Sunday, 14 March 2010

Servicing a Game with Feature Driven DLC

Here's a copy of my GDC2010 presentation on merging the Technology Adoption Life Cycle with the customer satisfaction Kano Model.

Presentation Link

I'd like to thank all that attended my presentation, I hope it was a use to you.

Please feel free to leave any comments you may have.

Wednesday, 17 February 2010

Tuesday, 16 February 2010

New Chris Anderson Book

Just took delivery of the new Chris Anderson book "Free".

"What happens when advances in technology allow many things to be produced for more or less nothing? And what happens when those things are then made available to the consumer for free? In his groundbreaking new book, The Long Tail author Chris Anderson considers a brave new world where the old economic certainties are being undermined by a growing flood of free goods - newspapers, DVDs, T shirts, phones, even holiday flights. He explains why this has become possible - why new technologies, particularly the Internet, have caused production and distribution costs in many sectors to plummet to an extent unthinkable even a decade ago. He shows how the flexibility provided by the online world allows producers to trade ever more creatively, offering items for free to make real or perceived gains elsewhere. He pinpoints the winners and the losers in the Free universe. And he demonstrates the ways in which, as an increasing number of things become available for free, our decisions to make use of them will be determined by two resources far more valuable than money: the popular reputation of what is on offer and the time we have available for it. In the future, he argues, when we talk of the 'money economy' we will talk of the 'reputation economy' and the 'time economy' in the same breath, and our world will never be the same again."

Sunday, 8 November 2009

Tribes by Seth Godin


Very easy read. Interesting idea that "tribes" are out there just waiting for leaders to show them the way. It also suggests that it's not about directing people or motivating them to move in a certain direction towards you. It's about connecting people of similar interests together so as to make your tribe.

"In this fascinating book, Seth Godin argues that now, for the first time, everyone has an opportunity to start a movement - to bring together a tribe of like-minded people and do amazing things. There are tribes everywhere, all of them hungry for connection, meaning and change. And yet, too many people ignore the opportunity to lead, because they are "sheepwalking" their way through their lives and work, too afraid to question whether their compliance is doing them (or their company) any good. This book is for those who don't want to be sheep and instead have a desire to do fresh and exciting work. If you have a passion for what you want to do and the drive to make it happen, there is a tribe of fellow employees, or customers, or investors, or readers, just waiting for you to connect them with each other and lead them where they want to go."

Saturday, 31 October 2009

Kevin Kelly's Eight Generatives Better Than Free

From Kevin's study of the network economy he sees roughly eight categories of intangible value that we buy when we pay for something that could be free. He's named these the...

Eight Generatives Better Than Free
  1. Immediacy
  2. Personalization
  3. Interpretation
  4. Authenticity
  5. Accessibility
  6. Embodiment
  7. Patronage
  8. Findability

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Friday, 30 October 2009

Get to Know "TED"

If you don't know TED then you should. Take a look...

Here's a suggested first looking...

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