Smart Tools for Smart Power
It’s not every day that the Deputy CTO to the White House compliments your work. Beth Noveck (Deputy Chief Technology Officer, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy) gave a great keynote outlining the new initiatives of the Obama administration regards games and digital media at the Smart Tools for Smart Power Conference.
I put forward a question via the online chat room asking about the metrics of quality for gaming in these situations since it is such a subjective medium. Beth gave a great answer about how success is not always about numbers of people engaging, but creating new opportunities for people to engage in the ways in which they want to engage.
In a preface to her answer Beth quite unexpectedly complimented my design work and the projects I run with students at RMIT University, and also said it is “… interesting and imaginative work on rethinking the use of public spaces …”. I met Beth a few years back at the New York Law School and it’s great to see her knowledge and interest in this area define the innovative use of digital media to address government initiatives.
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hey greg,
good for you, well done.