Codename Journeys

We will be attending “Virtual Worlds 2008”

We would love to see you there. If you’d like to set a meeting please send an e mail to yael@codename-journeys.com .

In additional, we welcome you to join us and receive a 10% discount by using JRYS as your discount code.

See you !

Matt Vella met with us a couple of weeks a go and god a first glimpse at the main features we will introduce in Journeys.

He did a wonderful piece on Journeys in Business Week’s great Games Inc blog.

Thanks Matt ! 

http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/gamesinc/archives/2008/02/journeys_the_vi.html

A wonderful tribute here for a great explorer. He was an inspiration for us all.

 Photograph by Dean Purcell/Getty Images

Once again NORAD tracks Santa, as he flying over our Earth, brining joy and gifts to everyone. This year their “Google Earth” layer is better, check it out !

It is a great way to connect geo, fun and content.

http://www.noradsanta.org/

From all of us at Journeys, have a great Holiday season and a remarkable 2008 !

Benchmark Capital partner Bill Gurley said the real problem is simply that “We’re all getting old.” Addressing a group of investors, .”…..A number of people past the age of 37 are completely like your grandparents who got offended when they saw Elvis on TV shaking his hips.”

See

http://www.techconfidential.com/vc-ratings/vc-ratings/alwayson-too-old-to-have-an-av.php

We got a mention (a big one) at Media Week !

http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/departments/features/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003679920

Lightspeed with a new article on asynchronous play. http://lsvp.wordpress.com/2007/11/29/games-20-asynchronous-gaming/

I liked this quote:

Part of the appeal of MMOGs (whether World of Warcraft or Puzzle Pirates) is knowing that you’re “in game” with thousands of other people at the same time, each of them interacting with the same universe that you are.

How can we make you “feel” that you are part of something big, without spending all that time playing online ?

We are working hard to do just that.

More verbose than usual today.

We just spotted a great point from Michael Eisenberg Blog regarding what you and young adult audiences are interested in. Focus on:
The salient point in my mind that emerged today is that younger people today are more interested in other people rather than packaged and produced entertainment. They want to do things with friends, hear from them, share with them and find ever-more ways to interact with them. 

Yes. This is obviously the great wave. Its UGC. Its social media and social networks in reticular. It’s the mini feed and statuses in our IMs and Facebook(s). It is all over and people just can’t get enough.

It is fun and its time consuming. A true entertainment for the new generation.

Earth

What a wonderful place. Its big, its great and once you move 50 miles off from your chair and desktop computer, you can see great things.

Photocritic just published a great “top 12″ photos from Earth Shots. What a wonderful place we live in

http://www.photocritic.org/2007/happy-birthday-earth-shots/

Enjoy