Today in our ongoing GList, we’re featuring Seth Cooper of Foldit. In the gamification world, Foldit is a popular example for one of the best applications of gamification to solve problems. Did you know that earlier this year, the Foldit team actually achieved the world’s first crowdsourced-designed protein? The power of crowdsourcing is immense and…
This week on the gamification roundup, we got quirky news and some successes in the gamification industry. On the quirky side, Domino’s Pizza Hero game is being used as a recruitment tool and an interesting concept of making games more passive called “Telefication” is being discussed. In the gamification industry, Blue Shield healthcare is reporting…
Today in our ongoing GList series, we are featuring Keith Smith. In this digital age of endless tweets, link aggregators, and endless RSS feeds, it would seem that nobody needs to spend more than a few minutes on the internet to really get the information they need. Users consume information quickly and thus move throughout…
Hello GCo Readers! Here are this week’s additions to the GBase : Mangatar – an avatar creator with leaderboards and social features Tag Challenge – a worldwide manhunt used to research the possible effect of social media on national security AttendeeBee – a gamified conference application for attendees And remember folks! Any submission to…
This week on the Gamification Roundup: Aetna is giving away their Mindbloom wellness game, a 3D Printing platform gets gamified, Tony Vetrice covers what makes games addicting, and a RFID sensor game incentivizes workers to take the stairs. Check out the full roundup after the jump.
Today in our on going GList Series, we’re featuring Dave Cobb. Dave is the Senior Creative Director at the Thinkwell Group and has developed attractions for diverse clients around the world such as Universal Studios, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures & the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. Have you ever realized how incredible amusement parks are…
Hello GCo readers! Here are our latest additions to the GBase: Uplaude – a platform that lets sites or blogs add achievements and reward their visitors with an easy self-serve approach to gamification. SlimCast – a fitness app that helps people build long-term habits by turning weight-loss goals into a winnable game. GoJiyo – a virtual world…
This week on the Gamification Roundup, we got news filled with possibilities. NextJump provides an leisurely gameplay platform akin to Draw Something, GDC Online is making a gamification summit in Austin, Bunchball writes an article about the work ethic of millenials, International scientists create an epidemic game to research disease outbreak models, and Bluewolf and Bunchball partner up to…
Today in our ongoing GList series, we’re featuring J.P. Rangaswami. As the Chief Scientist for Salesforce.com, JP knows a thing or two about getting things done. He’s been named one of the 50 most influential people by Silicon as an outspoken advocate of open source software and the use of emerging technologies for information sharing…
This week on the gamification roundup, we’ve got some good news on new releases in the gamification world. Jive is rolling out an Advanced Gamification Module with Bunchball, Outbid is bringing social elements and gamification into the auction world, Energy Battle cuts energy consumption by 45%, Katie Salen talks about newly learned gaming principles for…
This week in the GBase we’ve added: Deskarma – a knowledge sharing solution highlighting employee achievements and rewards PHP Programming Innovation Awards – an award meant to encourage developers to submit innovative PHP components LiveFanChat – a media chat platform featuring achievements and badges We want you in the GBase too! Whether it’s a company you know of or…
Today in our ongoing GList series, we’re featuring Daniel Brusilovsky. Daniel is the CEO and founder of Teens in Tech Labs, dedicated to providing resources for young entrepreneurs worldwide. As a successful young entrepreneur and adviser who has worked with a number of successful startups, Daniel will be providing a talk at GSummit about the rise of kids…
The gamification industry has alot of strong names behind it but most of the prominent figures appear to be male. Today, I would like highlight the most prominent females in gamification. These women have all contributed greatly to the gamification industry and a number of them will be speaking at GSummit in June. Check out…
This week on the Gamification Roundup, we are all about startups: FundingWorks brings crowdsourcing to non-proft donations, HealthPartners is providing customized corporate wellness, CodeAcademy and Treehouse are teaching programming with gamification, Kiip adds rewards to any app, and SuperBanker is generated great participation at a banking conference. Check out what these awesome startups are capable…
Today in our ongoing GList series, we’re featuring Dan Porter, CEO of OMGPOP and designer of Draw Something who will be giving a featured talk at GSummit in June. If you haven’t played it yet, Draw Something is the record breaking social game that’s now #1 on the worldwide charts (displacing Zynga) with 20 million new users in…
