@swyx@akothari@NotionHQ@ivan The most memorable story of these for me is @JoeFernandez stalking the owner on X, then showing up and sliding an envelope with $5k in cash across a restaurant table to get klout dot com
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Friends, I’m excited to announce that my new book, Everybody Wins, will be out this October with Penguin Random House, and is now available for preorder!
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What makes great video games so satisfying, engaging, and retentive? Some twenty years ago, when EA Sports and The Sims were at the peak of their powers, I wondered if I could recreate the magic of video games in other kinds of consumer products, and other walks of life entirely. What I came back with was my “Gamification Checklist,” which broke down the elements of great games and franchises, and began to imagine how I could export it.
I’ve taken what I know from decades in the games business to help build newer companies and products like Amazon Prime, Zynga, Duolingo, Spotify, Twitch, Coursera, Pokémon Go, Take Two, Cameo, Thrive Global, My Fitness Pal, and Alan Health. Now, daughter Chloe and I have written a book to share my “Gamification Checklist” with, well, everyone.
I wrote Everybody Wins to share my stories and lessons from more than four decades in the biggest entertainment industry in the world. If you’re building a product, a company, a game, or classroom curriculum, if you’re a fan of gaming, a founder or a leader, or even a parent trying to understand Roblox better, my hope is that this book offers a new lens on what it means to succeed and why, in the best systems, everybody wins.
@EllliotttB We need to bring back @klout. There's way too much slop getting attention. Give it to the people who are authentic, with takes grounded in common sense. cc @JoeFernandez
One thing I see in my neighborhood in LA with Prop 13 is that there are at least 8 houses in a 2 block radius that have been empty for 5+ years. People who owned them have passed and it's so cheap for their kids just to leave it sitting. Bad for the neighborhood and city
@Janastas@BeesBytes22 yeah there's definitely an element of that. i've seen the kids checking on some of these houses and they are clearly older and more established themselves