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I stumbled over this site today: Do Nothing for 2 minutes . The site presents the user with a very simple challenge: can you keep yourself from touching your computer for two minutes? When the user enters the site a serene ocean view and the sound of waves displayed. The instructions ask to sit back and relax without touching your mouse or keyboard, and then a two minute timer begins counting down. If the user touches the mouse or the keyboard, a FAIL message appears, and the clock reset itself. The site is very simple, but is gaining a lot of attention worldwide. In spite...

Via Textually.org [via Reuters ] Colorado's STEPP and Denver-based ad agency Cactus developed a message system on cell phones with an Internet quit program. Initially aimed at high school students in Colorado, the state hopes to soon share its fledgling FixNixer program as a technique for all age groups and geographies. QuitNet.com , one of the most established Web sites...

A good reading on mobile persuasion - Edited by BJ Fogg and Dean Eckles    For more info, see www.mobilepersuasion.com  

From UsabilityNews   Event Date: 26 April 2007 to 26 April 2007 Using Eyetracking to Optimise Persuasion-Centered Design: Rob Stevens, Bunnyfoot Persuasion-Centered Design (PCD) utilises...

Via  Korea Times   Xtive , a Korean venture start-up, has developed a subliminal sound sequence, which it claims can prevent obsessive use of online games, thus giving hope to game addicts,...