Comments on: Video gaming and the office http://www.davidkspencer.com/2008/12/09/video-gaming-and-the-office/ Thriving in the 21st century workplace Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:12:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: jfbrown42 http://www.davidkspencer.com/2008/12/09/video-gaming-and-the-office/comment-page-1/#comment-2670 jfbrown42 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:01:44 +0000 http://www.davidkspencer.com/?p=207#comment-2670 Yes. I've decided that some of the skills/challenges might be appropriate for my resume, but I won't be listing the gaming organization on it, for the reason you cited. Yes. I’ve decided that some of the skills/challenges might be appropriate for my resume, but I won’t be listing the gaming organization on it, for the reason you cited.

]]> By: Dave http://www.davidkspencer.com/2008/12/09/video-gaming-and-the-office/comment-page-1/#comment-1081 Dave Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:04:50 +0000 http://www.davidkspencer.com/?p=207#comment-1081 Interesting question JFB! For obvious reasons being involved in running a volunteer organization with hundreds (even thousands) of members is valuable experience. But once video gaming comes into it, (some) people will look at it sideways. Interesting question JFB!

For obvious reasons being involved in running a volunteer organization with hundreds (even thousands) of members is valuable experience. But once video gaming comes into it, (some) people will look at it sideways.

]]> By: jfbrown42 http://www.davidkspencer.com/2008/12/09/video-gaming-and-the-office/comment-page-1/#comment-1076 jfbrown42 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:20:14 +0000 http://www.davidkspencer.com/?p=207#comment-1076 I'm a member of the same online gaming community Dave is. Dave, over in ABGW we use Teamspeak for management conference calls when we have a time-sensitive crisis to deal with. We're lucky that we don't have many of those issues to deal with, but I'd say having voice communication definitely helps tie the community (and the admin team) closer together. Interesting concept. I wonder if I should add my AB experience to my resume? I’m a member of the same online gaming community Dave is.

Dave, over in ABGW we use Teamspeak for management conference calls when we have a time-sensitive crisis to deal with. We’re lucky that we don’t have many of those issues to deal with, but I’d say having voice communication definitely helps tie the community (and the admin team) closer together.

Interesting concept. I wonder if I should add my AB experience to my resume?

]]> By: Dave http://www.davidkspencer.com/2008/12/09/video-gaming-and-the-office/comment-page-1/#comment-868 Dave Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:10:03 +0000 http://www.davidkspencer.com/?p=207#comment-868 Very good point! Dealing with a distributed group of people primarily via text is a poor substitute for face-to-face (but is a management challenge lots of us face in the corporate world too!). Our community does make use of real time voice communications (via a TeamSpeak server we host), but I think its primary use is still for tactical in-game situations and not larger-scale social interactions. Very good point! Dealing with a distributed group of people primarily via text is a poor substitute for face-to-face (but is a management challenge lots of us face in the corporate world too!).

Our community does make use of real time voice communications (via a TeamSpeak server we host), but I think its primary use is still for tactical in-game situations and not larger-scale social interactions.

]]> By: Cameron Smith http://www.davidkspencer.com/2008/12/09/video-gaming-and-the-office/comment-page-1/#comment-861 Cameron Smith Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:28:13 +0000 http://www.davidkspencer.com/?p=207#comment-861 Its interesting that while I'm not a manager @ EMC I face many of the same difficulties you express in WoW. Something that worries me is the size of our community, the involvement outside of our core members and the ability to grow when turnover happens. I dont know if you have ever used a service like Ventrillo (much like Skype) as part of an online community. Being able to talk in real time with voice inflection has solved countless problems versus text. -Cameron Its interesting that while I’m not a manager @ EMC I face many of the same difficulties you express in WoW.

Something that worries me is the size of our community, the involvement outside of our core members and the ability to grow when turnover happens.

I dont know if you have ever used a service like Ventrillo (much like Skype) as part of an online community. Being able to talk in real time with voice inflection has solved countless problems versus text.

-Cameron

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