I recently stumbled across this wonderful presentation from Stephen Anderson titled "Seductive Interactions". Hat tip to Michael
Seductive Interactions (Idea 09 Version)
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Slide 81 is a simple yet powerful statement for why design matters in a world of focus groups, usability testing and efficiency over all things human.
This presentation reminds me of the Yahoo Pattern Libraries for Communities. There was a great presentation on game theory some time back and how it applies to building products/communities online but I can't seem to dig it up again.
