Designing for Emotion: Chapter 5

I chose to read and review chapter 5 of Designing for Emotion because well, it comes right after 4 and I haven’t had time to read ahead yet

1. What is one thing in this chapter that you agree with?

My attention was grabbed immediately on page 65 under the section “Going With Your Gut”. The chapter states, “In reality, we almost never have enough time to rely on complex reasoning to make decisions, so we rely on gut reaction.” I really couldn’t agree more with this statement. As much as I like to think that I carefully exhaust all options when it comes to shopping, buying groceries, putting on clothes, choosing a meal at a restaurant… let’s be real. It comes down to the last second when I’m just to the point of “ok this”. It’s some type of gut feeling that ultimately makes me choose. This carries over into my design because I plan and plan and plan about how I want things to turn out, and sometimes I’ll notice something else that will catch my eye and my entire original plan is just dead and gone because I went with my gut on something else.

2. What is one thing in chapter you disagree with?

Dropbox. Dropbox. Dropbox. Okay, maybe I’m just biased because my experience freshman year of college with dropbox… but I just don’t think it’s amazing as they say. I know the chapter doesn’t exactly speak the most highly of the application and I actually laughed out loud when it talks about how difficult it is to set it up, but bribery in Dropbox Land will NOT get you everywhere! I repeat, bribery in Dropbox Land WILL NOT get you everywhere! Ugh this is the most frustrating app I’ve ever used and I didn’t end up paying anything for it, however it was impossible to figure out how to share things and then I would get all these files on my computer that I DIDN’T want and honestly it just wasn’t worth it. Anyways, I am disagreeing with this section because I don’t think bribery can get you anywhere. If you don’t have what it takes to get your audience to listen to you then just honestly don’t try that hard because they’ll end up resenting you in the end anyways when they realize it was a hoax. Sorry, that was a little brutal I’m just still salty about the experience I’ve had with Dropbox and the fact that this really awesome book finds a way to make a positive from it makes me sad.