Tag Archives: psychology

Wired – How Online Companies Get You to Share More and Spend More

Always neat see­ing psy­chol­ogy at play espe­cially with com­pa­nies that excel at it.

July 15, 2011 – 1:50 am | By Justin Yost | Posted in Business, Communication, Marketing, Quick Posts | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Seth’s Blog – The limits of evidence-based marketing

I know this to be true, that evi­dence doesn’t tend to change people’s opin­ion on a sub­ject, but darn it, evi­dence really should change people’s under­stand­ing of a subject.

March 6, 2011 – 11:20 am | By Justin Yost | Posted in Culture, Marketing, Quick Posts, Science | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off

Twitter / @rands: If you want to better unde …

Too true.

February 26, 2011 – 1:21 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Programming, Quick Posts | Tagged , , | Comments Off

UX Myths – Myth #29: People are rational

The post is an awe­some read and ends with a nice list of books to read to explore the sub­ject further.

January 6, 2011 – 1:23 am | By Justin Yost | Posted in Culture, Design, Quick Posts, User Experience | Tagged , , , | Comments Off

A Psychologist Steeped in Treatment of Sexually Active Priests – NYTimes.com

A sec­u­lar ther­a­pist pro­vides his insight into the Catholic sex offender scandal.

April 11, 2010 – 5:32 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Culture | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Geek Behaviors Present During Conversations – Philip Guo

Geek behav­iors dur­ing communication.

January 27, 2010 – 1:11 am | By Justin Yost | Posted in Communication, Culture | Tagged , , , | Comments Off

Scientists say dolphins should be treated as ‘non-human persons’ — Times Online

Dol­phins are now con­sid­ered the sec­ond most intel­li­gent animal.

January 3, 2010 – 11:34 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Science | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off