Mining meaning with the mobs – Meaningful games

Could games be used to influence behavior? Could guilds, mobs and monsters teach us a thing or two about leadership, decision making, team building and effective communication? The answer is absolutely yes.
I met an interesting Stanford professor Byron Reeves who is focusing all his energies now to create this link between the fun games and [...]

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Big ideas and bold actions

David Plouffe (the mastermind behind Obama’s campaign) was awarded the Game-changer award at the We Media conference. They are launching recovery.gov today.
David gave an address via video here at the We Media conference.
He mentioned about the holy grail of politics – how to use the Internet to organize people. Rapid response isn’t just a press [...]

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Get to know yourself

What a moment for America! Obama is the 44th president of the USA. A great inaugural speech by Obama which touches everyone on this planet.
One of the readers of Andrew Sullivan’s blog writes about the difficulty that the comedians have in mocking Obama. Interesting read particularly this line – “Obama has the realness that comes [...]

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Happy New Year 2009! – शिखर के उस पार!

I wrote this poem in Hindi. A translation for my non-Hindi-speaking friends is coming soon
जीवन की दुपहरी! – ना  जाने क्या है शिखर के उस पार!
तीसरा और चौथा पहर अभी शेष है
जगमगाती दुपहरी का ये भेष है
सूर्य अपने चरम पर
आशाएं अपने परचम पर
असली जीवन तो अभी बाकी है!
क्या पहुँच पाऊँगा अपने शिखर पर?
सूर्यास्त [...]

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