Author: Vanessa Blaylock

As a virtual public artist my work invites avatar communities to express their identity, explore their culture, and demand their civil rights.
Vaneeesa Blaylock / Company Portfolio: Selections from Performance Works VB01 thru VB40
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Vaneeesa Blaylock: Bio Update

Vaneeesa Blaylock / Company There’s already lots of info on Vaneeesa Blaylock / Company and on myself…

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Diary #37 – Occupy Columbus

COLUMBUS CIRCLE, NEW YORK CITY, 3 October — Occupy Columbus. Soror Nishi’s cousin Tatsu Nishi has erected…

Gamification by Kevin Werbach / Coursera / Wharton / Pennsylvania - Lecture 12 Gamification Techniques beyond the basics
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Gamification 12 – Beyond the Basics

PHILADELPHIA, 5 October –- Gamification Lecture 12: Beyond the Basics! Advanced Gamification Techniques. Lecture notes from Kevin…

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Diary #36 – Phantom Limb

STROOM DEN HAAG, 1995 — Stephen Carpenter, Cathy Plaza, Vaneeesa Blaylock, Stacey Giachino & Robert Uzgalis in…

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Yordie Sands

iRez’ head cheerleader Yordie Sands has been “running silent, running deep” for a couple of weeks now…

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Diary #35 – Artist’s Sketchbook

WAN CHAI, HONG KONG, 1990 — Senior Year. Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. Artist’s Sketchbook. haha….

Gamification Project - Gamified Reading System - illustration from Sony Reader
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Gamification – Homework #3

Vaneeesa Blaylock Gamification Design Proposal TO: Cheyenne Kendrick FROM: Vaneeesa Blaylock RE: Gamification Proposal for GDP Our…

Gamification Critiques & Risks lecture slides by Kevin Werbach / Coursera / Wharton
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Gamification 11 – Gamification Critiques & Risks

PHILADELPHIA, 5 October –- Gamification Lecture 11: Gamification Critiques & Risks. Lecture notes from Kevin Werbach of…

Memolane screenCap showing Vaneeesa Blaylock's Memolane collection of 3 years of web content
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Memolane (rawks!)

The awesome platform Memolane has an embed feature! You can “Make your Lane” and get a simple…

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…

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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…

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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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…

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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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…

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Gamification 3 – Game Thinking

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

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Second Life’s Communications Quagmire

In the MMO / 3D VW of Second Life, there are a variety of ways to receive…

ScreenCap from Professor Kevin Werbach's Gamification lecture 2.1
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Gamification 2 – Games!

PHILADELPHIA, 29 August — I’m not really at the “Virtual Wharton School” but a Coursera’s Online Virtual…

Screen Cap of Professor Kevin Werbach of Wharton Business School teaching Gamification course at Coursera online
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Gamification 1 – What is Gamification?

PHILADELPHIA, 27 August — Coursera’s Gamification course, taught by Kevin Werbach of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton…