Gamification in B2B Marketing is about Addiction, NOT Games

Gamification: Research has shown that we are all born with a desire to play games. It’s wired into us. Brands can take advantage of that desire, not by creating games, but by using “game mechanics” to drive certain desired behaviors.

Welcome to Cliché Hell

Have you read Dan Brown’s new book? Inferno is a lot like The Da Vinci Code, only this time all the action swirls around Dante Alighieri, his epic poem The Divine Comedy

Home Techonomics

The topic of home automation is getting hot and the inherent cross-section between design beauty and function is near and dear to my heart.

Stop Talking to Suits

What makes one position seem like a dream job, and another one sound like a nightmare?

Calculating the Value of Mobile

I’ve been describing what I call the “mobile imperative” for a few years now. The mobile user experience is not an add-on.

2 Steps for Better Mobile Hygiene

On your way home from work, you stop at the store to pick up some more milk. As you’re walking back to your car, reflexively your iPhone appears in your hand and you swipe through a pile of emails.

The House That Tiny Built

There was a time in all of our lives when we were mayor of a miniature imaginary world. It probably was a GI Joe World or a My Little Pony World.