Developing UX

Stephen was the first person that really got me to think about game theory as it relates to general application design. Then my friends at Improving Enterprises introduced me to Luke Hohmann and his Innovation Games approach to product management and games like “buy a feature”. I’m certain that their is much more work that needs to be done in this field. Think about it. Game theory flips “traditional” usability on it heels. Every application that I’ve ever worked on “easy to use” was one of the requirements. In games, “too easy” is a negative. Challenging, engaging, rewarding and FUN are the goals the rule the day. This talk by Jesse Schell really drove this point home for me.

Carnegie Mellon University Professor, Jesse Schell, dives into a world of game development which will emerge from the popular “Facebook Games” era.

- Enjoy!

The Developer Challenge that I announced on Friday is gaining some awesome momentum! The Facebook group now has over 80 members (in 3 days) and in addition to the MSDN Team Suit that I am giving away, Brian Sampica has offered up a Zune, and the VSTS Team just added a VSTS Logo’d 80GB Black Zune to the mix!

Catch all of the details over on my health blog – Less of Me – then get ready to get active in February!