Comments on: Social Media is Just a Big Game

By: Jeremy Meyers

Jeremy Meyers — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:29:15 +0000

This post hits on a larger concept: the need for more 'fun' in the workplace. By fun, I dont mean after-work drinks or offsites with trustfalls. I mean whatever creates an atmosphere of weirdness and camraderie. Blah blah blah Zappos.

Two resources I recommend on this topic are The Chief Happiness Officer by @alexkjerulf and the M.A.P. maker by @CurtRosengren.

By: tacanderson

tacanderson — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:24:17 +0000

Thanks Joe,
I repeatedly come across Carse's book but have yet to read it. You've pushed me over the edge. It's time to read it.

I hadn't seen @AmyJoKim's presentation, thanks.

By: Joe McCarthy

Joe McCarthy — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:42:10 +0000

Ever since reading James Carse's book, Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility, I am convinced that all of life – online and offline – can be viewed as a game. You've probably already seen this, but as a more practical (and relevant in this context) application, @AmyJoKim has a great presentation on how game mechanics are an essential component of all social software: Putting the Fun in Functional (there's also a video of her giving the presentation).