I’ve been struggling to find a problem that feels right to address with my thesis project. My initial thesis ideas were unique in some ways, but here are a three reasons I’m back at the drawing board:
1. thatgamecompany.com
2. delicious-monster.com
3. geni.com
Smile capturing is a new idea that might have some traction, but then again, maybe not. In the meantime, below is a partial list of people / topics I’ve been investigating:
Linda Stone – continuous partial attention
Merlin Mann – getting things done
Martin Seligman – positive psychology
Zoran Josipovic – nonduality
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi – flow theory for optimal experience
Jenova Chen – flow in games
Johan Huizinga – homo ludens
Nathan Eagle – reality mining
Joseph Beuys – fluxus movement
Guy Ernest Debord – situationists + spectacle
Zak Miller – feel good day
Jane McGonigal – arg’s for social good
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On another note, I installed and played Crayon Physics for the first time today. I also attended a talk by Joshua Spodek about Submedia World. Both were pretty satisfying. Thanks, Syed. Thanks, ITP.