Hokkaido in Japan sees each year! Just left there, the shells would contaminate the soil. So a creative team from TBWA\Hakuhodo and an…
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CrystalPlanet - Discontinued products section - a great website feature. #video #shorts
A cool feature I came across on a website, that is highly recommended especially for product companies that have a large and evolving portfolio. #servicedesign #userexperience #b2c #b2b #shorts
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Earth vs Bezos' Trillion
Crystal Planet - Earth vs Bezos' Trillion
When the population of animals or insects in a region grows substantially and causes damage, we call it an infestation. Yet we humans have never looked at it the same way when it comes to ourselves, on how we grow and expand to displace and occupy forests, oceans, plant and animal territory. And that concern is worsened multi-fold when public figures like Jeff Bezos say things like he did around…
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Product Design should factor Human Forgetfulness
Crystal Planet - Product Design should factor Human Forgetfulness
Product design should factor for human forgetfulness where possible. This is a picture of the detergent tray from a leading brand, top-loading washing machine. The hole in the tray is where detergent, mixed with water, drips into the drum during a wash cycle. However, when the tray is opened to fill detergent, you notice it slopes downward. This is understandable from a manufacturer’s…
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An Indian Survivorship Bias Example
Crystal Planet - An Indian Survivorship Bias Example
Many of you must have seen that drawing of a World War II plane with red dots on it. It explains Survivorship bias, a bias that statistician Abraham Wald figured out. Pic: source Simply put, survivor bias is our tendency to view a situation or pattern as a comprehensive representative sample, often without considering what might be missing from that picture. For instance, the WWII plane with red…
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Product Design Inputs for a Standing Desk
Crystal Planet - Product Design Inputs for a Standing Desk
Invisible Bed has been an interesting product company. As a recent owner of a wall mounted sit/ stand desk, I recently shared some product design inputs with the CEO. They were well received. The Product: The Challenge: 1.Pre-attached table-top – makes installation a challenge even for a 2-person team, as the table-top weight causes the swing-arms to open What I would do instead: Keep the…
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Everything as a Service
Crystal Planet - Everything as a Service
Pic: source  Over the past decade, the business world has had a real attraction to making everything a service. And rightly so. Would you rather struggle to repeatedly sell your product to the same customer? Or would it be better to offer it on a subscription model where you can keep improving it over time, and charge users a regular fee for using it? From furniture and tech products to cars,…
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Could Musical Roads address Global Speeding and Road Safety
Crystal Planet - Could Musical Roads address Global Speeding and Road Safety
There are roads in Hungary that plays music! A musical road was first created in 1995 Denmark, by two artists. Given how brilliant a concept, I wonder why its Danish origins seem almost obvious. Just like the concept of hygge and especially Lego. Musical roads also exist in other countries like Hungary, Japan, South Korea, the United States, China, Iran, Taiwan, and Indonesia. Many of these are…
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How About a Mass Behavioural Improvement before India's 100th Independence Day
Crystal Planet - How About a Mass Behavioural Improvement before India's 100th Independence Day
 The beautiful tri-colour waving at Connaught Place, Central Park, Delhi. It’s 75 years since India got Independence! A proud milestone for all of us Indians. Also one to reflect on and carefully choose the path forward. I happened to read a 75th Independence Day post on Instagram a short while ago, that took a crude jab at the Brits. What I found amusing is I believe it captures a common trait…
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Mobile Apps and Habits
CrystalPlanet: Mobile Apps and Habits
Pic: d Pic: source If you are trying to create a new habit or trying to use a mobile app more regularly, you would obviously have better luck if you placed the app on the Favourites row. It could be a planner app, an e-book reader, a food-tracking or exercise app, or whatever else. But it is possible that row is limited and filled with other important apps like the caller app, browser, camera,…
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The Hostile World for Women
CrystalPlanet - The Hostile World for Women
Pic: source  The men among you might be able to relate to this.  Think of the last time you attended a conference or had to commute for a duration of over 30 minutes. And rather than drive or take a bus or train, you Uber or Ola it there and back.  How often might you have dozed off in the cab?  I have on plenty of occasions.  Doing so is probably not too safe even for us men. But…
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Heel Rollers - Not a great Design
Crystal Planet - Heel Rollers - Not a great Design
Image: source  Heel rollers, heel wheel skates, or heel wheels, have a fundamental flaw in their design.  If we humans were to pick between standing for a minute on the front section of our feet or the heels of our feet, odds are we would be more comfortable on the front section. The heels generally bear most of our body weight. But if our weight is channeled only to the heels, they seem to…
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