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moving my blogging

Dear amazing, intelligent reader -- I moved my blogging over to Octopress, which is now occupying marciovm.com.  If you have an RSS reader, subscribe here.  If not, the best way to follow me is on Twitter, @marciovm.  

Happy travels.

-Marcio

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Vi at Pompeii

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Elevator

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Taken at Chirply HQ

Hazy SF

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Funny this is still a static display

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Taken at San Francisco International Airport (SFO)

Cal train

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Taken at Caltrain Station

Berkeley Kite Festival

social psychology of video games

Nice breakdown by BJ Fogg:

Computer games may be the purest example of technology using operant conditioning. They are effective platforms for administering reinforcements and punishments, with a bit of narrative and plot layered on top.

From "Persuasive Technologies", from 2002.  I'm really enjoying this book.  It's very helpful in understanding the human <==> computer interface of products.  The technology has changed but people stay the same.  
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