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Simplicity + Achievements = Powerful

Simplicity

Simplicity you get, so I'm not going to over-complicate a simple subject.

+ Achievements

Achievements, however, are a somewhat recent development in the web app space, most of the recent press being thrust on Foursquare.  You didn't think it blew up because people wanted to just "check in", did you?  And with a few other features being released in the next week or so, they may fix some of my gripes (a post for  a different day). However, the latest inspiration came by way of a small development shop, Panic, that spits out some of the best web design coding software out there.  They said it best in their blog post today, The Panic Status Board, referencing the internal and visually simplistic app they just streamed to a TV mounted to their office wall: Les, one of our support guys, said it best after a week: “That board is like magic.” Our support turnaround time is faster than it’s ever been. Just the simple act of “publicizing” those numbers — not in a cruel way, but a “where are we at as a group?” way — has kept the support process on-task and, I think, made it a bit more like a video game. (It helps that when all the boxes are at “zero”, a virtual bottle of champagne appears on-screen, and a physical one is likely removed from the fridge.)

= Powerful

Stop and read those last two sentences again.  Powerful.  Then study this pic again.  Then click through to their blog and read the post in it's entirety (it's short).
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You should follow @seanMeverett on Twitter here. UPDATE: if you want to hack one of these achievement boards together yourself, you can find a tutorial on Dashboard Confessional.
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