Category: Wonder
As corporeal beings we long for tactile and visceral experience. Yet object-based culture doesn’t scale and isn’t sustainable. The mystery of a Cornell Box, the joy of a Wonder Cabinet, the reassuring familiarity of a well worn diary, are these experiences lost in our time? At the iRez Wonder Hub we explore ways to have a haptic experience of the virtual.
Diary #35 – Artist’s Sketchbook
WAN CHAI, HONG KONG, 1990 — Senior Year. Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. Artist’s Sketchbook. haha….
Gamification – Homework #3
Vaneeesa Blaylock Gamification Design Proposal TO: Cheyenne Kendrick FROM: Vaneeesa Blaylock RE: Gamification Proposal for GDP Our…
Gamification 11 – Gamification Critiques & Risks
PHILADELPHIA, 5 October –- Gamification Lecture 11: Gamification Critiques & Risks. Lecture notes from Kevin Werbach of…
Memolane (rawks!)
The awesome platform Memolane has an embed feature! You can “Make your Lane” and get a simple…
Gamification 10 – Gamification Social Good
PHILADELPHIA, 29 September –- Gamification Lecture 10: Gamification Social Good & Behavior Change with Kevin Werbach of…
Where’s Your Flatscreen?
Marveling at the student diversity in his Coursera / Wharton School class on Gamification, Prof. Kevin Werbach…
Rabbit Hole Day (Greetings P2PU)
Saturday. No P2PU anywhere in sight. Working on Chapter 10 of Kevin Werbach’s Gamification course from Coursera…
Gamification 9 – Enterprise Gamification
PHILADELPHIA, 28 September –- Gamification Lecture 8: Enterprise Gamification with Kevin Werbach of the University of Pennsylvania’s…
Diary #34 – Dance, Really
WAN CHAI, HONG KONG, 1988 — Juli Patten, Jonni Hovan, Vaneeesa Blaylock. Modern Dance class. Hong Kong…
Gamification 8 – Design Choices
PHILADELPHIA, 23 September –- Gamification Design Choices with Kevin Werbach of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Business…
Diary #33 – Mui Wo Beach
MUI WO BEACH, LANTAU ISLAND, HONG KONG, 1989 — Dear diary. Sophomore year. Photography class. Just farting…
Gamification 7 – Design Framework
PHILADELPHIA, 23 September –- Gamification with Kevin Werbach of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Business School, Week…
Gamification – Homework #2
Project Part II: Motivation You are approached by Ryan Morrison, the mayor of a medium-sized city in…
Diary #32 – Stacey Giachino
KONINKLIJK CONSERVATORIUM, 1995 — Another “manufactured image” from my grad school roommate Stacey Giachino and I. THE…
Gamification 6 – Psychology & Motivation II
PHILADELPHIA, 16 September –- Gamification with Kevin Werbach of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Business School, Week…
Gamification 5 – Psychology & Motivation I
PHILADELPHIA, 14 September –- Gamification with Kevin Werbach of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Business School, Week…
Gamification – Homework #1
DEAR COURSERA PEEPS: I’m tweeting Prof. Werbach about the appropriateness of this post, but as he has…
Gamification 4 – Game Elements
PHILADELPHIA, 9 September –- Gamification with Kevin Werbach of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Business School, Week…
Gamification 3 – Game Thinking
PHILADELPHIA, 9 September — Gamification with Kevin Werbach of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Business School, Week…
Gamification 2 – Games!
PHILADELPHIA, 29 August — I’m not really at the “Virtual Wharton School” but a Coursera’s Online Virtual…
Gamification 1 – What is Gamification?
PHILADELPHIA, 27 August — Coursera’s Gamification course, taught by Kevin Werbach of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton…
Fontbron Academy: Faculty Application
TO: Humane Resources, Fontbron Academy FROM: Vanessa Anne Blaylock RE: Tenure Track Faculty position in Psychopharmacology Dear…
Diary #31 – V Magazine
NEW YORK, 2012 — Gallery Xue / NYC is a real, working art gallery, but it also…
Diary #30 – Docent
THE MAURITSHUIS MUESUM, 1995 — Museum docent Vaneeesa Anne Blaylock dutifully showing Mauritshuis visitors the permanent collection…
iRez @ Chrome Store
THE GOOGLEPLEX, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, 19 August — Hey Chrome users, you can now add iRez to…
iRez on RockMelt
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, 19 August — You have a wonderful lot of web browser choices today —…
Diary #29 – Stacey Giachino
KONINKLIJK CONSERVATORIUM, 1995 — The Koninklijk Conservatorium Department of Dance presents Stacey Giachino and Vaneeesa Blaylock in…
TweetChat
THE TWITTERVERSE, 15 August — I’ve just finished my 2nd “TweetChat.” I do love Twitter, and TweetChat…
Diary #28
PORT-AU-PRINCE, 1994 — Fiona and I holding a crystal ball in the lobby of “Blaylock’s Palmistry,” a…
Gamification with Kevin Werbach
PHILADELPHIA, 27 August — While I won’t be “physically” in Philadelphia to enjoy the summer humidity (my…