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Well I had mentioned this in a previous post but I thought I might as well add a separate post for it as its quite a big bit of personal news.



Today was my first day at my new job in Wilmslow (20 mins south of manchester) with a new startup named Playdemic.

I cant say what exactly it is im going to be doing yet but it will be Flash related as usual ;)

I will say however, that I am very excited however about the work and the working environment, im eager to get cracking!

[![logo](/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/logo.png "logo")](/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/logo.png)

Since [GameJacket went under](https://www.mikecann.blog/photos-personal/fare-the-well-gamejacket/) I have been looking for the next thing. I had a few offers but the one I went for in the end was the [MMOLife](https://www.mmolife.org/) studio based in Manchester. Ill be working with some of the people from GameJacket which is good as I know we work well together and I am familiar with the processes. I cant say exactly what I will be working on just that its flash based and ties in with what I have been doing in my previous roles at GameJacket and Dubit and in my own personal projects.

I have been here for two days now and still getting settled in but I think im going to enjoy myself is this relaxed yet professional atmosphere. Im looking forward to getting stuck in with the workload but at the same time hoping that it wont consume all my energies as I still want to concentrate much of my personal time onto my own projects ;)

![sorrygj](/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/sorrygj.gif "sorrygj")

As it has now [been posted](https://support.gamejacket.com/forums/19376/entries/40976) on the GameJacket Support site I guess its okay for me to announce too that GameJacket finished trading on the 8th while I was [away in Canada](https://www.mikecann.blog/?p=554).



I have had an excellent time at the little start-up and have learnt alot about both technical aspects of the web but also about how a small business works and functions. Its sad to see GJ go as it had so much promise in the early days. Without the funding for expansion however we were never going to be able to compete with the multi-million pound Mochi Ads.

On the last day before I took off on my trip we all had a little farewell party in the office. A little wine tasting and some cheese and crackers. The pictures and a video are [on my Picassa](https://picasaweb.google.com/mike.cann/FarewellGJ09#), but here are a couple:

[![](https://lh3.ggpht.com/_vZ6zE_QJfu0/SjpSlANQ3pI/AAAAAAAAZ7k/gUNnRBb1LaI/s288/DSC03738.JPG)](https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/kt-QnclqVpz1Ai5HdrE55A?feat=embedwebsite)[![](https://lh4.ggpht.com/_vZ6zE_QJfu0/SjpSiYzg1WI/AAAAAAAAZ7Q/3YmKiuP37YY/s288/DSC03736.JPG)](https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/vwnFuHInOwfR0nRBkqzlNA?feat=embedwebsite)

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