My bad, you're absolutely right. StackOverflow is a great example of gamification done right.
-- Cédric On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 2:15 PM, Graham Allan <[email protected]>wrote: > The first, really? > > I think StackOverflow and their badge system is a more compelling, and > prior example (and more useful to the software world). > > Kind regards, > Graham > > > 2012/1/19 Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]> > >> I don't find it dumb at all, the concept of achievements is amazingly >> strong. Much stronger than anyone suspected until video games started >> offering them. >> >> Kudos to Microsoft for being the first to offer this in a non video game >> computer environment. >> >> -- >> Cédric >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Richard Kennard < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> So it seems no matter how dumb an idea, someone will try it! >>> >>> 3 years ago I posted this blog as a joke: >>> >>> http://blog.kennardconsulting.com/2008/12/new-features-in-eclipse-35.html >>> >>> Summary: Eclipse should have unlockable achievements just like many >>> PS3/XBox/Steam games. But now it appears that Microsoft have actually >>> gone and done it: >>> >>> http://channel9.msdn.com/achievements/visualstudio >>> >>> What do you think? Is this as silly as I thought it was? Or will it >>> usher in a new era of awesome 1337 programmers with mad skillz? >>> >>> As someone on Slashdot pointed out, however, "most of those >>> [Microsoft] achievements are just a funny take on amateur programmers" >>> like "Generate method stubs 9 times. You're a TDD bad ass!". At least >>> *mine* were hard to achieve "Write a program that actually uses the >>> strictfp keyword" :) >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "The Java Posse" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >>> >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Java Posse" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
