links for 2010-09-07

Maneki Neko — ScottWiki

Lovely short story by Bruce Sterling about a future gift economy. The system he describes works great as a literary device but for it to work in real life I think it would require some discernible feedback for individual users.

(tags: manekineko brucesterling gifts economies sciencefiction scifi fiction)
Infovore ” What I Mean When I Talk About Games Literacy

“play more games, make more games” Tom is right.

(tags: TomArmitage play games literacy making thinking design)

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Designer turned design researcher. Postdoc at TU Delft. Exploring contestable AI. View all posts by Kars Alfrink