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ShuffleBrain at Etech 2007Amy Jo Kim will be offering an Etech tutorial on applying game mechanics to social software.

GDC Mobile SlidesScott and Amy Jo Kim's "Power to the Players" slides from GDC are now available online.

Community Building ebookAmy Jo Kim's popular book, 'Community Building on the Web,' is now available from Peachpit as a PDF download.

Generation WeThe Kim family is featured in an article about the changing media habits of today's kids.

Virtual Parenting for FunAmy Jo Kim is quoted in a Cnet article about new trends in simulation games.

NextGen honors CBOTW'Community Building on the Web' selected by Next Generation as a "must-read book" for the games industry.

Sudoku for KidsThinkFun just published two new ShuffleBrain-designed games, Sudoku 5x5 and Sudoku Junior 4x4

Shufflebrain at SuperNovaAmy Jo Kim spoke on a panel at SuperNova 2006, and BusinessWekk has a good writeup of her main points.

Exploratorium Puzzle PartyScott Kim was a featured speaker at the Exploratorium Puzzle Party - June 3-4, 2006, in San Francisco.

Interiew with Amy Jo KimAmy Jo is interviewed as part of the Women in Mobile series

GDC Slides Available HereHere are the slides from our GDC2006 talk

Etech Blogs ShuffleBrain talkShuffleBrain's presentation got an excellent, detailed writeup on the official Etech blog.

Etech Slides Available HereBy popular demand, here are Amy Jo's Etech slides - enjoy!

ShuffleBrain at Etech 2006At the O'Reilly Emerging Technologies conference, Amy Jo Kim explained how to "Put the Fun in Functional."

IGN reviews Daily Puzzle"Daily Puzzle is an extremely good value. For a one-month subscription, you get 90 puzzles, plus the 21 puzzles offered up right away after downloading from the previous seven days. The presentation is clean and simple, making it a breeze to navigate."

Tales of a Mathematical Puzzle DesignerScott Kim spoke recently at San Jose State about his design process for creating puzzles for magazines, cellphones and PCs.

PlayFirst signs ShuffleBrain to development dealCasual games publisher PlayFirst has announced a development deal with Shufflebrain, co-founded by puzzle designer Scott Kim.

Social Identity in the Mobile WorldAmy Jo Kim spoke about social trends in mobile applications and games at a recent Mobile Monday gathering.

Making Wireless Roaming FunAmy Jo Kim interviewed by WIRED news about location-based mobile games.

Commerce Drives Virtual WorldAmy Jo Kim interviewed by WIRED news about virtual world economies.

Linking Like Minds - Forbes ASAPAmy Jo Kim interviewed by FORBES about online community volunteer programs.