My Mental Health and How Gamification Has Helped
It is mental health awareness week, so I felt this would be a good opportunity to share with you one nugget of life strategy that gamification helped me learn. I have made no secret that I...
Category: Opinion
What is Your Least Favorite Gamification Element?
I often get asked what my favorite gamification element or elements are, but no one ever asks what ones I dislike! So I thought I would ask you guys the question and offer my...
Moving from iPhone (iOS) to Android (Samsung S8)
Like many, I have been a happy iPhone user for many years now. My first was an iPhone 4. I have had several since then, up until the 6S, I have even had 3...
A New Year for Gamification
As we usher in a New Year, I wanted to make a few New Year wishes for gamification in 2018. The industry finally matures and stops acting like a petulant teenager! 2017 saw a...
Keeping Children Safe in the Internet Age
The world children are growing up in now is very different to the world their parents grew up in. Whilst many of the dangers may have stayed the same, the way they present themselves...
Review: Eating Robots by Stephen Oram
For openness, I was sent a copy of the book to review. A rare book review from me. Every now and again, thanks to previously running a review site, I get asked to review...
Some Gamification Videos and a bit of Fun
I’ve been busy making videos of late, here are the last few. Some tutorials, a few rants and a bit of fun 🙂 Player Types and User Types in Gamification Ethics in Gamification Failure...
Focused Feedback and Attainable, Maintainable Goals
Don’t Mention Gamification I was challenged recently to talk about gamification without mentioning games or gamification! The reason is that many people have not got time to dive too deep into the meanings and...
5 Steps to a Happier Life with Gamification
Ok, this sounds a little “self helpy”, but it came to me when I was doing a lecture for a group of Masters students at Kings College recently. I ended the talk, rather by...
Save Your Best Songs for the Encore
Years ago I read an interview with a musician (whose name escapes me), where he was giving advice to new musicians. There was lots of good stuff, but the one that really stuck with...
Are You Building a Solution Looking for a Problem?
One of the big issues I see in gamification and many young industries is the issue of building a solution for problems that don’t really exist! “We are using a gamified solution to increase...
Gamification: A thought for those who don’t want it.
One of the blockers for gamification is often staff feeling insulted in some way by it. Whether it is because they feel the money could have been better spent, that the concept is beneath...
Do Things Just Because They Amuse You
Anyone who knows me, knows that I often do stuff simply because it amuses me. A good example of that is the title of my book, Even Ninja Monkeys Like to Play. I went...
Posts of 2015 – Gamification and much more!
So, as is tradition, here is a round up of 2015. What a year!!! Research papers, Gamification World Congress, a new book, poetry and loads of exciting projects have made this a most excellent...
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