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Putting the Fun in Functional: Applying Game Mechanics to Functional Software

Putting the Fun in Functional: Applying Game Mechanics to Functional Software

Agile Marketing Image courtesy As part of my ongoing obsession with all things agile, I've written up a summary of some key practices around Agile Marketing, building on the principles outlined in The Agile Manifesto. This is also cross posted over on The Marketing Society blog: The last IBM Global CEO Study (‘The Enterprise Of The Future’) interviewed 1,130 CEO’s in 45 countries and 32 industries, and found that organisations not only felt bombarded by change, but that many are struggling to keep up. Eight out of 10 CEOs saw significant change ahead, and yet the gap between the expected level of change and the ability to manage it had almost tripled since the previous study in 2006. Late last year Forrester released a report on ‘Adaptive Brand Marketing’. We live in exponential times. But what does that actually mean? 1. 2. Corporate ritual places high value in inputs – productivity, documentation, meetings. 3. 4. Agile says ‘just start and iterate along the way’, and welcomes changing requirements.

Redbridge Games Network Atlassian - Software Development Tools and Collaboration Software idea a day “Distraction,” Simplicity, and Running Toward Shitstorms It can scarcely be denied that the supreme goal of all theory is to make the irreducible basic elements as simple and as few as possible without having to surrender the adequate representation of a single datum of experience.—Albert Einstein, “On the Method of Theoretical Physics” (1934) Context: Last week, I pinched off one of my typically woolly emails in response to an acquaintance whom I admire. He’s a swell guy who makes things I love, and he'd written, in part, to express concern that my recent Swift impersonation had been directed explicitly at something he'd made. Which, of course, it hadn’t—but which, as I'll try to discuss here, strikes me as irrelevant. To paraphrase Bogie, I played it for him, so now I suppose I might as well play it for you. (n.b.: Excerpted, redacted, munged, and heavily expanded from my original email) And, then, I jizzed on at length about how much I admire the recipient’s work. Good work doesn’t need a cookie I may admire your work, too. Nope. Yes. No.

Game-Based Learning and a Whole Child Approach Game-based learning (GBL) is a current trend in education reform and, as it becomes more widely implemented, we must make sure we do not simply focus on the tools. Using games for learning is a great tool, but only if the use is intentional and aligned to best practices for student learning. GBL can, in fact, be aligned to the Whole Child Tenets—healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged—further leveraging it as a legitimate instructional model to reach all students. Healthy Each student enters school healthy and learns about and practices a healthy lifestyle. Many games for learning promote health and well-being. Safe Each student learns in an environment that is physically and emotionally safe for students and adults. One of the essential design principles of GBL (and games in general) is the safety to fail. Engaged Each student is actively engaged in learning and is connected to the school and broader community. Supported Challenged Games are often quite challenging.

Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE) Noam Chomsky: The Real Reasons the U.S. Enables Israeli Crimes and Atrocities | World August 16, 2010 | Like this article? Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. Noam Chomsky is internationally recognized as one of America’s most critically engaged public intellectuals today. Kathleen Wells: I’m speaking with Noam Chomsky, professor of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and renowned political activist and writer. Noam Chomsky: Very pleased to be with you. KW: Speak to me about the relation between the United States and Israel. NC: That’s a ... as a descriptive statement, that is pretty close to accurate. The history is reasonably clear. But the major change in relationships took place in 1967. Well, in 1967, Israel destroyed the source of secular Arab nationalism -- Nasser's Egypt -- which was considered a major threat and enemy by the West.

Boots Advantage Card signs up third parties online Boots has extended its Advantage card loyalty program by allowing customers to collect points at other retailers including ASOS and Thomas Cook. The health and beauty retailer is launching the Boots Treat Street initiative to allow cardholders to collect reward points with other online retailers and redeem them at Boots. It’s targeting women who prioritise spending on friends and family, encouraging them to collect extra points online and use them to treat themselves. Boots has also released research revealing that 67% of women have difficulty finding the time or money to treat themselves. ASOS, Ebay, Thomas Cook and Toys ’R’ Us are among the online retailers to join the Boots Advantage programme. Cardholders can collect Advantage points by shopping with more than 50 brands through the Treat Street web portal. This story first appeared on marketingweek.co.uk

Free Online Games, Free Games, Play Games at Fupa Games ROWE See also[edit] References[edit] External links[edit] CultureRx - Official Trainers of the Results-Only Work EnvironmentWashington Post Article"video".

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