Living Life 

What if life were a game? If life were a game, we would all be going about our daily lives trying to score points. We would feel obligated to learn the rules of the game, and we would go out of our way trying to avoid losing points. 

We would still be having fun at play, but only in a structured manner, as not obeying the rules could result in losing points. What a silly world we would live in if life were seen as a game! 

Wait a second.. To some extent, life itself does appear a bit like a game, does it not? 

I salute you fellow heroes...

This time I will tell about one of my favourite topics ever nowadays. Gamification! This is the first part of an article talking about what Gamification is all about and how it can be used in classic Intranets (in example on SharePoint) to amplify end user engagement and boost productivity. Is Gamification the silver bullet in information portals? It might be, if it's used right. Let's have a look...

I posted this on Facebook last week, and an interesting discussion arose. Come and join the discussion if you like.

Ok so I promised to start talking about Gamification and Augmented Reality, because there seem to be a lot of misconceptions about these topics out there. Let's start with gamification.

What many don't seem to realize, is that we all encounter some form of gamification at a very early age. Let me give a couple of examples:

Were you ever told as a child to start counting sheep when finding it difficult to fall asleep?

Have you ever been promised a reward in exchange for doing any kind of chore? Cleaning up your room before being allowed to go outside and play?

If you have, you have had your first encounter with gamification.

What other examples can you give? Have you had any personal encounters with gamification? Would be interesting to hear your experiences!