We are living in the golden age of “gamification.” Despite my openly expressed concerns for our culture’s infinite appetite for distraction, I’m a fan of gamification. Gamification, as Taige Zhang states, “leverages our natural desire for competition, achievement, status, reward, self-expression, altruism, and completion.” Done well, it helps promote user engagement and has been linked […]
What Behavior Is My iPad Use Modeling?
“Daddy, I’ve never seen you read a book before.” Last Sunday I read a “real” book for the first time in a long time. I don’t buy paper books anymore. This one was a hard cover version of Trust Me, I’m Lying that was sent to me to review. I sat in the leather chair […]
Why I Blocked Tumblr On My Home Network
This past weekend I blocked access to Tumblr.com from my home wireless network. I’ve been blocking porn sites using OpenDNS for a long time. But Tumblr.com doesn’t fall into the category of porn site in the OpenDNS directory. It falls into the social media category. However, make no mistake, there is a large part of the […]
Eye Contact, Waving, And Community
A middle-aged male runner was coming toward me, heading the opposite direction. Our eyes met and we greeted each other with a quick, “good morning.” A bit later, a middle-aged man was tending to his flowers a few yards ahead of me. As I ran by, I said good morning and I waved, but he […]
Diversity, Real Estate, And Leadership
I was honored to be invited to last week’s CEO Summit in New York. Those in attendance were tasked with discussing “The Future Of Real Estate.” It seemed like the perfect topic for a gathering of some of the brightest and most truly influential people in the real estate industry. Frankly, I felt a bit […]
Protecting Children From The Dark Side Of The Internet
Every technology has both a positive and negative impact. I’ve been writing a lot about Technopoly in the past few months. In the last few days, the social media behaviors of teens in the wake of the alleged rape of a 16-year old girl in Steubenville, Ohio, have been exposed in the harsh light of […]
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