{"id":3281,"date":"2013-02-09T17:42:58","date_gmt":"2013-02-10T00:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=3281"},"modified":"2014-09-12T11:48:01","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T17:48:01","slug":"where-ive-been-to-feb-9-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2013\/02\/09\/where-ive-been-to-feb-9-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Where I&#8217;ve Been (to Feb. 9 2013)"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><ul class=\"diigo-linkroll\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/TomGrantForr\/corporate-serious-games-are-changing-the-rules-of-product-development\">Corporate Serious Games Are Changing The Rules Of Product Development<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">Corporate Serious Games Are Changing The Rules Of Product Development<br \/>\nby Tom Grant on Sep 03, 2011<\/p>\n<p>2,875 views<\/p>\n<p>For software developers, serious games provide new ways to gain insights into customers and make smarter decisions faster. In many respects, serious games complement Agile, Lean, and other process improvements. While serious games have general application in innovation, we are using software development as a starting point for understanding their potential.<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\"><span>tags:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/games\">games<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/development\">development<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/product\">product<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/serious_games\">serious_games<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"diigo-ps\">Posted from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\">Diigo<\/a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"nuan_ria_plugin\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-3281'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(3281);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(3281);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(3281);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Corporate Serious Games Are Changing The Rules Of Product Development Corporate Serious Games Are Changing The Rules Of Product Development by Tom Grant on Sep 03, 2011 2,875 views For software developers, serious games provide new ways to gain insights &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2013\/02\/09\/where-ive-been-to-feb-9-2013\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[127,76],"class_list":["post-3281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-games","category-general","tag-game-design","tag-serious-games"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-QV","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4164,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/08\/09\/comparing-gamification-serious-games-and-simulations\/","url_meta":{"origin":3281,"position":0},"title":"Comparing Gamification, Serious Games and Simulations","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"August 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Comparing Gamification, Serious Games and Simulations. \u00a0 My last post complained about being shut down on several LinkedIn groups because I disagreed with the poster. 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