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…
Objectification
‘Objectification’ is this week’s prompt for the Single Frame Stories Challenge. Each Saturday we offer a new…
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…
Unlicense.org
I came across an exciting site today, unlicense.org. Below is the intro and license text from the…
A Spree of Violence
One consistent part of gaming worlds as opposed to open platforms such as Second Life is violence,…
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…
17 September – Say Cheese!
In the photo: Strawberry Singh Location: BWC Village I had actually done this image for my style…
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…
Becoming Someone Else – Part 2
Second Life can be like MMORPG games in many regards, there are “players” who role play exclusively. There…
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…
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…
13 September – Let’s Get Social!
In the photo: Strawberry Singh Location: Second Life It’s no secret that I am a social media…
On dogs and gardeners
We’ve all heard the Serenity Prayer at one time or another: God, grant me the serenity to…
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…
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…
7 September – Ouch
In the photo: Strawberry Singh Location: Second Life Life – 1 Berry – 0 Lately I’ve been…
Open call to participate in a study on avatar identity through USC!!
A friend of mine at USC in California is doing an avatar identity study. He only needs…
Second Life’s Communications Quagmire
In the MMO / 3D VW of Second Life, there are a variety of ways to receive…
On being delightful…
“Don’t you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can’t be exactly who…
World Today: This Looks Safe
Location: Stormwind Characters: Myself (the tree) and a friend. World of Warcraft just received a very fun patch, particularly…
If Sims Were States
In the bad, old sooty days before methane or carbon monoxide detectors, miners would carry down caged canaries…
1 September – Ironhoof and my epic win
LOCATION: Stangard, Rohan (Lord of the Rings Online) IN PHOTO: Ravanel and Ironhoof, her Prized Isengard War-steed…