World Wide Workshop The Magic Potion of Game Dynamics Michael Wu, Ph.D. is Lithium's Principal Scientist of Analytics, digging into the complex dynamics of social interaction and group behavior in online communities and social networks. Michael was voted a 2010 Influential Leader by CRM Magazine for his work on predictive social analytics and its application to Social CRM.He's a regular blogger on the Lithosphere's Building Community blog and previously wrote in the Analytic Science blog. You can follow him on Twitter at mich8elwu. When I kicked off this short-series on gaming last week I explained the various game related terminologies. Hopefully we are all on the same page now with the basics. Now we are ready to talk about the cool and interesting stuff. The Fogg Behavior Model The goal of game dynamics is to drive a user-desired behavior predictably. To understand game dynamics (and gaming mechanics), I will use a simple behavior model by Prof B. MotivationAbilityTrigger Between Motivation and Ability Trigger is ALL about Timing Conclusion
Simple Practical Ways to Live Eco-friendly. Sustainable - Natural - Re-Use - Chasing Green About Worldchanging "Architecture or Revolution. Revolution can be avoided." Le Corbusier, Vers une Architecture, 1923 Le Corbusier had it wrong. One billion people live in abject poverty. The U.N. The Open Architecture Network aims to be just such a catalyst for change. What is the Open Architecture Network? The Open Architecture Network is an online, open-source community dedicated to improving living conditions through innovative and sustainable design. • Share their ideas, designs and plans • View and review designs posted by others • Collaborate with each other, people in other professions and community leaders to address specific design challenges • Manage design projects from concept to implementation • Communicate easily amongst team members • Protect their intellectual property rights using the Creative Commons "some rights reserved" licensing system and be shielded from unwarranted liability • Build a more sustainable future Who is behind this? Who else is behind this? What is our goal?
A Theory of Fun for Game Design BJ Fogg's Behavior Model Brighter Planet's 350 Challenge Future Earth Future Earth Blog launched Future Earth has launched a new online presence at Intended to be a home for innovative new ideas and essential reading for everyone engaged in global sustainability, this online magazine will be a showcase and discussion forum for the latest ideas and developments in research in this area, both in the projects that form part of Future Earth's network and beyond. Future Earth will be a global platform to deliver: Integrating existing endeavours Future Earth will build on the success of existing global environmental change programmes (Diversitas, IGBP, IHDP, WCRP and ESSP), to help develop a stronger and broader community. Contact The Future Earth Interim Secretariat can be reached at contact@futureearth.info
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The Power of the Prize They gave the world guns and butter -- specifically, the AK-47 and margarine. They sent Charles Lindbergh's The Spirit of St. Louis from New York to Paris and Burt Rutan's SpaceShipOne almost 70 miles above the earth -- twice. They are innovation prizes -- think, X Prize -- and from their origins in the Age of Discovery in the 1500s, they've come roaring back to life in recent years, with foundations, governments, and businesses alike rewarding fantastic achievements. This spring alone, , , and MIT are expected to announce the winners of major business-idea competitions. Some economists -- and some CEOs -- believe that public contests have the ability to usher in a new era of progress by leveraging R&D resources to capture diverse imaginations and tackle everything from Web widgets to massive global challenges. But what's the real return on a prize? A contest broadcast outside a company can stimulate far more value than the cost to stage one. Karim R. Feedback: kamenetz@fastcompany.com