Human Tech

Why do we like vacations? How do I get the most out of a vacation? What type of vacation should I take? All this and more...

A fun hour of ethics and persuasion with Nathalie Nahai, author and web psychologist.

We brought a lot research about the elderly, and how they use and experience technology to the table today. Undertalked about topic!

Man, reading is weird. We got all sorts of fun facts about reading and what it does in our brains. Guthrie discovers his brain is, again, weird.

We're on the road, but did a podcast anyways on Brexit and what this means for tech and globalization.

Brain Hacks Part 2, but we kinda got a little sidetracked, so this podcast is mostly about the future of people mucking around with their brains to become more healthy: the next big heath craze will be brain stimulation! We need a Part 3 to finish it up.

Your brain is hackable. But it's a big section. So we are going to break it up into two different podcasts. We talk about some general tips about how to hack your brain, and what it means.

Why do we make the decisions that we do? We discuss a lot of the most recent research on decision making.

We talk about human computer interaction a lot. Susan takes us deep on the history of the field and the early days of computers. Guthrie whistfully plays with this 1800th century loom.

One of the powerful 7 Drivers of Motivation that Susan explores in her book "How To Get People To Do Stuff" is the Need To Belong. Why do we get on fights online? Why does it feel like our poltical process is broken? Why is the sales department at my company the worst? We talk about the huge effect the Need To Belong has on humans.

We explore the wonders of Oxytocin; the bonding chemical!

Nir Eyal visits the show and we talk about persuasion. Best part, is we made a call to action for big companies to help those who are addicted to their platform. These companies actually have the data on their users, so they know who's addicted. But Nir is great, we talk about video games, snapchat lawsuits, farmville, and how to make lots of money investing in companies using his "hook" method.

We were in Stockholm Sweden the past week speaking at Business To Buttons 2016. It was a great conference and we wanted to devote a show to some of the great speakers who spoke and the cool ideas we heard. As a added bonus Guthrie rants for a while about the state of American bureaucracy because why not?

We are in Stockholm Sweden this week! So we couldn't record a normal show. That said, we had a show recorded a while back we haven't published on driverless cars. Check it out!

We have our first guest on the show, and it's none other than famous researcher Paul Zak. Paul sits down with us to talk about some of the cool research his company Zest X Labs is doing; including some interesting research on engagement. We also talk about how the brain might respond to VR, neuroplasticity, reading, and lots more.

We dive deep this podcast. What does it mean to be human? Who are we? Why do we want to waste our time taking snapchat pictures when they delete only moments later? Why is this popular? Is this a trend or just a special situation? All this and more... on Human Tech.

Why are stories so powerful? What makes a good story? What is happening in our brains when we hear one? We discuss all this and more!

Welcome to Human Tech! This is our first episode and we explore the Internet of Things. What will the design of the IoT look like in the future? What are the challenges? We also welcome everyone to the podcast.

We discuss the pros/cons of UX teams working in a project or squad formation.

We discuss the upcoming antitrust lawsuits that might be coming for the biggest of tech companies.

We are here to take AI Seriously this time, but for real. This is Part 1 of a multi-part series. We want to have a realistic talk about AI and how it relates to UX while avoiding some pitfalls. We start with a simple discussion of frivolous uses of AI. We start by laying out the path, and talking about the simple and fun uses.