"Courage and perseverance are important if one is to run anything resembling a news organization...the folks at theOtaku.com have demonstrated themselves to have ample quantities of both."
~ TCJ (The Comics Journal)
"A couple years of experience in the Otaku circle have taught me at least one good lesson--to trust Adam."
~ myO member
"Adam is actually a decently accomplished troll."
~ Allamorph
"The scale of Adam's cunning genius is truly frightening."
~ TimeChaser
Happy birthday to myself and my long time soul mate, James, the Bossman of OtakuBoards :-D
I'm psyched that the anime festival contest has almost 200 entries. I wonder if that's some sort of record.
Here's a great song to celebrate:
So my game will launch at an anime convention. I have almost no money. What's the most effective way to build buzz around something at a convention?
When you're at a convention, what will make you stop at a booth? Where in the program guide will something grab your eyes? What kind of panels do you like the most?
Help me be innovative!
Bored, I logged into theOtaku's "Spikey Otaku" facebook account and randomly IMed friends saying "Hello! ^_^" then "Stop browsing facebook and visit theOtaku.com instead!"
Hello my OB!
It's been a long time, but here are some quick notes:
-- I loved The Office tonight. It's been on a roll lately.
-- I rented the movie Rachel Getting Married but haven't seen it yet.
-- After a long injury I'm back into doing martial arts. I'm taking Muay Thai. If I can wake up for the morning sessions, there are only a few students there, which means lots of personal instructor time.
-- Finances are tough right now. Part of the problem is that both this site and my game eat up a lot of money. I have to constantly evaluate things on a monthly basis.
-- I'm really, really happy that the NYAF contest has received so many great entries in such a short period of time.
-- It doesn't seem like anything I do to the site really has an effect on traffic. If you look at the last 10 features I added, nothing has mattered. This makes me sad :( Challenges has led to an increase in overall submissions, though.
-- In a grand experiment I made a facebook account for theOtaku under the name "Spikey Otaku." Already there are over 100+ friends.
-- Phoenix Heart interviewed me for his school about my 'career' - the best advice I could ever give to ANYONE career-wise is to start young. My first web venture was when I was 15-16 years old. It's been 10 years and while I'm still considered young, I have a lot of connections and battle-hardened experience that'll hopefully help improve my odds.
