Every office I have worked in has, at some point, tried to do something “fun” with their employees – usually whether the employees want it or not and often with the best of intentions! A great example of this is one previous employer deciding to buy a Wii for the coffee area. The idea was that putting a Wii in the coffee area would encourage people to have a break, go and play and have some fun. There is a running joke in gamification circles about companies buying pool tables and ping pong tables to inject fun into their companies.
Just for Fun
A couple of short stories
I thought I would share a couple of “Near Future” short stories I have written recently with you. Hope you enjoy them 🙂
Bits ‘n’ Bobs
A few side projects and stuff for you to enjoy.
Gamification Memes: A compilation of my memes over the last few years
Other “Wisdom” Memes…
Some music I’ve been recording for fun (updated often).
Videos with my kids (Challenges mostly)
And finally…. A game made in Construct2 (which doesn’t YET work on mobile…)
Narrative Atoms, Story and History
A revisit to an old set of thoughts I had on what Narrative is. My general thought is that narrative is real-time telling of a first person experience as it happens. A story is all of the narratives put together from the first “Narrative Atom” of the story until the last! History is the collection of all of the stories and all of the narratives up until now. Beyond that, you are looking at the future.
When I started to look at this concept again, I decided that it was easier to record a little video about it than it was to write! However, the basic idea is that you can imagine history as a lake. When our lives start it is like a pebble being dropped into the lake. Each ripple is a narrative atom in our story. These ripples move out from the centre, touching the stories of others, creating an interconnect web – a collective history. Anway, watch the video to get more of that.
What’s in a Name Like Dave Rage?
A question that I am asked quite often, relates to my chosen Twitter name – @daverage.
Before we get into that, I want to clear one thing up. It is Dave Rage, not the Excel function, DAverage!
Back to the story. Dave has-been with me since university. On one of the first nights in the halls of residence, we all decided to make door signs for each other. The thing was, no one could spell Andrzej, so they decided to call me Dave!
That stuck with me and from that day onwards, I was known as Dave.