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ARTICLE – Gamification apps allow you to combine routine life situations with role-playing games (RPGs) that will keep you engaged while you work to accomplish your goals. If you struggle with self-discipline and motivation, then gamification apps are for you.
These apps give you the opportunity to earn points, badges and other incentives by challenging yourself and being able to compete with others.
Gamifying your life can be done both at work and at home. By using gamification for everyday to-dos, you can transform the way you get stuff done. Gamification can also be an effective tool for at work to impact employee productivity and increase workplace engagement.
These seven apps can help you turn routine life events into the fun situations you wish they were.
Habitca provides you with a simple and fun experience, while you strive to accomplish your goals. With Habitca, you can input your to-do and task lists into the app to keep track of everything you want to complete. From there, you will create a custom avatar and earn points to upgrade your character as you finish items from your lists.
This app is great for motivating yourself to get tasks done as you go about your day. Habitca will allow you to stay on track as you seek to develop new habits.
Struggling to motivate yourself to get those boring to-dos on your list completed? With the Do It Now gamification app, you can track your own personal growth as you develop a routine for those less exciting tasks. This app gives you the mental boost you need to get things done.
Do It Now allows you to create a virtual character and develop your online self as you complete items on your list. It’s a classic RPG that motivates you to move forward with your personal tasks as you look to level up your online character.
The MeetingPlay app allows you to transform the way you run events and engage your audience. Gamifying your events can be done at work and other social situations when you need to get people involved and engaged.
With this custom event app, you can use gamification to your benefit when you host your next event. Using gamification at work can go a long way in boosting the motivation and productivity of employees.
Building habits and breaking habits can both be difficult if you try doing it on your own. The Thirty app allows you to try new things so that you can develop healthy habits in your every-day life. Create challenges within the app and track your success as you keep up your habit day by day.
Another great feature of the Thirty app is that you can easily share your success with your friends to let them know how you are doing. Complete daily, weekly and monthly challenges to ultimately better yourself and improve your lifestyle!
SuperBetter offers a gamified way to help you conquer your to-do list or break from habits that are unhealthy to your well-being. This app can help you become the person you want to with an RPG theme designed to help you overcome setbacks and take on new experiences.
Gamification is used in this app by taking the goals and tasks you input and developing quests and challenges for you to overcome as you track your personal progression. This app checks all the boxes in a gamification app that is built to help you become the best version of yourself.
Do you tend to feel less productive every time you pick up your phone? It is common to lose focus and concentration when you are on your phone scrolling through apps. The Forest app is designed to help you concentrate when your mind is bouncing all over the place.
This app allows you to plant and build your own virtual forest. To keep you around, the app is designed to “kill” off your plants when you leave the app and lose focus. Forest allows for you to reach the sense of achievement and responsibility as you plant and grow your own online forest.
Gamification apps have even been developed to help you achieve your fitness goals. With the Zombies, Run! running game, enter into a zombie-filled world that forces you to keep running as you develop your virtual “safe space.”
This gamification app is perfect for you if you want to try a new way to motivate yourself to get outside and exercise. Enjoy a fun and thrilling experience the next time you go for a run.
Who says playing isn’t productive? With these apps, adding a little fun into your day can give you the boost and focus you need to get your to-do list done.
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Using Dropbox on Linux used to be very easy. For many people, it still is. If you happen to use a filesystem other than Ext4, however, it is suddenly much harder. Fortunately, you’re not completely out of luck. What’s the Problem? For a long time Dropbox supported most any filesystem you wanted to use, then the company quietly announced that it was dropping support for what it calls “uncommon” filesystems. In the case of Linux that means anything aside from Ext4. You might have seen messages saying “Dropbox will stop syncing. Move your Dropbox folder to a supported file system.” Another error message is… Read more
REVIEW – I drink coffee every morning on the way to work and while I’m at work. Given this, it’s important to me that a thermal bottle do two things well: maintain temperature and not leak. The Purist Collective Mover, 18-ounce bottle does both of these things well quite well.
The Mover is one of three bottles available from the Purist Collective. The other two, the Maker and the Founder, are smaller (10oz.) and larger (56oz.) respectively. Each bottle features a self-cleaning glass lined interior that’s designed to not retain odors. You can also choose from three muted colors such as gray, beige or, as in the case of the one that I received, black, or one that’s unfinished. No matter what bottle you chose a selection of three types of lids are available: one that allows for sipping coffee and other hot beverages, and another more suited to drinking water.
The Mover feels well built and has a nice heft to it. The outside coating is slightly textured and provides a good gripping surface when held. The lid screws on tightly and the integrated handle allows you to hook your fingers through it for carry or use a clip to hang it off your bag. The wide mouth and minimal threading make the Mover a great bottle to drink from directly. It’s as cup/mug-like as a thermal bottle could be.
The issue I have with the lid is that there is no way to drink from the bottle unless it is completely removed. As I like to drink on my way to work, this makes it all but impossible. The other lid designed for sipping would probably help with this, although it isn’t available as of this writing.
In order to see how well the Mover held temperature, I filled it with 204-degree water, screwed on the lid and then checked it every two hours over an 8 hour period to monitor the temperature drop. On average, the Mover lost 20 degrees per two-hour block. This was slow enough to keep the water (or coffee) pleasantly warm after eight hours.
I also carried the Mover to and from work every day for a week. I stored it inside my backpack and didn’t experience any leaking. The finish held up well after being knocked around with the rest of the stuff in my bag.
After a week I switched out coffee for water and used it around the house. No previous odors or taste from the coffee were detected. I would note, however, that the bottom of the lid is plastic and I could still smell a bit of coffee on it even after rinsing it in the sink. This did not impact the flavor of the water.
The Mover is a well-made bottle that feels solid and has good thermal retention properties. Having a lid that would allow you to drink directly from the Mover would be a great addition.
Price: $48.00
Where to buy: Purist Collective
Source: The sample of this product was provided by Purist Collective.
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Purist Collective Mover thermal bottle review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on March 18, 2019 at 11:00 am.
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