Amsanku
Founder & Editor, Wheel of Decisions
Amsanku built Wheel of Decisions after years of watching friends, family, and colleagues lose ten minutes to the same conversation: 'I don't know, what do you want to do?' He's a long-time builder of small, useful web tools and has spent the last decade shipping consumer products at the intersection of play and productivity.
On this site he writes the blog posts, curates the 100+ pre-built wheels, and replies to most of the support emails himself. His interest is less in randomness for its own sake and more in the social side of decision-making — why groups stall, how fairness changes when everyone can see the odds, and what makes a result feel binding instead of arbitrary.
Outside of Wheel of Decisions, Amsanku reads a lot about behavioural economics, runs informal classroom workshops on decision-making with teachers in his network, and is a reluctant convert to the 'first spin wins' rule in his own household.
Posts by Amsanku
17/06/2026 · 14 min read
The Complete Guide to Random Decision-Making: When to Use a Wheel, When to Trust Your Gut
Most of us treat random decision tools as gimmicks. They're not. Used in the right zone — small, recurring, low-stakes choices — randomness is one of the most under-rated mental-health upgrades you can build into your week.
16/06/2026 · 13 min read
The Teacher's Complete Guide to Fair Student Selection
A random name picker is the cheapest classroom tool you can add, and it's almost always used badly. This is the long version — bias, cold-call protocol, group assignment, the no-shame pass rule, and the edge cases nobody warns new teachers about.
15/06/2026 · 13 min read
The History and Psychology of Spinning Wheels: From Rota Fortunae to TikTok
Spinning wheels are older than printing, older than electricity, older than most countries. The medieval philosophers used them as a metaphor for fate; casinos built empires on them; TV game shows turned them into prime-time entertainment. They keep coming back because they tap into something specific about how humans handle uncertainty.
25/05/2026 · 8 min read
Mystery Wheel Ideas: 60 Challenges, Dares & Surprises That Actually Land
Mystery wheel videos blew up on TikTok for a reason: the format is dead simple and the payoff is real. Here's the full playbook — 60 prompts and the rules that make them land.
22/05/2026 · 6 min read
Random Color Picker: How Designers, Artists & Teachers Actually Use One
A random color picker sounds gimmicky. In practice, it's one of the best ways to break a creative block, run a fair classroom game, or generate a palette you'd never have chosen yourself.
20/05/2026 · 5 min read
How to Use a Decision Wheel (And Actually Stick to the Result)
Spinning a wheel is the easy part. Learning to trust the result — and use the wheel as a thinking tool, not a magic 8-ball — is where it gets useful.
18/05/2026 · 6 min read
Wheel of Fortune Online: Spin a Prize Wheel for Giveaways, Classrooms & Events
A digital Wheel of Fortune isn't the TV show — it's the format. A prize wheel that anyone can spin, that everyone can see, that proves the result was fair. Here's how to run one.
15/05/2026 · 4 min read
The Best Random Name Pickers for Classrooms and Giveaways
Whether you're calling on students, picking a giveaway winner, or assigning chores, here's how to run a name draw that nobody can complain about.
12/05/2026 · 9 min read
What to Eat When You Can't Decide: 100 Dinner Ideas, Sorted by Mood
'I don't know, what do you want?' has ruined more evenings than any other sentence in English. Here's a complete fix — 100 dinner ideas grouped by mood, plus the wheel trick that ends the debate.
10/05/2026 · 6 min read
15 Ways Teachers Are Using Spin Wheels in the Classroom
From cold-calling to brain breaks, a spin wheel is the cheapest, lowest-friction classroom tool you can add. Here are 15 ways teachers use it.
08/05/2026 · 7 min read
The Surprising Psychology of Letting a Wheel Decide
Letting a wheel pick your dinner sounds silly. But the research on choice, regret, and commitment suggests it might be one of the smartest small habits you can build.
05/05/2026 · 4 min read
Wheel, Dice, or Coin — Which Is Actually Most Random?
Coins, dice, and wheels all promise randomness. They deliver it in very different ways. Here's how to pick the right tool.
03/05/2026 · 7 min read
Random Name Picker for Teachers: A Complete Classroom Guide
A random name picker is the cheapest classroom tool you can add. Used well, it improves engagement, removes bias, and saves you ten minutes a day. Used badly, it stresses kids out.
30/04/2026 · 6 min read
Roulette Wheel Online: How It Works, How It's Used, and the Math Behind the Red and Black
The roulette wheel is the most famous spinning wheel in the world. Here's how it actually works, what the numbers and colors mean, and why people use a free online version for everything from party games to teaching probability.
28/04/2026 · 5 min read
Decision Fatigue Is Real — Here's How Randomness Helps
Steve Jobs wore the same outfit. Obama only picked from grey or blue suits. The reason isn't quirky — it's decision fatigue. Here's what to do about it.
25/04/2026 · 8 min read
Truth or Dare Questions: 100 Prompts by Age and Setting
Truth or dare is the oldest party game still standing. The reason it gets weird is almost always the prompts, not the game. Here's a sorted list that works for every age and setting.
20/04/2026 · 6 min read
Random Team Generator: How to Split Any Group Fairly in Under a Minute
Splitting a group into teams used to mean captains picking and the same kid getting picked last every time. A random team generator fixes that in a minute — but only if you set it up right.
15/04/2026 · 6 min read
What to Watch Tonight: Beat the Streaming Scroll in 60 Seconds
You sit down to watch a movie. An hour later you're still scrolling. Here's the system that ends streaming paralysis, plus the wheel trick that resolves 'what do you want to watch?' in one spin.