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
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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
Webify Me
Short and sweet today. Firefox 6 is out, go download it. And, I webified myself (you can too), and weirdly enough half the images on… Read More »Webify Me
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
Melt My Brain
I’ve been called a “new media expert”, “technologist”, “programmer”, “web guru”, “creative software ninja”. I have a degree in design, but am a self taught… Read More »Melt My Brain
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
Open Web and Why YOU Should be Paying Attention
Facebook opts you automatically in with their new facial recognition software, Apple is going to start taking 30% of revenues from developers, the US Border… Read More »Open Web and Why YOU Should be Paying Attention
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