Pay Attention # 2: Digest of Articles on Product Thinking, Behavioral Psychology, and Personal Productivity

This is the second in a series of weekly digests about technology, people and how they influence each other.

• Andy Jones (ex Wealthfront, Facebook, Twitter, Quora) on how to create harmonious product growth in startups. Cool ideas, statistics and examples from the best technology companies in their industries. An electronic book with 19 pages is recommended for reading to anyone who is interested in the growth of the product.
• Are you going to switch from design to product management? This transition may be similar to "Trick 22". A sensible article to correctly navigate the transition: what to expect, how to pack your talents, where there will be pitfalls.
• Speech by Ian Bogost , who understands a couple of things in game design and storytelling, that everything can be a game, and everything can be played. Full of real-life examples, this half-hour lecture reminds us that we are not only designers of our destiny, but as soon as we start making any product, we are game designers that other people play every day.
• How can states help people and do something with managing Internet space? Ben Thompson (Stratechery) is trying to figure it out on the basis of current legislative initiatives in Europe, market trends and common sense .
• The coolest essay of the late doctor, psychologist and great neurologist Oliver Sachs about the benefits and power of gardens and parks in restoring mental health.