BJ Fogg's book on Persuasive Technology talks about the reward system being one of the many ways in which technology could be used to motivate changes in behavior. There are also examples provided within each discussion topic.
Interestingly...what Jesse and Anne are talking about is also one of the methods in the book. Its called tunneling which involves guiding the person step by step, till the end goal is reached. Here are some related links... http://captology.stanford.edu/ http://www.bjfogg.com/ Hope this helps! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=44855 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help