Links for 2007-12-14

In Links on 14 December 2007 with 2 comments

• Dopplr Blog » Dopplr launches at LeWeb3 in Paris
  Dopplr has launched. If you’re not in there yet, make sure you sign up. It truly is a beautiful part of the web, not ‘just’ a beautiful web site.
  (tags: web social travel serendipity dopplr launch)
• GameSetWatch – COLUMN: ‘The Aberrant Gamer’: The Year’s Best Characters
  Article on this year’s best game characters wraps up by naming “you” a memorable character (much like TIME did a while back). The authors perpetuation of the story/game dichotomy jars me a little to be honest.
  (tags: stories games characters players social gaming play)
• YouTube – Shaking cellphones reveal what’s inside
  Video of some sweet phone interactions: shaking your phone to feel how many messages are in your inbox, or how much juice is left in your battery — literally!
  (tags: gestures shaking phones mobile tangible physical interactions IxD interactiondesign videos)
• The Ecology of Games – The MIT Press
  “This volume looks at games as systems in which young users participate, as gamers, producers, and learners.”
  (tags: games gaming play systems books youth learning)
• Stupid sexy Flanders « Adam Greenfield’s Speedbird
  Greenfield interviewed by a Belgian IT mag. Recommended reading for my Dutch speaking friends.
  (tags: dutch flemish belgium netherlands NL BE adamgreenfield everyware ubicomp userexperience UX ethnography opensource interviews)
• Website van het Jaar, 2007
  Congratulations to my friends at Info.nl with the award for Volkskrant Banen!
  (tags: awards nl netherlands nederland volkskrant banen carriere)

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1. Speaking, Lots and Lots of Speaking
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3. Notes on Play, Exploration, Challenge and Learning

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