About Michael Rowe

Michael Rowe is the co-founder and co-host of GamesAtWork.biz. He maintains the website http://www.michaelrowe01.com.

Episode 112 – Persistent Personality Profile

It’s May and the co-hosts are all together to talk about gaming internet security. Michael R describes two different approaches to gaming internet security he saw at the recent RSA Conference, and challenges his co-hosts and you the listener to come up ways of improving both of them. We also discuss which games we are playing. Show Links: RSA Conference Mavi Interactive Blizzard Ban’s Cheaters Star Wars Commander Alto’s Adventure Flower Game http://media.blubrry.com/gamesatwork/gamesatwork.biz/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Episode-112-Persistent-Personality-Profile.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 32:52 — 22.7MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Podcast Index | Email | … Continue reading

What’s been going on

There is something about spring that seems to impact our co-hosts getting together.  Between the demands of work schedules, conferences, and holidays with friends and family I would like to apologize for the infrequency of our podcast.  At one point in time we had planned on having a bunch of reserve episodes in backup that we could post, but that is not really fair to you, the listeners.  So for this week, I am going to write a quick post about some interesting things I’ve seen lately. My schedule has been impacted by a bunch of customer visits and conferences … Continue reading

Episode 111 – What does a tweet feel like?

The Michaels are back with another exciting episode of Games At Work dot Biz. We look at the taptic engine design for the upcoming Apple Watch and begin positing what a tweet might feel like. These design considerations of what goes into this question brings us to a discussion on how to design a new experience. How many different ways do you want to feel your notifications? Is a Tweet the same as a SMS, a iMessage notification, or a direct message? Would you want notifications for a specific hashtag? We then extend the discussion to look at a haptic … Continue reading

Episode 110 – Watching the Apple Watch Watchers

The Michaels’ geek out this week when we think thru ResearchKit and it’s implications for healthcare and health research. Can you find the game in health research? We think there are a plenty out there. Showlinks: Apple has Sprung! Utopia Limited http://media.blubrry.com/gamesatwork/gamesatwork.biz/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Episode-110-Watching-the-Apple-Watch-Watchers.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 17:33 — 12.2MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Podcast Index | Email | Youtube Music | RSS | More