2 episodes
App Slam Seth & Jordan
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- Technology
Join Jordan and Seth as they take a look at popular apps to dissect, discuss and verbally destroy.
Is it user friendly or user hostile?
Why does it show that loading screen for way too long?!
They'll discuss why some apps fall short of the mark and share advice on how to improve them. Along the way you'll learn about mental and physical well-being, dealing with pesky tech and what users really think of your app.
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Carving up Candy Crush
Seth and Jordan delve into the psychology of gamification in Candy Crush and how it's used to encourage you to play more and spend money. It works, Candy Crush is a money printer for the company that makes it. We look at how gamification works, what Candy Crush and other games like it do to keep you addicted and what the effects are on the wider society. I hope you learn something about your own habits and come to identify where gamifcation is used positively and negatively to persuade your actions.
We said in the first episode that we would be looking at health apps and we recorded a second episode featuring an app which we both liked. After it was all set and done, it wasn't a very interesting episode so we went with Candy Crush instead.
You can find us on Twitter, @jordan_renaud (Jordan) and @darth_knoppix (Seth) - Let us know if there's an app that you think is great or sub-par.
(The opinions held by us, the hosts are our own and you don't have to agree with them)
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Dissecting MyFitnessPal
This season we look at one of the most well known health apps which has been around for over a decade. It's a calorie tracker that boasts a large database of foods, easy bar-code scanning and is owned by a big name in sportswear, Under Armour. It's been around for a while but is it for good reason? It deserves some praise but there are some challenges we came up against while using it.
We get animated and breakdown what we like about the app, explore the psychology of colour and meaning in health apps. We also see why it's not a good idea to get in the way of a hangry user.
You can find us on Twitter, @jordan_renaud (Jordan) and @darth_knoppix (Seth) - Let us know if there's an app that you think is great or sub-par.
(The opinions held by us, the hosts are our own and you don't have to agree with them)
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/app-slam/message