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How Gestalt Psychology Can Help You Make Better High-Tech Purchasing Decisions Jochen Wolters

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Slides from my presentation at Ignite Fort Collins #6. Watch this talk on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbOQ-LCWrR0

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How Gestalt Psychology Can Help You Make Better High-Tech Purchasing Decisions

Jochen Wolters

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What you purchase

Image by Flickr/Philips Communications

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What you experience

Image by Flickr/*Crazy Diamond*

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Then again, sometimes…

Image by Flickr/El_Enigma

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What makes the

Difference?

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Gestalt

-noun, [guh-shtahlt, -shtawlt], (German):

The essence or shape of an entity’s complete form.

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Image by R. C. James

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Image by R. C. James

Sniff…!

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Closure

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Similarity

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Proximity

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What’s a customer to

do?

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Try

hands-onbefore you buy!

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≥ 2nHuh?

nAha! !

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And your “.” is?

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Say No!to designs that are

difficult to use

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Learn more:http://bit.ly/ignitegestalt

Jochen Woltershttp://polytropia.comhttp://uiobservatory.com@jochenwolters