Tools
Self-shaping tools or technologies are designed to enable users to shape themselves.
Customizing the tool can modify the behavior-modifying motivation, path, or triggers.
For example, most electronic calendars allow the user to customize how event alerts appear (if at all). This is a place where the user can decide what the most effective trigger is to get them to go to the event. Individual events can have different reminder times and methods associated with them and the default time can be set.
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| Tool | Type | Explanation |
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| Electronic calendar | Trigger | The user can set default and individual-event reminder times that can be displayed in myriad ways (on-screen, with audio, cell-phone, modal, etc.) |
| Ubifit | Trigger |
It provides a glanceable display on a cellphone that is coupled to the amount of physical activity the user performs.
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| Runmeter | Path/Trigger/Motivation | A full-fledged app that provides audio and visual feedback for tracking progress in sports activities. Allows you to race against yourself, share your results and even hear replies from friends and family using speech-to-text. |
| BeeMinder/Kibotzer | Motivation/Path | Helps tracking progress towards goals. Includes provisions for data-smoothing in order to view overall-trends and keep on the “bright yellow brick road”. |
| Porcelain piggybank | Motivation/Path | A porcelain or otherwise completely sealed container where money is saved and cannot be retrieved unless it is broken. |
| Alarm clock | Trigger | The user sets the default (weekly, daily) and the alarm goes off at that time. User can hit snooze. Alarms can be bedside or mobile. |
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