Month: September 2012

Gamification Social Good - ScreenCap from Lecture 10 by Kevin Werback
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Gamification 10 – Gamification Social Good

PHILADELPHIA, 29 September –- Gamification Lecture 10: Gamification Social Good & Behavior Change with Kevin Werbach of…

Student Diversity: ScreenCap of Vaneeesa Blaylock walking on her "treadmill desk" in the VB28 Roman Villa while watching Gamification lectures by Kevin Werbach
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Where’s Your Flatscreen?

Marveling at the student diversity in his Coursera / Wharton School class on Gamification, Prof. Kevin Werbach…

Vaneeesa Blaylock wearing a blue blazer with a red tie and a Fontbron academy crest on the blazer. She stands in the lobby of an academic building.
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Rabbit Hole Day (Greetings P2PU)

Saturday. No P2PU anywhere in sight. Working on Chapter 10 of Kevin Werbach’s Gamification course from Coursera…

ScreenCap of Kevin Werbach, Coursera / Wharton School, interviewing Daniel Debow, VP Salesforce / Rypple
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Gamification 9 – Enterprise Gamification

PHILADELPHIA, 28 September –- Gamification Lecture 8: Enterprise Gamification with Kevin Werbach of the University of Pennsylvania’s…

 3 Comments on A Sonnet to Loo Roll
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A Sonnet to Loo Roll

I am a tad bit under the weather as of late… or more plainly: I am sick…

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Joseph DeLappe visits iRez

Mixed-Reality artist Joseph DeLappe published his first (but we hope not last! 🙂 guest post here on…

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Light My World!

I’m often asked questions about my photography so I have tried my best to share everything I…

Event Poster for Joseph DeLappe's mixed-reality performance artwork "Fifty Shades of Black Ops" where he reads live from Fifty Shades of Grey at Arse Elektronika at the Center for Sex and Culture in San Francisco and simultaneously in-game in Call of Duty: Black Ops
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Gaming Performance: Fifty Shades of Black Ops

I will premiere a new, online gaming performance / intervention at Arse Electronika Festival 4PLAY. Fifty Shades…

Photo of "sexy nurse" in vinyl latex nurse uniform advertising mail order viagra, cialis and other drugs
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Viagra Humor

  The moment was right: I had a Viagra Humor moment today. You know those Viagra commercials…

Black & White photograph of Juli Patten, Jonni Hovan & Vaneeesa Blaylock in modern dance studio at Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, circa October 1989
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Diary #34 – Dance, Really

WAN CHAI, HONG KONG, 1988 — Juli Patten, Jonni Hovan, Vaneeesa Blaylock. Modern Dance class. Hong Kong…

ScreenCap from Gamification, Lecture 8, by Kevin Werbach of Coursera / U Penn / Wharton School
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Gamification 8 – Design Choices

PHILADELPHIA, 23 September –- Gamification Design Choices with Kevin Werbach of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Business…

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Objectification

‘Objectification’ is this week’s prompt for the Single Frame Stories Challenge. Each Saturday we offer a new…

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Diary #33 – Mui Wo Beach

MUI WO BEACH, LANTAU ISLAND, HONG KONG, 1989 — Dear diary. Sophomore year. Photography class. Just farting…

Kevin Werbach's "6 D's" of Gamification Design Framework
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Gamification 7 – Design Framework

PHILADELPHIA, 23 September –- Gamification with Kevin Werbach of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Business School, Week…

Illustration of a downtown metropolitan area with superimposed text "CityFit - Wellness at work"
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Gamification – Homework #2

Project Part II: Motivation You are approached by Ryan Morrison, the mayor of a medium-sized city in…

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Diary #32 – Stacey Giachino

KONINKLIJK CONSERVATORIUM, 1995 — Another “manufactured image” from my grad school roommate Stacey Giachino and I. THE…

Illustration of Stephen Colbert in Red, White & Blue armor and wielding a flaming sword
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Unlicense.org

I came across an exciting site today, unlicense.org. Below is the intro and license text from the…

A mage character in Skyrim emits a range of flames out of her hands, setting a frost troll on fire
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A Spree of Violence

One consistent part of gaming worlds as opposed to open platforms such as Second Life is violence,…

The Second Life Tab of the new Linden Life website
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Their world, their imagination – the second life of Linden Labs

Isn’t the new theme for I Rez looking great? It’s cleaner, feels more up to date, and…

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17 September – Say Cheese!

In the photo: Strawberry Singh Location: BWC Village I had actually done this image for my style…

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World Today: “I’m a Fun Guy”

Location: Algonquin Provincial Park I’m a big fan of small worlds. I love photography of tiny things…

Gracee's 5th Rez Day in Second Life 2012 by Yordie Sands
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Becoming Someone Else – Part 2

Second Life can be like MMORPG games in many regards, there are “players” who role play exclusively. There…

Coursera / Wharton School Gamification class by Kevin Werbach, Trophy / Badge for completing 1st 1/2 of the course!
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Gamification 6 – Psychology & Motivation II

PHILADELPHIA, 16 September –- Gamification with Kevin Werbach of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Business School, Week…

Image of greasy hamburger plate being transformed into a healthy salad by an iPad augmented reality display
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Gamification 5 – Psychology & Motivation I

PHILADELPHIA, 14 September –- Gamification with Kevin Werbach of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Business School, Week…

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Becoming Someone Else – Part 1

This salon has professional authors with qualifications in education, psychology and other professions who explore identity and virtual identify. I…

 8 Comments on 13 September – Let’s Get Social!
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13 September – Let’s Get Social!

In the photo: Strawberry Singh Location: Second Life It’s no secret that I am a social media…

 5 Comments on On dogs and gardeners
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On dogs and gardeners

We’ve all heard the Serenity Prayer at one time or another: God, grant me the serenity to…

 2 Comments on Untitled by Gracie Kendal (an article about the artistic process…kinda)
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Untitled by Gracie Kendal (an article about the artistic process…kinda)

I think I just realized why so many artists don’t title their work. It’s damn hard!! I…

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Gamification – Homework #1

DEAR COURSERA PEEPS: I’m tweeting Prof. Werbach about the appropriateness of this post, but as he has…

ScreenCap from Gamification Lecture 4 by Kevin Werback of Coursera and the Wharton School
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Gamification 4 – Game Elements

PHILADELPHIA, 9 September –- Gamification with Kevin Werbach of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Business School, Week…