A pair of glitches at my hosting service messed up parts of this site on Sunday, so I didn’t get to post anything yesterday.

Here’s a little food for thought. A friend forwarded this over to me. It’s been around for years, but it’s still worth sharing.

How do we build “fun” into daily routines?

A 2022 story reported:

In 2009, creative advertising agency NORD DDB and car manufacturer Volkswagen noticed that the stairs at the Odenplan metro station in Stockholm, Sweden, were largely being ignored in favour of a neighbouring escalator.

Fuelled by the idea that having fun can “change behaviour for the better”, they set about finding ways to revolutionise the step experience, hoping to encourage more commuters to use the stairs by making it fun.

After what must have been a bustling brainstorm session, filled with a flurry of weird, whacky and wonderful ideas, the winning suggestion was agreed upon: turn the stairs into a fully-functional piano keyboard.

Anyway, see what you think.