Archive for January, 2008
Submit or suffer the wrath of Segata Sanshiro! - the official Tofugu world domination interview
On January 31, 2008 in Interviews, bloggers
It’s here. It’s wonderful. It’s … wonky
I am excited to bring you the first part of an interview with our new panda-headed overload Koichi of Tofugu.com! Today he is going to show you why Japan has Chuck Norris beat.
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Despite what you might have read about Chuck Norris Facts (which have even been translated into Japanese on Rocking In Hakata) there is someone you should fear even more than the famous Texas ranger.
DailyJ: Segata Sanshiro is so awesome. Is it really possible that he could have been destroyed by that nuclear bomb? Should we be playing Sega Saturn just in case?
Koichi: Everyone should at least be playing the Dreamcast, in Segata Sanshiro’s memory. Shenmue is awesome, and Segata Sanshiro voice acted one of the characters in it.
I don’t know about you but I think I am going to go out looking for an old Sega Saturn tomorrow…
Speaking of tomorrow be sure to join us then (or better, subscribe now) when we will have some more Q and A with Koichi.
Until then be sure to visit Tofugu
Have a great day!
DailyJ
Post #26 of “The Japan-related Web” guest-blogging-series on Rising Sun of Nihon
On January 31, 2008 in #The Japan-related Web Debate
| If you are just joining us, this month Bill from Rising Sun Of Nihon has invited me to use his blog as a platform where we can all come together and discuss the Japan-related web! Here is today’s snippet. |
“How can assisting others increase my traffic? I know it is a nice thing to do, but does it
increase traffic?”
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Japan Meme Fun!
On January 30, 2008 in Community building
<–One of Deas’ Japanese LOL cats 
To warm everyone’s laughing muscles up for our upcoming interview (with some very funny people) I am attempting humour by passing on this meme I found on Erizabesu’s blog, Basic Black. I think the idea is to answer the questions on your own blog, but I’m not sure and I figured I better not bother Erizabesu about it because she knows ninjutsu!
Anyway, here goes:
1. What’s your favorite Japanese food?
shabu shabu or yakitori (which also seems to be my unofficial nickname. Tori -> yakitori)
2. What sound in the urban environment do you like best?
Irashaimase!
3. What is your favorite TV show? *added*
Doraemon. It was one of the first Japanese TV shows I ever watched and is still my favourite (there, I admitted it)
4. Who is your favorite celebrity?
Bobby. I have some mates from university who were in Tsuri Baka Nishi 16 with him (they were extras, but it still counts
5. Do you speak Japanese?
Only if coerced.
6. Can you read Japanese?
Yep. I haven’t taken the JLPT yet but I am pretty sure I am in between 2kyu and 1kyu. I finished Advanced Japanese 1 at Sophia U.
7. When did you first come to Japan?
2002. Of all days, I had to fly on September 11, 2002.
8. Do you like karaoke?
I had a few all night karaoke stints in my Sophia days.
10. What are your favorite books by Japanese authors?
Does Cooking Papa count?
11. What’s the best holiday you’ve had in Japan?
It is a toss up between my trip to Nagoya and hiking (lost) 80+ kilos in the countryside with my crazy Indonesian friend.
12. Have you ever been in the media in Japan?
No. Hey, where are my 15 minutes of gaijin fame?
13. What do you think about Japanese Macaque monkeys?
They’re hilarious. One stole my friend’s hat.
14. What is the best way to experience Japan? *added*
Student exchange. Best year of my life in Japan. Naive and care-free.
15. What aspect of Japanese culture has made an indellible impression on you?
“Hard Gay.” He reminds me that there are some things Japanese I will never understand.
Erizabesu is calling on you:
“Fellow Japanese residents, foreign and Japanese alike, please steal this list! Add your own questions, too.” (link to the original list)
23 - 25 of “The Japan-related Web” series. An apology. And please give your feedback
On January 30, 2008 in #The Japan-related Web Debate, Suggestions Please
| If you are just joining us, this month Bill from Rising Sun Of Nihon has invited me to use his blog as a platform where we can all come together and discuss the Japan-related web! Here are snippets from the most recent posts. |
Hi. All. posts 23, 24, and 25 are up on RisingSun.
23 talks about what every webmaster wants and five ways to get it
24 talks about an easy way to draw attention to your site.
25 talks about why you have to take the initiative by giving first, and then you get.
I know from feedback from many of you that the series has been hard to follow. Although some things were beyond my control, I definitely will admit that I could have done a better job with this series and I apologise that it was not at the level that we were all hoping for.
But I think it is undeniable that this topic is one that we are all very interested in. I feel that way because of all the feedback and interest that this series has had despite my poor execution of it. Hopefully, we will not end the discussion here but continue with it on different blogs and with different voices guiding the way (of course I am always willing to blog about it more too). So I suppose the question is:
Where do we go from here?
I have some thoughts on this question too, but I want to open the floor to your ideas. What do you think?
Full steam ahead.
On January 30, 2008 in Announcements
Sorry of the unannounced break.
The last two days have been a little crazy for me. But I am back on the horse now and ready for battle.
I have been working on a lot of little projects in the background, contacting webmasters/bloggers for interviews, and replying to some interesting emails I’ve received over the last month. I will be talking about these more later but I want to mention a few things now.
#1
I’ve received a very interesting offer in response to the post about a Japan Bloggers United Mailing List (WhatJapanThinks.com’s idea). I should be posting about that soon.
#2
Helping Japan Bloggers. I’m planning to do a string of posts that give J-bloggers help with their blogs. You can see the posts I have so far here.
These posts explain good tips, plugins, etc. that more savvy bloggers have been kind enough to share with me. I will be posting one about navigation (courtesy of Nick) and another about IntenseDebate (Thank Chris for this one).
#3
A very funny interview coming up (and thank goodness, we’ve been too serious around here lately ) !
It’s always good to balance out the seriousness with some good old fashioned fun.
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A bunch of other little things I am working on. Busy, busy.
I want to reply to all the comments/email and I plan to. But please be patient with me.
Also there are many comments that I want to discuss in posts (especially some of the great discussion going on in this post) so look forward to that eventually. You guys always give such great comments!
Upcoming interview with a wikia veteran (and a sneak peek)- a good mentor for the Japanopedia project
On January 27, 2008 in Announcements, Community building
Ok. I will have to make this post quick because unfortunately I don’t have a lot of time today.
Some background in case you are new:Japanopedia is a project on wikia.com (from the creators of wikipedia). Here is a previous post about it, more explanation to come. |
A few days ago Shun, organiser of the Japanese arm of Wikia, commented about Japanopedia. So I contacted him and asked him some questions.
One of those questions was:
What advice would you give for the Japanopedia wiki project going forward? How can we build a successful wiki?
He mentioned 4 important areas (see below). I am not going to post all of what he said just yet. But I just wanted to announce that I talked to him and he is trying to help however he can.
That’s all.
Have a great day!
DailyJ
4 areas:
* seeding
* promotion
* navigation
* communication
Post #22 of “The Japan-related Web” guest-blogging-series on Rising Sun of Nihon
On January 27, 2008 in #The Japan-related Web Debate
| If you are just joining us, this month Bill from Rising Sun Of Nihon has invited me to use his blog as a platform where we can all come together and discuss the Japan-related web! Here is today’s snippet. |
And now for something probably unexpected :
If you have been following this series or are a regular on DailyJ you are probably expecting some idealistic lecture on the merits of helping others. And as much as I would like to tell you to help others for the sake of helping others I have a better reason for you, one that you will really like…
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Where all the action is
On January 26, 2008 in Announcements, Suggestions Please
There are many posts, updates, and interviews in the works but I am going to skip them for today. That is partly because I need a little break, but also that is because all of the action is in the comment section of this post.
In case you are new, we are discussing:
- JapanSoc - a digg.com for Japan-related news
- Japanopedia - a wikipedia-like project
- The Japan-related web (what it is, what it could be, and why it matters) series.
These are all connected to the idea of a Japan-blogger community. Is it an idea that’s time has come?
Post #21 of “The Japan-related Web” guest-blogging-series on Rising Sun of Nihon
On January 26, 2008 in #The Japan-related Web Debate, Announcements
| If you are just joining us, this month Bill from Rising Sun Of Nihon has invited me to use his blog as a platform where we can all come together and discuss the Japan-related web! Here is today’s snippet. |
Today we are going to discuss our last form of collaboration:
starting or contributing to projects….
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Post #20 of “The Japan-related Web” guest-blogging-series on Rising Sun of Nihon
On January 26, 2008 in #The Japan-related Web Debate, Announcements
| If you are just joining us, this month Bill from Rising Sun Of Nihon has invited me to use his blog as a platform where we can all come together and discuss the Japan-related web! Here is today’s snippet. |
When I think about promoting others, KenYN’s recent [Japan Blog of the Year contest] comes to mind...
