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Posted by: Paul Boag On Friday, 14th May, 2010

211. Give your users a nudge

This week on Boagworld: Dustin Diaz from Twitter talks about Javascript and we look at how to nudge our users in the right direction.

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This week: Engaging and helping your users, the power of habits, why business writing is so awful and things to do at the beginning of each project.

Dustin Diaz talks about the shortcomings of jQuery, explains how object orientated coding can help your javascript and discusses testing your code.

We all want our users to do something. Unfortunately we cannot force them. However, we can give me a nudge in the right direction.

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