Get My Web 2.0 Talk and New Mailing List
Thanks to everyone who came to see me talk at Web 2.0 yesterday. For those of you who couldn’t make, or just want to look through it again, my presentation is right here: View more presentations from Gabe Zichermann. And, so you don’t ever have to miss another moment, you can now sign up for…
How much do game mechanics really affect your life?
Here’s an interesting exercise – Stanford Professor B.J. Fogg created this interactive public graph on Google Docs on how game mechanics alter behaviors. Anonymous users are invited to view and edit this range bar graph. The purpose is to place popular websites, social media companies and apps in relative dimension to their “gamey-ness” (how many…
They Made a Gabe Sandwich (Badge)
If you watch Curb Your Enthusiasm you might remember a particularly hilarious episode in which Larry gets a sandwich named after him at a famous deli. He isn’t happy with the actual sandwich so he tries to trade (and eventually usurp) Ted Danson’s instead. Ungrateful? Maybe. Funny? Definitely. So yesterday I found out that I’ve…
Announcing: Gamification Summit 2011 & Keynotes, Big Blog Changes
With great pleasure, we’re excited to announce the 2011 Gamification Summit (Jan 20-21, San Francisco) along with some major sponsors and keynotes. This is an exciting day – and space is strictly limited, so if you’re really into Gamification, skip the preamble and register now. Gamification is a burgeoning industry with many new advances emerging…