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/op3.dev/e,pg=6e00562f-0386-5985-9c2c-26822923720d/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 | Youtube Music | RSS | More

Episode 109 – Phone Floppers

Michael and Michael get together this week to muse over how students can address college debt via gaming, thanks to a link from co-host Phaedra. We also look at how the Internet Archive is saving games from digital extinction, while reminiscing about some of our favorite old-school games. This brings us to a deeper discussion on how newer games with server components and digital rights management, may be disabling this preservation to continue. We end-up musing about use cases for Apple’s upcoming Watch announcement and how the smart-watch ecosystem may become yet another lock in play for the mobile ecosystem. … Continue reading

Episode 103 – Holiday Silliness

The Michaels are together again to talk about gamifying pizza delivery – based on a nugget of information in our daily Google alerts. This article gets us to go down a bunch of thought exercises around gamificaiton, 3d-printing, Möbius strips, and other fun discussions. We also follow-up from last week’s show on what games (or things) we want (or would love to give) for year end holiday gifts. Links: Lord Nibbler Gamifying Pizza Delivery 3d Printer Pizza Möbius strip What tech do we want to give or receive this holiday season: Apple Watch Watch Kit Michael Rowe’s – Wasted Time … Continue reading