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Sprinkle some joy: How to add joyful moments to your product

25-minute Talk

Have you ever encountered a moment that made you smile inadvertently during a completely mundane task? You experienced a moment of joy and I believe we can add more of these moments to our software.

Virtual Pass session

Timetable

2:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Tuesday 25th

Room

Room F2 - Track 2: Talks

Other

Audience

This talk is for anyone who is passionate about psychology or user experience

Key-Learnings

  • The science of joy, how it differs from happiness and why you should care about joy in your software
  • Be inspired by how others add joy into their software and the impact this has on their users
  • Learn how to add joy into your software so that you can improve the experience of your users

“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful”

This is a quote by English textile designer William Morris who lived and designed in the late 1800s. But I think, why not both. Why can’t we have beautiful and functional items in our homes. I believe life is too short to be plain.

I genuinely believe that we can apply the same philosophy to software. One of the ways we can do this is by injecting joy into user journeys so that we build and maintain software that not only serves a purpose but brings joys to its users. 

What it’s not

  • Happiness - because I can’t solve that within a 25 minute talk!
  • Part of the requirements or forced fun - because if it’s mandated, it’s not fun anymore

What it is

  • Moments that uplift your mood
  • Something that bypasses your ‘happiness’ judgement, it’s something that makes you smile instantly.

In this talk I will share the science of joy, some examples of joyful software and some ways that you can sprinkle some joy into your user journeys because life is too short for plain software.

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