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How gamification can save boring software from the brink

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 9, 2015

As you may be aware, gamification means the application of typical elements of game playing (e.g. point scoring, competition with others, rules of play) to software.

Not only does it help engage users, it can even be helpful in improving the user performance because of the competitive atmosphere it creates. As with almost everything else under the sun, the open source way has found its way inside gamification tools as well.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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