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Nir Eyal

Nir Eyal

Nir Eyal is the author of Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products and blogs about the psychology of products at NirAndFar.com.

What makes for an engaging bot

How to Build Technology That Feels Like a Friend

By Nir Eyal
Ninety-two percent of startups fail within three years

Three Pillars of the Most Successful Tech Products

By Nir Eyal
Larry Page uses “The Toothbrush Test.”

How Two Companies Hooked Customers on Products They Rarely Use

By Nir Eyal
In this Golden Age of distraction, what does it take to focus?

Conquer Distractions With This Simple Chart

By Nir Eyal
Dashboards today pump out data and expect the user to do the rest.

Die Dashboards Die! Why Conversations Will Reinvent Software

By Nir Eyal
“Don’t boil the ocean,” Terry said as he slapped a tall stack of papers on my desk. “Just tell us what we need to know.”

Three Steps to Get Up to Speed on Any Subject Quickly

By Nir Eyal

Why People Check Their Tech at the Wrong Times (and the Simple Trick to Stop It)

By Nir Eyal

Happiness Hack: This One Ritual Made Me Much Happier

By Nir Eyal
Dad and me soon after coming to America.

The Mind-Hack I Used to Help My Father Lose Weight

By Nir Eyal
(Photo: Tom Sodoge/Unsplash)

Who’s Really Addicting Us to Technology?

By Nir Eyal
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