On Episode one, Joseph was fortunate to catch up with Ken Brady (CEO) and Adam Johnson (COO) of Genkii.com at the Appliya monthly party.

Ken is, according to his profile, “multiple kinds of geek: writer, actor, director, producer, tech futurist, political junkie, and all-around media whore” and thus more than qualified to act as CEO of one of the brightest little companies to be emerging onto the big stage of iPhone app developers based in Tokyo.

Adam meanwhile has always been ahead of the game. “His foray into all things tech began at the ripe age of five, poking his way through programming with his Commodore 64. Fascinated by shiny new tech, he first got involved with virtual worlds over ten years ago.”

The other 50% of the Genkii crew are made up of the immensely talented Yuki Saeki (CCO) and Jeff Ames (CTO), “A scantily haired being powered mostly by espresso and rice balls, it spends a large portion of its time in cool, dark places.”

Their characters are clearly reflected in their company vision:

Genkii is:

Genkii is not:

In the interview for Japan Podshow Ken and Adam talked about their virtual world for the iPhone project, Sparkle which in March 2009 received massive publicity after it appeared on Techcrunch. It’s available now on the iTunes App Store.

Keep an eye open for the Genkii crew – they are destined for greatness.