Badge Merit (2)

By: Joshua Glenn
July 23, 2010

Last year, Randy Schmidt of Forge38 and John Young of Tikaro Interactive introduced embroidered, Velcro-backed Nerd Merit Badges. Some of them are RL versions of Foursquare badges; others include the Family Tech Support badge show above (“Requirements: You provide hardware, software, and telephone support for family computers and electronics — voluntarily or involuntarily”) and the coveted Inbox Zero badge (below).

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Second in a series of six exploring the role of badges in hilobrow culture.

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