Across cultures and generations, one of the most evocative exhibitions of human independence is free and unregulated artistic expression. Whatever you are doing today, we hope your living free and able to [...]
Branding Social Good: When Companies and Causes Play Nice
Gamification is a largely misunderstood discipline (“Slap some badges on it and voilà! Right?”) and while there may be a lot of games out there that help to promulgate this [...]
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Kids and Play
<—-No, not these guys THESE guys———> The next generation of game designers are already learning to collaborate, have fun and create things in a world where gaming concepts [...]
For the <3 of Animation: Google Doodles an Inspiring Storyline
There are many lessons we can learn from the animated Google Doodle this Valentine’s Day. The obvious message addresses the importance of sharing time and interests with the people we [...]
You Can Be Creative Too: Jim Henson’s Son Make Us Feel Better About Mistakes
Brian Henson, son of the amazing multi-talented puppeteer Jim Henson, did an interview with Big Think about carrying on his dad’s mission to support the creative process. “…if everybody’s trying [...]
OK Go and Gas it: Chevy Gets Product Placement Right
The internets are a judgmental place, my friends. They don’t take kindly to inauthentic product placements as actor Woody Harrelson recently proved. The fact that OK-Go’s Chevy spot is getting such [...]
Honestly, E-Commerce
OMG. Jessica Alba has an online store and stuff! OK, that wasn’t entirely fair. To be honest (oh, puns) Jessica Alba’s new e-commerce venture, The Honest Company, is a great [...]
To the Thunderdome!
Jeff Lopez wrote a great article for The Gamification Blog a couple weeks ago that addresses the conflict between competition-driven and collaboration-driven gaming experiences. While his focus was mainly on [...]
How Beer Can Make a Better World
As a society, we are a tough crowd to please. Consumer awareness has led to a great deal of empowerment to the public but it has also led to a [...]
Don’t Worry, Be Pentatonic
You should really watch this and then read some stuff afterwards. So once we are done humming and diddlybipping along, there’s a little something we can take from this and [...]
