Over at our sponsor Intel's My Life Scoop site, I wrote about several apps to make chores and fitness more like a game:
For the last year, gamification has been on an accelerated hype/hope/backlash/spin cycle. If you believe the buzz (and you mostly shouldn't), there's not much in life — from boring business tasks to retail "experiences" to sex — that can't be improved by adding a leaderboard and levels. Ok, I'm exaggerating and it would be a waste to dismiss the benefits of thoughtful game mechanics and, well, fun, when it's appropriate and well-applied. So with that in mind, here are a few gamification apps that are smart ideas and might be useful, if you need the kind of nudge that some friendly competition (even with just yourself) can provide…
