Work or play? How about both?

I came across this interesting article at Gizmodo that speaks of the idea of integrating work and play to make work more enjoyable and even improve productivity:

All Work and No Play

From the article:

Why don’t we love the products we use for work as much as those we use for play? True, there are “Crackberry addicts.” But is having a highly efficient monkey on your back the same as loving your Xbox, or discovering a great Podcast? Can we make our tools more fun by making them more like playthings? And what can we learn from our toys that will make our work more engaging, productive and satisfying?

The idea surely is worthy of consideration. To be able to improve productivity using what we already have seems pretty feasible.