Gamification

Gamification is good in some ways. I use a few sites that do, like Coderwall and Khan Academy. 

Coderwall is pretty passive with regard to the badges and the tips and tricks people put up are really good. I've posted a few to Twitter. I have my GitHub linked to Coderwall so I have a few badges as well. It's nice, but more importantly it can be left alone and I don't have to think about it. Visit every now and then and check if I have any badges, awesome.

Khan Academy is a bit more interactive but it is a learning site. I like the badges and skill levels, it's another little incentive to learn stuff. Currently I'm trawling through the "World of Maths" stuff in order to improve my maths skills.

One less good example is a thing called HabitRPG. Well, less good for me. It's a site that provides some motivation to do things - like daily tasks, weekly tasks and one-time tasks. It gives you exp when you complete these things, you lose health when you don't. It's a neat idea, but I have everything laid out on a TiddlyWiki so it's near-pointless for me. It may be different for other people, so I recommend my readers give it a try.