The 31.5 Guy Podcast

The more the merrier right? The more the better! Well, not in product design, as far as feature addition is concerned. It is not worthwhile to add features just because adding them is convenient for the team, or because internal stakeholders want some feature in there - all about this and more in this episode on Feature Creep - based on an excerpt from the Universal Principles of Design. Please rate & review this podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-31-5-guy-podcast/id1528897344 You can find me at https://rounakbose.in Links: https://www.instagram.com/the31point5guy/ https://twitter.com/The31point5Guy https://medium.com/the-31-5-guy https://www.linkedin.com/in/rounakbose1997/ ~ The 31.5 Guy

All decisions in life can be summarised into a flowchart-like system. If you ask a few questions in succession, based on the “yes” and “no” answers that you receive, you’ll be able to make an educated and well-thought out decision, that not only doesn’t disregard associated risks, but also takes very less time - all about it in this episode - based on an excerpt from The Decision Book, by Mikael Krogerus and Roman Tschäppeler. Please rate & review this podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-31-5-guy-podcast/id1528897344 You can find me at https://rounakbose.in Links: https://www.instagram.com/the31point5guy/ https://twitter.com/The31point5Guy https://medium.com/the-31-5-guy https://www.linkedin.com/in/rounakbose1997/ ~ The 31.5 Guy

We cannot choose the game. Neither can we choose the rules of the game. We can only choose how we play. We can choose whether to move ahead with a finite mindset, or an infinite one - all this and more in this review of the book, The Infinite Game, by Simon Sinek. Please rate & review this podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-31-5-guy-podcast/id1528897344 You can find me at https://rounakbose.in Links: https://www.instagram.com/the31point5guy/ https://twitter.com/The31point5Guy https://medium.com/the-31-5-guy https://www.linkedin.com/in/rounakbose1997/ ~ The 31.5 Guy

In the words of Gretchen Rubin, "If you're not failing, you're not trying hard enough." Similarly, if you have no clue about your strengths, your weaknesses, your opportunities, or your threats, you'd be ill-positioned in not only all events concerning your professional life, but also the more vital, personal one. All about SWOT analysis in this episode, based on an excerpt from The Decision Book, by Mikael Krogerus and Roman Tschäppeler. Please rate & review this podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-31-5-guy-podcast/id1528897344 You can find me at https://rounakbose.in Links: https://www.instagram.com/the31point5guy/ https://twitter.com/The31point5Guy https://medium.com/the-31-5-guy https://www.linkedin.com/in/rounakbose1997/ ~ The 31.5 Guy

If you surveyed the subscribers of a science magazine, and generalised their responses to an overall population, all science-minded perspectives would be over-represented in the analysis and consequently in the results too! All about this, and more, in this episode, based on an excerpt from the Universal Principles of Design. Please rate & review this podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-31-5-guy-podcast/id1528897344 You can find me at https://rounakbose.in Links: https://www.instagram.com/the31point5guy/ https://twitter.com/The31point5Guy https://medium.com/the-31-5-guy https://www.linkedin.com/in/rounakbose1997/ ~ The 31.5 Guy

Where would you position yourself on the psychographic landscape? Where would you position your parents? Where would you like to be ideally positioned? How can you reach that position? Well now, what's stopping you? Get to know where you belong! All about socio-cultural segmentation in this episode based on an excerpt from The Decision Book, by Mikael Krogerus and Roman Tschäppeler. Please rate & review this podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-31-5-guy-podcast/id1528897344 You can find me at https://rounakbose.in Links: https://www.instagram.com/the31point5guy/ https://twitter.com/The31point5Guy https://medium.com/the-31-5-guy https://www.linkedin.com/in/rounakbose1997/ ~ The 31.5 Guy

Chernobyl? Human error. But - is it really? Yes, humans did commit the error. But if the design did not have inherent flaws, maybe the human errors wouldn't happen. So it's not human error - it's design error. All about different kinds of design errors in this episode based on an excerpt from the Universal Principles of Design. Please rate & review this podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-31-5-guy-podcast/id1528897344 You can find me at https://rounakbose.in Links: https://www.instagram.com/the31point5guy/ https://twitter.com/The31point5Guy https://medium.com/the-31-5-guy https://www.linkedin.com/in/rounakbose1997/ ~ The 31.5 Guy

A compelling case fir cultivating intense focus, and immediately actionable steps - that is what you receive when you subscribe to the "Deep Work" philosophy of leading your professional life to the success that it deserves. Rules for focused success in a distracted world, presented to you by Cal Newport, in this review of his book, "Deep Work". Please rate & review this podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-31-5-guy-podcast/id1528897344 You can find me at https://rounakbose.in Links: https://www.instagram.com/the31point5guy/ https://twitter.com/The31point5Guy https://medium.com/the-31-5-guy https://www.linkedin.com/in/rounakbose1997/ ~ The 31.5 Guy

There's a very common conundrum in game theory - whether or not you should trust someone, mapped to what the consequences are if you do trust, or don't trust, or put yourself first. It's a very fascinating dilemma indeed - does trust always breed treachery? All about this and more, in this episode based on an excerpt from The Decision Book, by Mikael Krogerus and Roman Tschäppeler. Please rate & review this podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-31-5-guy-podcast/id1528897344 You can find me at https://rounakbose.in Links: https://www.instagram.com/the31point5guy/ https://twitter.com/The31point5Guy https://medium.com/the-31-5-guy https://www.linkedin.com/in/rounakbose1997/ ~ The 31.5 Guy

When you enter an Apple retail store, you feel like you've entered a palace full of glass and premium feels all around you. But why? Is it just the brand image of Apple? Or is it the line-up of brilliant gadgets in there? Or is there something else? All this and more in this episode based on an excerpt from the Universal Principles of Design. Please rate & review this podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-31-5-guy-podcast/id1528897344 You can find me at https://rounakbose.in Links: https://www.instagram.com/the31point5guy/ https://twitter.com/The31point5Guy https://medium.com/the-31-5-guy https://www.linkedin.com/in/rounakbose1997/ ~ The 31.5 Guy

We all know speed equals distance by time. But when a sniper calculates the speed of a bullet, they take into account wind speed, temperature, altitude, angle of the shot, and sometimes even, the rotation of the earth! We don't need to know all these for a paintball fight, but in reality, this process - like almost all other processes around us - becomes a black box, and we have to have faith in the sniper, than to have knowledge about the sniping. All this and more in this episode, based on an excerpt from The Decision Book, by Mikael Krogerus and Roman Tschäppeler. Please rate & review this podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-31-5-guy-podcast/id1528897344 You can find me at https://rounakbose.in Links: https://www.instagram.com/the31point5guy/ https://twitter.com/The31point5Guy https://medium.com/the-31-5-guy https://www.linkedin.com/in/rounakbose1997/ ~ The 31.5 Guy

The most incompetent people, tend to be the most confident - until of course the reality takes them on the grandest roller-coaster of their lives. The Dunning-Kruger effect, as it is called, affects not only the least competent, but also the highly competent ones - all this and more in this episode based on an excerpt from the Universal Principles of Design. Please rate & review this podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-31-5-guy-podcast/id1528897344 You can find me at https://rounakbose.in Links: https://www.instagram.com/the31point5guy/ https://twitter.com/The31point5Guy https://medium.com/the-31-5-guy https://www.linkedin.com/in/rounakbose1997/ ~ The 31.5 Guy

"It's not for you" - we are clearly not supposed to say that to anyone. But if you want to succeed, you must. Because in doing so, not only are your showing immense respect for those people who have been the target recipients of your product, but also those who have not - because then clearly you do not wish to waste their time convincing them that it is indeed for them. All this and more, in this episode, as a review of the book, This is Marketing, by Seth Godin. Please rate & review this podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-31-5-guy-podcast/id1528897344 You can find me at https://rounakbose.in Links: https://www.instagram.com/the31point5guy/ https://twitter.com/The31point5Guy https://medium.com/the-31-5-guy https://www.linkedin.com/in/rounakbose1997/ ~ The 31.5 Guy

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win" - not just in your life, but in the life of products as well. This is also exactly why some ideas take strong hold, and become trend-setters; while others bloom briefly before soon disappearing - all this and more in this episode based on an excerpt from The Decision Book, by Mikael Krogerus and Roman Tschäppeler. Please rate & review this podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-31-5-guy-podcast/id1528897344 You can find me at https://rounakbose.in Links: https://www.instagram.com/the31point5guy/ https://twitter.com/The31point5Guy https://medium.com/the-31-5-guy https://www.linkedin.com/in/rounakbose1997/ ~ The 31.5 Guy

Each and every product out there, progresses through basic sequential stages of creation. Once you understand and use effective strategies for each stage, you as a designer can maximise your product's probability for success - all about this and more in this episode, based on an excerpt from the Universal Principles of Design. Please rate & review this podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-31-5-guy-podcast/id1528897344 You can find me at https://rounakbose.in Links: https://www.instagram.com/the31point5guy/ https://twitter.com/The31point5Guy https://medium.com/the-31-5-guy https://www.linkedin.com/in/rounakbose1997/ ~ The 31.5 Guy

"The internet is the world's largest library. It's just that all the books are on the floor." At first glance, you'd think the best-selling 20% of the products on sale in the internet are the ones that generate 80% of the revenue. In terms of profit, that might hold true, but when it comes to the overall turnover, it's the Long Tail that gets the last laugh. More about it all in this episode based on an excerpt from The Decision Book, by Mikael Krogerus and Roman Tschäppeler. Please rate & review this podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-31-5-guy-podcast/id1528897344 You can find me at https://rounakbose.in Links: https://www.instagram.com/the31point5guy/ https://twitter.com/The31point5Guy https://medium.com/the-31-5-guy https://www.linkedin.com/in/rounakbose1997/ ~ The 31.5 Guy

Those worn out paths where people naturally walk, those beaten paths that trail off the sidewalk, those shortcuts to reach your destination faster - not just in landscape design, but in usable web and application design too; all about Desire Lines in this episode, based on an excerpt from the Universal Principles of Design. Please rate & review this podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-31-5-guy-podcast/id1528897344 You can find me at https://rounakbose.in Links: https://www.instagram.com/the31point5guy/ https://twitter.com/The31point5Guy https://medium.com/the-31-5-guy https://www.linkedin.com/in/rounakbose1997/ ~ The 31.5 Guy

"Do not read this book unless you want a new way of living" - that's how strong Tim's advices are to anyone who wants to escape the monotonous 9-to-5 and join the group of elite productivity experts called that "new rich". All this and more in this book review episode, based on The 4-hour Work Week, by Timothy Ferris. Please rate & review this podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-31-5-guy-podcast/id1528897344 You can find me at https://rounakbose.in Links: https://www.instagram.com/the31point5guy/ https://twitter.com/The31point5Guy https://medium.com/the-31-5-guy https://www.linkedin.com/in/rounakbose1997/ ~ The 31.5 Guy

In 1990, James Reason illustrated the causes and effects of human errors using what is popularly known as the Swiss cheese model. In the ideal error-free world, a block of cheese has no holes. But the reality is different - all about it in this episode based on an excerpt from The Decision Book, by Mikael Krogerus and Roman Tschäppeler. Please rate & review this podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-31-5-guy-podcast/id1528897344 You can find me at https://rounakbose.in Links: https://www.instagram.com/the31point5guy/ https://twitter.com/The31point5Guy https://medium.com/the-31-5-guy https://www.linkedin.com/in/rounakbose1997/ ~ The 31.5 Guy

Rote learning, learning by heart, mugging it all up, gulping down pages after pages of notes - that might get the job done in the short term, but that will only be superficial. You would not be scratching even just the surface of your brain's processing power. That is why you need to maximise your depth of processing - all about it in this episode based on an excerpt from the Universal Principles of Design. Please rate & review this podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-31-5-guy-podcast/id1528897344 You can find me at https://rounakbose.in Links: https://www.instagram.com/the31point5guy/ https://twitter.com/The31point5Guy https://medium.com/the-31-5-guy https://www.linkedin.com/in/rounakbose1997/ ~ The 31.5 Guy