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Shifting incentives
One of the projects I've been working on is around encouraging more people to contribute to our knowledgebase. I am fascinated by motivation and related things, and I really enjoy reading case studies and research on this kind of thing. I just came across this example which I find very striking:
From all business, my favorite case on incentives is ( Read more... ) -
Inbox Zero
I got asked how and when I managed to go from hundreds of emails in my inbox to 'inbox zero' recently, so I thought I'd capture my Facebook response here too, for future reference ( Read more... ) -
Doin' it for the money
I like to do coursera free courses, as I find ongoing learning fun and satisfying.
My course this weekend was talking about intrinsic and extrinsic motivators. One of the studies showed the effect of rewarding a task that was innately satisfying with money for performance, and the effect that had on performance over time ( Read more... ) -
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Following on from my previous post here is a synopsis of my first Order of the Wren game (Late 90s, UK xfiles/fringe/delta green style game). It's been a looong time since I've GM'd but I had a fun time.
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OotW: And so it begins....
I finally dusted off my GM hat and got back in the roleplaying ring this weekend.
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additive or reductive?
Two posts in one day?!?! OMG what is this 2005 ( Read more... ) -
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On the bus to work this morning I passed a pair of houses with name plaques. The bus slowed in traffic and I gazed at them. "Bayview" and "Highview" are both still on the top of a hill, but now, rather than the vista they used to see stretched in front of them, there is a 60s big blocky community club. I felt a little sad about what had changed ( ( Read more... ) -
a dream
I don't normally have very coherent dreams, much less a story, but after flaking really early last night I proceeded to have one ( Read more... ) -
I see what you did there
I seem to be on a bit of a music kick recently (see violin post, previous post etc). I think some of this has come around from playing around with creating spontaneous tunes/soundscapes with LadyFingers (my impro troupe).
It's funny, I notice I have a strong belief in 'experts' and established procedure. By that I mean that I tend to perceive that ( Read more... ) -
All the music from before...
I was hunting down music used in a TV show, which involved me trawling through lots of different tracks ( Read more... )