August 2010 26
I just killed a social game mechanic
Posted By : Adrian Chan

Techcrunch this week posted a copy of a social gaming playdeck used by SCVNGR. Social gaming is indeed hot these days. But there’s some confusion around game mechanics and social gaming dynamics. I don’t see

August 2010 24
Social media personas 2.0: The Inviter
Posted By : Adrian Chan

The inviter This is in lieu of a theoretical description, analytical observation, or research summary. It will read as fiction, but any resemblance to real people is entirely intentional. I will attempt a kind of

August 2010 19
Beyond user behavior: designing social
Posted By : Adrian Chan

I’d like to mediate briefly on a topic that’s also a recurring interest of mine — and one relevant to social interaction design. It’s the matter of user behavior. It circulates now and then within

August 2010 17
Social commerce
Posted By : Adrian Chan

The curious case of social commerce is upon us. And it raises interesting questions for the social interaction designer. I will here allow some of these to beg and grovel. If you have been a

May 2010 13
The Reality of Social Media
Posted By : Adrian Chan

The internet changes over time. That the technology has evolved is obvious. But how we use the internet is also changing. So we have two conceptual distinctions — technology and people — that we frequently