GoldenMap - Mindmaping de World 5 Best Practices for Applying Game Mechanics to Your Website Craig Ferrara is a senior gaming & UI expert at Gigya, where he designs the integrations of Gigya's technology into clients' websites. Gigya makes sites social by integrating a suite of plugins like Social Login, Comments, Activity Feeds, Social Analytics and now Game Mechanics into websites. Conversations about game mechanics — the rules that govern how enjoyable a game is — are changing. Formerly a topic mostly discussed by game designers and gamer geeks like myself, gamification is now part of the business discussion as marketers look to apply it to websites. One concept that has remained constant, regardless of who is having the conversation, is to identify ways to keep players engaged and games fun. This applies to your site as you encourage social user participation via gamification tactics. 1. Increase content generated by users on your site. For example, reward top commenters, but also look for alternative ways to reward commenting on pages. 2. 3. 4. 5.
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Diablo Inspired Mana and Health Potion Earrings by ProjectPinup Updates | Global Service Jam It's over. Global Service Jam 2014 is over. This is the ninth time we have written those words, as they (or something very like them) have closed every Jam since the first Global Service Jam in 2011. In those three short years, the Global Jams - Service, Sustainabillity and Gov - have grown and evolved. Where three years ago we fought to persuade people to stop discussing and start building, now our “doing not talking” mantra can remain unsaid. That is not our doing. No-one makes a cent out of the Jam (except perhaps some local pizza shops and sticky-note salesmen). Thank you to the amazing Global HQ team who gave up way more than just 48 hours - without even getting to play. Thank you to the Secret Global Council who helped create our most innovative Secret Theme yet. But most of all, as always, we must thank the Jammers. We are tired, we are sore, we have work in the morning. Take the time to visit Planet Jam and look at some of the amazing prototypes and uploads there. P.S.
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Le sens de l'humus Colin’s application (and why we hired him to be our Apprentice) | Mark Boulton Design Back in February, we advertised for an Apprentice Web Designer. We weren’t looking for an intern, or someone looking for work experience. We wanted to hire someone we could teach, nurture and mould into a world-class talent. We asked interested applicants to hand write a letter describing why they’d like to spend two years of their life at Mark Boulton Design, learning what we do. We also wanted to keep it fun and find out what makes them tick, so we gave a more open brief of telling us a story, writing a haiku or drawing us a picture. We were inundated with post from all over the globe; from as far away as Australia, North America and Eastern Europe and plenty closer to home, from all over the UK. We’re also sharing the winning application from our new Apprentice, Colin. Colin, hand-delivered a large hand-made box. So, what can you learn from Colin’s approach?