Two start-ups in gamification of health have merged to create Habit Labs and achieved an early round of funding. Buster Benson, creator of Health Month, 43 Things, and Locavore, has teamed up with Jen McCabe, founder of Y-Combinator backed health startup, Contagion, to get Habit Labs up and running. They already have a strong foundation with…
Editor’s note: Buster Benson is founder of Health Month, and previous creator of 43Things, 750Words, and Locavore. He has been working on gamification since before the term was coined, and recently sat down with contributor, Eric Bruenner, to share some ideas on using software to help us achieve mastery and accomplish our goals. Selections are below, and…
This is the full interview between Gamification Co’s Eric Bruenner and Buster Benson, continued from the selections. Eric: I used to be a writer and have been looking for a way to get back into writing. I stumbled upon your site, 750words.com, separately from gamification, but it’s use of gamification principles has gotten me writing…
Our own Gabe Zichermann was recently interviewed for an article in the LA Times by Zachary Pincus-Roth that came out this weekend. The piece is called “Not Motivated? Make a Game of It” about gamification encouraging productive behavior and helping players feel more accomplished about everyday tasks in apps like EpicWin, Health Month and SCVNGR….
