Fortune Cookie Fun

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One of my favorite things after eating a Chinese meal is the fortune cookie. Yeah, I know it’s not even a Chinese thing! I started thinking why do I love the fortune cookie?
1. Element of Surprise - What kind of fortune am I going to get?
2. Tasty - It just tastes good!
3. Resourcefulness - You can eat the shell of the fortune, and save the fortune for when you’re having a bad day.
For all those building web products, I think we can learn a thing or two from our experiences with the fortune cookie. How can we build elements of surprise? How can we recirculate and re-use what we already have? How can we delight our users? Above all, how can we make it a tasty experience?
