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April 05, 2006
lucky magazine: how i'm wired
name: jane mcgonigal
occupation: game designer
location: emeryville, ca
twenty-eight-year-old technophile jane mcgonigal has one of the most facinating jobs we've ever heard of: "basically, i create mass-scale recreational tournaments for grown-ups, which are played out in everyday public spaces," she says. the events, which usually focus on solving a mystery, can involve hundreds of participants and often turn into enormous urban scavenger hunts - so mcgonigal relies on devices like gps navigators and undercover radio transmitters to do everything from giving players clues to keeping all the various proceedings running smoothly. here, she reveals the gadgets that make her must-have list. -emily hsieh
my business is very collaborative, so i'm always sharing files. i count on this tiny usb drive: it plugs into any computer and stores all the documents and photos i need. mimoco 1gb protobot1
Posted by mimoco at April 5, 2006 02:38 AM
         
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