I talked about mischief, whimsy and humour in product design at SXSW this year. If you're interested in having me do a similar talk at your event, feel free to message/DM me.

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The opportunity for doing mischief is
found a hundred times a day, and of
doing good once in a year.
Voltaire

4. source: Domo

9. I had such an amazing time at Glastonbury…..

16. here comes
the science

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Does fun matter?

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Play matters.

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Fun matters.

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Mischief matters.

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does this matter?
source: Microsoft

27. 27source: akamai
we have
no patience

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a brief note on
why I’m standing
here

32. My first love

40. People use online and social
channels to waste time....
...so why don’t we give them some
cool shit to do while they’re there…

41. Here’s some we
made earlier.

58. wow

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74. So how do I
get started?

77. Erik Van Cuyk
Tactics:

78. Tricks:

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Delight

80. Have a personality…

81. make your visuals sing…

82. It can be simple

83. Really simple

84. Show empathy

85. Be more human

88. cultural references

89. Zeitgeist!

90. Manipulate
existing
things

91. Be ready
for weird
results…

92. Create bliss

95. http://www.kongregate.com/games/banthar/hell-tetris
http://xkcd.com/724/
Don’t be a dick

96. seriously…

97. Make ‘em laugh…
Make ‘em smile

98. be memorable

99. That’s all folks!
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