Game Mechanics and Participation
Let’s start with a stat: A shitload of people are playing games. Ok, it wasn’t a stat, but in 2007 Comscore found that 217 million… Read More »Game Mechanics and Participation
Participation
Designing for participation is a huge part of what it means to be an open source advocate. This category has posts about things I’ve participated in and things I’ve helped create that invite other people to participate and contribute.
Friendly Tips for Keeping your Contributors
One thing that I constantly hear colleagues in the Open Web community talking about is the lack of participation on the part of the user.… Read More »Friendly Tips for Keeping your Contributors
Newsle Pitch
The 2 Minute Pitch The Problem Newsle addresses the problem that people aren’t very curious about what’s going on in the world. They’re curious about… Read More »Newsle Pitch
Feedback Session
Last night I had a Feedback session with my fellow MozNewsLabbers. It was fantastic. They pointed out both the problems that I was already aware… Read More »Feedback Session
Overstimulating a User
Sounds kind of sexy, right? Overstimulating the user? Well, it’s not. It’s not sexy at all, it’ll lead to the systematic exodus from the usage… Read More »Overstimulating a User
Socializing the News
I spent a part of my Tuesday failing miserably. I had a glimmer of an idea Monday night before I went to bed. I was… Read More »Socializing the News
Using the Web to Fix the World: Waldpark Trachau
So here’s the skinny: Part of the reason we bought the house we bought was because it’s right in the middle of the city of… Read More »Using the Web to Fix the World: Waldpark Trachau
My PI Speech: Looking Back
The first year at the Producer’s Institute for New Media Technologies, I was a production artist, but I knew something completely revolutionary was going on… Read More »My PI Speech: Looking Back
Being Loud about Badges
I read this article: The Quiet Revolution in Open Education and then I read this article: We do in fact need some Stinkin Badges in… Read More »Being Loud about Badges
Blogging Study Group
I recently joined the Blogging and Writing for the Web Study Group after I had a twitter conversation with the organizer Pippa Buchanan, School of… Read More »Blogging Study Group