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…
From the ever-hilarious site Pleated Jeans – a bit of badge levity. This time, awkward merit badges. Can you work some of these into your next gamified system? How many have you earned already today? Hat tip to Michael Archuleta.
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…
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…
by Justin Schier, Chief Creative Officer, Dopamine Inc. Now that just about everybody has seen or read The Hunger Games, it’s time to take a look at just what makes the successful movie and book series tick, in light of what we know about gamification. It’s a futuristic heroine’s lonely struggle to master both a…
We’re launching an exciting new feature: a weekly interactive TV show called The Gamification Revolution. The first episode will premiere Monday April 16 at 1pm Eastern (10 am Pacific/1800 UTC) featuring Nadya Direkova – UX/Game Designer at Google, Top Woman in Gamification and GSummit speaker. RSVP now and visit gamification.co/live on Monday to watch and…
NEW YORK CITY – April 11, 2012 – The Gamification Summit (June 19-21, San Francisco) today announced several significant additions to its speaker lineup, including thought leaders, academics and experts from a variety of disciplines. New speakers that will take to the GSummit stage to discuss the latest in techniques for engaging employees and customers…
Growing up, like most kids I was an avid player. From video games to cops and robbers, cardboard forts (oh how I loved it when we bought new appliances!) and the occasional sport, play was an integral part of my childhood. As with most adults, play has become a much smaller part of my daily…
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…
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…
by Justin Schier, Chief Creative Officer, Dopamine Inc. One day you’re in, the next you’re uninstalled – or even worse, forgotten. The number of apps, services, social media sites and games competing for our attention has never been greater. How can the average person keep track of it all? The real question is: does it…
I’m super stoked to announce a new slate of additional speakers for GSummit (June 19-21 in SF). The event just keeps getting more exciting, and I’m sure you won’t want to miss the hands on workshops and 40+ sessions. Also, the early bird deadline is fast approaching next Friday; if you want to save $300…
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…
Today in our ongoing GList series, we’re featuring Charlie Kim of Next Jump. Charlie Kim serves as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Next Jump, Inc. Mr. Kim founded Next Jump in 1994. He worked in the Information Technology and Human Resources groups of Morgan Stanley in New York, Hong Kong and Tokyo from 1995 to…
This year’s SxSW has been even more festive than years past, with the alternating rain and sun driving social media hordes in and outdoors over the weekend. In between bouts of over-drinking, endless parties, sponsored taco trucks and coffee “scrums”, there were some interesting sessions at the conference on the topics of gamification and engagement….
