Launch! Slash! Burn! Repeat! - DailyJ turns 1 !

On September 16, 2008 in Announcements, DailyJ Mission, Interview Highlights

It was one year ago this month that DailyJ was launched.

I want to thank, from the bottom of my heart, all of the generous people who took the time to give interviews. You rock!

In the pre-launch build up dozens of J-bloggers and webmasters were contacted for interviews and once the first ten (or so) interviews were initiated DailyJ was ready to, as its first post declared, “Launch! Slash! Burn!”

To boldly go where no blog has gone before….

ok, maybe not.

But we’re still really excited!!

Welcome!

This blog is a place for us to showcase some great j-blogs and j-sites.
These are the sites that are bringing you unique views of Japan, amazing experiences, solid advice, great language tools and materials, and all the wonders a J-enthusiast could ever ask for!

But most importantly we will talk to the people behind these sites and projects.

Yes sir! This blog will not only feature information about great j-sites. Oh No. It will be full of behind the scenes, exclusive interviews with the people themselves!

To get the ball rolling…
To start it all off…
This week we will take a stroll with Adam Douglas from Slash And Burn and find out what makes him tick and what makes his site cool.

So now it is time….

to Launch! Slash! Burn!

Enjoy!

My favourite part was “This blog will not only feature information about great j-sites. Oh No. It will be full of behind the scenes, exclusive interviews with the people themselves”

And DailyJ has definitely had a lot of fun with “the people behind the scenes.” Here are all of the interviews from year 1! :

Adam Douglas from Slash And Burn

1. The Humble “Slash And Burn” - an exclusive interview
2. Slash And Burn - exclusive interview part II

Raof from GaijinTonic

1. Gaijin Tonic - A drunken I mean, exclusive interview
2. Gaijin Tonic - exclusive interview part duo: “an invigorating, tequila-laced chicken soup for the soul of the adventurous drunkard”

Jamaipanese

1. Jamaipanese - Interview with an “otaku”
2. Jamaipanese - exclusive interview part II, with a twist

 Rising Sun Of Nihon’s Bill Belew

1. RisingSunofNihon - Find out why Bill Belew is my hero
2. RisingSunofNihon - an exclusive interview with Bill Belew: why his posts should be at an ESL school near you..
3. Who’s the real Bill Belew?
4. Cute girls vs. Business and Culture - Which will win on RisingSunofNihon?

Turner from KeepingPaceInJapan

1. A great interview coming up! Why this rocket scientist needs your support
2. Why KeepingPaceinJapan is a perfect site for Japan-enthusiasts
3. “The truth about AEON” - interview with KeepingPaceInJapan
4. Keeping Pace with Japan IN SPACE! - interview with an aerospace engineer
5. Finish line - interview with KeepingPaceInJapan

Mari from Watashi To Tokyo

1. You, Me, and Mari - Interview with “Watashi to Tokyo”

Harvey from JapanNewbie

1. Chatting with JapanNewbie - an exclusive interview
2. Harvey on housing, travel, and skinny girls - an exclusive interview with JapanNewbie

Takanori sensei from learn-japanese-kanji-hiragana-katakana.com

1. Learn Japanese With Takanori Sensei! - an exclusive interview with learn-japanese-kanji-hiragana-katakana.com

Shioyama from Gyaku.jp

1. Alternative perspectives on Japan - an interview with Gyaku.jp
2. What translated documents on gyaku.jp have to do with you and the fingerprinting of all foreigners in Japan

Mark from Digital World Tokyo

1. “Alright Kids, Who Wants to Write for DigitalWorldTokyo?” “I do, I do!”
2. Mothers, lock up your USB ports… Digital World Tokyo has let the dogs out
3. Interview with Digital World Tokyo
4. The Good Stuff, from Japan - an exclusive interview with Digital World Tokyo

Deas from Rocking In Hakata

1. Rock Out! Why this site is one of my favourites - an exclusive interview with Rocking In Hakata
2. Bloggers, Let’s Make Sure the Next Japan Blog Matsuri Rocks! - an interview with Rocking In Hakata

Tyler MacNiven star of “Kintaro Walks Japan”

1. Kintaro Goes Geisha - a teaser from our exclusive interview with Kintaro Walks Japan
2. The Making of the Film - an interview with Kintaro Walks Japan
3. Wrestling 100 Mongolians! - an exclusive interview with Tyler from hit film Kintaro Walks Japan (and a bit of breaking news)
4. When Harvey met Tyler - an update to our interview with Tyler MacNiven

(This interview for me was just great because I had been a huge fan of Tyler even before starting DailyJ)

Chris from Waikiki2Yanai

1. Total Control - an interview with Chris from Waikiki2Yanai
2. What makes Chris Ballard a serious language teacher - an interview with Waikiki2Yanai
3. Why Daily J may need more pictures and widgets - an interview with Chris from Waikiki2Yanai

(Chris is also one of the most active and beloved commentors on DailyJ - a good way to get an interview . Or maybe not, since Nick from Longcountdown comments all the time now and still no interview . But I plan on an interview and I know it will be spectacular)

Thomas from NihonHacks

1. Baby Noah vs. The Elephant - an interview with Thomas, proud father and blogger @ Nihonhacks
2. Why I want every Japan-related blogger to blogroll NihonHacks, right now! - an exclusive interview with NihonHacks.com
3. How we can all help ourselves by helping NihonHacks - an exclusive interview with NihonHacks.com
4. How the NihonHacks idea was born - an exclusive interview

Japan Blog of 2007 (Not an interview but definitely a highlight of the year)

1. Japan blogs of the year 2007

Gerry of JapanBlogList

1. A simple bloglist, a powerful mission - an exclusive interview with JapanBlogList
2. How you can contribute to amassing the greatest list of Japan Blogs in the world! - an interview with JapanBlogList
3. When Japan-bloggers put their minds together beautiful things happen - follow up to our interview with JapanBlogList

“The Japan-related Web” Guest blogging on Rising Sun Of Nihon (not an interview but still good.)

Gaba Teachers Association

1. Why this site is the onion.com of ESL news- an exclusive interview with Gaba Teachers Association
2. What GTA has to say about Gaba and ESL in Japan - an interview with “Gaba Teacher’s Association”
3. How you can make GTA happy - an interview with Gaba Teachers Association

SouthOfReality

1. A blogger with too much time on his hands? - an exclusive interview with South of Reality
2. What South Of Reality has to say about ESL and Nova - an exclusive interview
3. “Remember, this is Japan” - an intervew with South Of Reality

Koichi of Tofugu

1. Submit or suffer the wrath of Segata Sanshiro! - the official Tofugu world domination interview
2. Why interest in Japan is cool again - an exclusive interview with Tofugu
3. Why Koichi is embarrassed about the Japan Humour Blog of the Year Victory - an interview with Tofugu
4. How Tofugu was born - an exclusive interview

Smoother from JapanItUp

1. Why Japan It Up? - find out in this exclusive interview
2. Why Smoother loves Japan - an interview with JapanItUp
3. How you can Japan It Up with the man behind the site - an exclusive interview with JapanItUp.com
4. When in Japan… an interview with JapanItUp

Jim Breen, the creator of the famous Jim Breen online Japanese dictionary

1. Words Jim Breen wrote to me.

Garrett and Ken from Trans-Pacific Radio

1. Finally some grown-up Japan content! - The Message Garrett & Ken are broadcasting about Japan and why you, J-blogger, should listen - An exclusive interview with Trans-Pacific Radio

Wow!

My math is not so great but that is a lot of interviews! It was a great journey and yet it has just started.

There are still plenty of amazing interviews just waiting to be initiated (see interviews we’d like to do). So…

Stay Tuned!

And Have a great day,

DailyJ

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