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  • Gamification and the MDA framework

    Gamification and the MDA framework

    A few months ago I wrote about some of the principles that underpin game design and I now would like to have a closer look at the specific elements that help to form games and game mechanics. In his online lectures on gamification, Kevin Werbach – an Associate Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at Wharton School –…

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  • Zoopla (Product Review)

    Zoopla (Product Review)

    I always like discovering new apps, playing with them and seeing what works for me and what doesn’t. I recently looked at some apps in the property finder’ space. Julie Zhuo has recently written up a good way to do a “product critique” which template I’ll apply to my app reviews. I recently used the iOS app from Zoopla, a…

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  • “Hooked: how to build habit-forming products” (Book Review)

    “Hooked: how to build habit-forming products” (Book Review)

    What makes a product or service really stick in your mind? Do you have an app on your phone that you always turn to whenever you’re bored? If you’ve got a problem to solve, is there a specific product or service you tend to use to look for a solution? American journalist and lecturer Nir…

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  • What to expect from iOS 8?

    What to expect from iOS 8?

    Last week, Apple spent a large part of its keynote at WWDC 2014 talking about iOS 8, its new operating system for its handheld devices. These are the main features that we can look forward to as part of iOS 8: Main learning point: Apple has introduced some interesting features as part of it’s new iOS…

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  • Why ‘single purpose’ apps are en vogue

    Why ‘single purpose’ apps are en vogue

    As I’m currently investigating how to best simplify the ways in which user discover new content – as part of my day job as a product manager at Beamly – I have been thinking more about so-called ‘simple purpose apps’. The words ‘single purpose’ indicate that the apps focus on a singular user ‘job’ (I’ve written about ‘jobs’…

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  • Twitch and its appeal for Google and Microsoft

    Twitch and its appeal for Google and Microsoft

    The other day I heard about the rumoured takeover of Twitch by Google for the handsome amount of $1 billion. I have to be honest; up until that point I had never heard about Twitch. Reason enough to look into Twitch and a possible ratio for Google willing to spend such a large amount of cash on…

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