Jamaipanese - exclusive interview part II, with a twist

On September 13, 2007 in Interviews

If you were here for yesterday’s chat with Kirk from Jamaipanese.com you were promised a surprise and I am not going to make you wait any longer… well, maybe just a bit longer.

Speech:

This blog was launched because we believe many unique Japan-related bloggers and webmasters deserve more recognition and readership, that they each have a unique story to tell. And from the time we first started talking to bloggers and webmasters about launching Daily J we have had some amazing responses. We’ve had a lot of well wishing, support, positive feedback and more. This all leads me to believe that we have hit on something that is really useful. But what really encourages me is this:

“I am impressed by your email and i have decided to anything i am able to do in order to help you with your projects…related to your soon to be launched blog “DailyJ” I would very much like it if it would be possible for me to join up with you as partners on the project. I have experience in web development and I think I would be an asset to your team.”

Kirk, Welcome to the team!

If you have visited the official Nipponster blog and read that blog’s subtitle, you know that Nipponster is run by three crazy dreamers who plan to:

1. better organise and enhance ALL of the Japan-related content online
2. make the web a better place for Japan-enthusiasts

(A little idealistic? )

I think the rest of this interview will prove beyond a doubt that Kirk will fit in…

First, every crazy dreamer needs an outlandish mission -

Daily J: What is the mission of Jamaipanese?

Kirk: My site’s mission is to share my interests with the world so that I can meet people with similar interests………and then together we can plot our conquest of the world, with Tokyo as the capital ^_^

Second, they need to love the readers -

Daily J: What’s your favourite part of running your blog?

Kirk: Feedback, emails and questions from my visitors. I have met a couple good friends through my blog and I am excited about what the future holds.

They have to love projects -

Daily J: What are some of the interesting projects you are working on?

Kirk: I am gathering information and writing articles for a new feature for my blog I am currently calling “Factual Fridays”, on Fridays I will soon start to post self written articles on things related Jamaica, Japan or anything of interest to me that is covered on my blog.

They have to be net geeks -

Daily J: What difficulties did you face when starting your site and what advice do you have for other bloggers?

Kirk: Waiting until I was able to register my own domain instead of starting it on a free service like blogger or wordpress. Register your own domain, participate on and visit similar blogs, be special and try to give visitors a reason to return.

I think we’ve found ourselves another crazy dreamer! It’s been great interviewing you, Kirk, and I look forward to working with you. Thank you for the interview. And thank you everyone for reading!

Have a good day

From Daily J

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