Abstract

In this talk I discuss about my personal experience with the self-tracking device NikeFuel. I re-interpret the notion of
engagement, a key concept in the literature on gamification and the QS, where it is used to express the attachment that the user feels with the self-tracking device. Engagement is also the term used to describe the particular moment in a couple's relationship when they are about to commit to a more binding relationship. What sorts of engagement is NikeFuel promoting? What is at stake with breaking up the engagement with one's own quantified self? In this talk I
argue that our gamified lives have a problem with the idea of movement and change, a problem which is particularly evident in NikeFuel, and which prevents the possibility of a more challenging, involving and fun gamification.