Tokyo 1999 - 2001
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Wed 2008/09/24 22:06
Been sorting through many years of photos recently and have been having nostalgic trips down memory lane which I thought I'd share with you.
This photo of our first apartment was taken in the Summer of 1999 - the year when we finally purchased a one way ticket to Japan. The top left corner was our place.
Settled for a small place far out in West Tokyo for the both of us. The further out you go from central Tokyo, the cheaper rent becomes. Commute was 2 hours per day to and from Ichigaya.
This photo of our first apartment was taken in the Summer of 1999 - the year when we finally purchased a one way ticket to Japan. The top left corner was our place.
Settled for a small place far out in West Tokyo for the both of us. The further out you go from central Tokyo, the cheaper rent becomes. Commute was 2 hours per day to and from Ichigaya.
Photo taken on the same day near the station. My first job in Tokyo was with the scientific journal called Nature and you can read how I got the job in the Japan Work Benefits article.
The first camera we got when we arrived was this Fujifilm - had a load of noise which put me off from buying any of their later models.
Currently choose the Canon IXY and have been through 3 different models so far. Quality is good but need a steady hand as the stabilizer is rubbish. Which brand do you swear by when it comes to compact digital cameras?
Currently choose the Canon IXY and have been through 3 different models so far. Quality is good but need a steady hand as the stabilizer is rubbish. Which brand do you swear by when it comes to compact digital cameras?
Our first phone. Came with a removable scanner which we never used. We got most of our household electronics (refrigerator, TV, rice cooker etc) from Akihabara. I think it was from Sato Musen. If you buy a load of stuff in one go, you get a discount - and when the shop attendant says "OK, I can do this price for you", they never say the price verbally and show you the calculator instead.
This is when you are prompted to say "Mou Chotto!" and put your hands together like you are saying a prayer. You should get a further discount. If you have no shame then you can keep doing this until the attendant gets pee'd off at you.
This is when you are prompted to say "Mou Chotto!" and put your hands together like you are saying a prayer. You should get a further discount. If you have no shame then you can keep doing this until the attendant gets pee'd off at you.
We arrived during a time when cassette tapes were still in use ^^;
This was a wireless Walkman with remote.
This was a wireless Walkman with remote.
My first office space in Japan. Small n cramped in an open space office with no partitions.
Was great as I could hear all the office Japanese that I was not taught in university.
The Japanese hardly ever great each other with "Konichiha" or "Sayonara."
The typical greeting is "Otsukare sama desu" [お疲れさまです] literally meaning "you've done a good job/you've been hard at work."
When cutting the phone one normally just says "ha-i" or "hai ha-i."
Was great as I could hear all the office Japanese that I was not taught in university.
The Japanese hardly ever great each other with "Konichiha" or "Sayonara."
The typical greeting is "Otsukare sama desu" [お疲れさまです] literally meaning "you've done a good job/you've been hard at work."
When cutting the phone one normally just says "ha-i" or "hai ha-i."
I first started out in the typical Salaryman cosplay. My work was to sell as many subscriptions of Nature through the Internet and conventional means.
When I first started out at Nature, all I had were Microsoft Frontpage skills ^^;
I started to learn how to use Dreamweaver which I ended up using for many years until I switched from using tables for layout to CSS.
I then started to teach myself PHP and MYSQL - mainly outside of work time. These skills were used to make forms, landing pages and manually coded content pages.
The "conventional means" which I mentioned above referred to direct mail and magazine subscription postcards which I used to design. Learned how to use Illustrator and worked closely with the printing company so gained much experience in print buying.
I also looked after subscriptions in Korea so processed those orders and answered customer queries too.
My wife keeps my Korean in shape by watching K Drama ^^;
When I first started out at Nature, all I had were Microsoft Frontpage skills ^^;
I started to learn how to use Dreamweaver which I ended up using for many years until I switched from using tables for layout to CSS.
I then started to teach myself PHP and MYSQL - mainly outside of work time. These skills were used to make forms, landing pages and manually coded content pages.
The "conventional means" which I mentioned above referred to direct mail and magazine subscription postcards which I used to design. Learned how to use Illustrator and worked closely with the printing company so gained much experience in print buying.
I also looked after subscriptions in Korea so processed those orders and answered customer queries too.
My wife keeps my Korean in shape by watching K Drama ^^;
The girls at Nature were really cute and carried guns.
That mac was a horrible experience and made me wonder how mac users got anything done. Was a 100% Windows fanboi at the time.
Back then, trips to Akibahara saw me coming home with a load of PC parts instead of eroge mags and figures.
For a while I didn't have a case as it took up too much space in our small apartment ^^;
Gotta love those thick IDE cables.
Gotta love those thick IDE cables.
Remember carrying that case from Akiba - was darn heavy ^^;
It was the incompatibility between devices, clashes of resources, driver hell etc etc and the amount of time needed just to maintain a desktop that made me decide never to get one ever again in 2005.
How often do you open up your PC to exchange parts? Are you a desktop or laptop fanboi?
It was the incompatibility between devices, clashes of resources, driver hell etc etc and the amount of time needed just to maintain a desktop that made me decide never to get one ever again in 2005.
How often do you open up your PC to exchange parts? Are you a desktop or laptop fanboi?
Shinjuku 1999. Having just arrived in Japan after living all my life in London, I would constantly have dreams of me walking about in London - the occurring dream was of me walking across a zebra crossing - can anybody tell me what it meant? ^^;
Have always wanted to live and work in Japan and didn't miss London so don't think the dreams meant that I wanted to be back there.
Have always wanted to live and work in Japan and didn't miss London so don't think the dreams meant that I wanted to be back there.
Its the year 2000 March the 4th and the PS2 goes on sale - completely sold out everywhere. I remember going around to Shinjuku, Ikebukuro and Akihabara looking for one.
What was you doing in the year 2000?
What was you doing in the year 2000?
Xmas 2000 in Shinjuku - not much change in this area.
This is the only screenshot that I have of my first domain at studiodanny.com ( which I don't own anymore ). Cringe when I think about the domain name that I chose ^^;
Was built manually from HTML in Dreamweaver and was a place where I could start to experiment with web technologies.
Am wondering how many of you out there can code.
Was built manually from HTML in Dreamweaver and was a place where I could start to experiment with web technologies.
Am wondering how many of you out there can code.
Unlike central Tokyo, we got quite a bit of snow ever year where we lived - one of the good things about being in the sticks.
And when it snows we always have snow ball battles ^^;
Due to the lack of space, we used a cupboard as an office ^^;
I constantly see Danny Choo bashing on the Internets but after the CNN broadcast I saw more than the usual load which included "He's just a spoilt rich kid living off his dads name" and "he would have got nowhere without his dad" yada yada.
If I did have a load of cash from dad then I probably wouldn't have chosen to live an hours away from work in a small apartment with a cupboard as an office. Er yes, my dad makes shoes but he has a load of connections in the scientific field, Amazon and Microsoft and helped me get where I am now. Right.
I constantly see Danny Choo bashing on the Internets but after the CNN broadcast I saw more than the usual load which included "He's just a spoilt rich kid living off his dads name" and "he would have got nowhere without his dad" yada yada.
If I did have a load of cash from dad then I probably wouldn't have chosen to live an hours away from work in a small apartment with a cupboard as an office. Er yes, my dad makes shoes but he has a load of connections in the scientific field, Amazon and Microsoft and helped me get where I am now. Right.
Was a hardcore Sony fanboi at the time but didn't mind the zillions of compatibility issues that came with the hardware.
How are Sony laptops these days? I'm guessing the same.
By this time I started to do stuff on the side - mainly design work. The money was not bad at 60,000 yen per A4 design using Illustrator - the skill that I learned for work ended up helping out a lot outside of work and it started to pay for the computer hardware that I invested in to study and learn more.
How are Sony laptops these days? I'm guessing the same.
By this time I started to do stuff on the side - mainly design work. The money was not bad at 60,000 yen per A4 design using Illustrator - the skill that I learned for work ended up helping out a lot outside of work and it started to pay for the computer hardware that I invested in to study and learn more.
Furniture in Japan costed a bomb before Ikea came along. We got much of our stuff from discount stores or made furniture ourselves. Here I've just done shopping at Tokyu Hands for material to make a DIY stand for our TV.
Until 2001, we didn't have a mobile phone but decided to get one because of an interview I had at JobDragon - an internet recruitment agency.
I got the phone to make a mobile version of their site to demonstrate my skills. Ended up working for them for a few months.
I got the phone to make a mobile version of their site to demonstrate my skills. Ended up working for them for a few months.
More evidence of my Sony fanboi past - the Sony PDA Clie which ran on the Palm software. Looked cool at the time but had too many software restrictions.
The Nature offices moved around the corner and I was doing the milk rounds looking for another job. After speaking to many recruiters, I realized what my market value was given my experience and skill set.
Its always important to understand what your skill set is and how much they are valued at. Keep your options open all the time and speak to folks in the industry who can advise you on job opportunities and your market value.
Its always important to understand what your skill set is and how much they are valued at. Keep your options open all the time and speak to folks in the industry who can advise you on job opportunities and your market value.
2001 was the year that I saw Pearl Harbor and AI on the same day - had a headache after for being in the dark staring at a large screen for so long ^^;
Many thought that AI was terrible but I thought it was good.
I also loved the action in Pearl Harbor. Given the nature of the film, you may think that Pearl harbor would not have done so well in Japan - which is why they marketed it as a love story and didn't focus on Japan bombing the Americans (and being bombed back). Pearl Harbor Trailer below.
Many thought that AI was terrible but I thought it was good.
I also loved the action in Pearl Harbor. Given the nature of the film, you may think that Pearl harbor would not have done so well in Japan - which is why they marketed it as a love story and didn't focus on Japan bombing the Americans (and being bombed back). Pearl Harbor Trailer below.
After Nature, I joined Job Dragon as a contents producer - design and some ASP which I just didn't get ^^;
After working at Job Dragon for only a few months, the boss called a few of us to a meeting and told us that he had to let us go as the company wasn't doing so well at the time.
T'was a huge shock to be layed off. But all things happen for a good reason. Job Dragon is a recruitment/head hunting company. They helped us look for new positions. They introduced me to Ebay Japan, Amazon and a few other IT companies. Got job offers from a few and chose Amazon.
When my college at Job Dragon said "I'm going to introduce you to Amazon. You will be given a large production team and run their website as Website Manager" I thought to myself "Errr, OK (^^;)"
Going from managing websites made in Dreamweaver that were updated using FTP to managing an e-commerce site used by millions of users per day seemed like a huge change for me - and it was.
After many phone interviews, my boss flew in from Seattle to interview me - I got the job and before I knew it was on a plane to Seattle and the UK for training.
It was my first time in the US. I remember not being able to beleive my eyes when I was in the hotel watching TV - September 11th 2001.
After working at Job Dragon for only a few months, the boss called a few of us to a meeting and told us that he had to let us go as the company wasn't doing so well at the time.
T'was a huge shock to be layed off. But all things happen for a good reason. Job Dragon is a recruitment/head hunting company. They helped us look for new positions. They introduced me to Ebay Japan, Amazon and a few other IT companies. Got job offers from a few and chose Amazon.
When my college at Job Dragon said "I'm going to introduce you to Amazon. You will be given a large production team and run their website as Website Manager" I thought to myself "Errr, OK (^^;)"
Going from managing websites made in Dreamweaver that were updated using FTP to managing an e-commerce site used by millions of users per day seemed like a huge change for me - and it was.
After many phone interviews, my boss flew in from Seattle to interview me - I got the job and before I knew it was on a plane to Seattle and the UK for training.
It was my first time in the US. I remember not being able to beleive my eyes when I was in the hotel watching TV - September 11th 2001.
Akihabara in 2001. No moe, no maids, hardly any eroge or figures.
This corner at Akiba is completely different today.
Some of my first team members at Amazon. Going to managing a couple of members to a team which grew to about 30 was a huge challenge for me. Learning how to deal with different types of personalities and needs was invaluable experience.
The way content is pushed to the live (known as Production) site was completely different to what I've known up until then.
Each developer checks in their code to a central repository using CVS (Concurrent Version System - later switched to Perforce). Data is pushed to a development server where the QA team then check the site and run test scripts.
When QA has finished, data is pushed to the next development server which is connected to the live database. After that is done, a member of my team called the Builder builds the data and pushes the new code to the hundreds of servers. He also is in charge of the catalog build too.
I've overly simplified the description but I felt like I was on a different planet when I joined.
Apart from my dev team, I worked with personalization (p13n), search and browse, internaitonalization (i18n) and other dev teams globally.
I was also on the management team at Amazon where we ran the company together with the country Manager Jasper Cheung - a Chinese Canadian fellow.
I was also working with what Amazon called "business owners" - the folks who wanted stuff from my team - Marketing, Supply Chain, Customer Service, Human Resources, Product Managers, PR, Marketing etc. Learning how to prioritize the requests from all these groups was also a great experience gained at Amazon.
Think I've spoken to much about Amazon for now - was saving it for the "Working in a Corporate IT company: Amazon and Microsoft" article coming soon.
The way content is pushed to the live (known as Production) site was completely different to what I've known up until then.
Each developer checks in their code to a central repository using CVS (Concurrent Version System - later switched to Perforce). Data is pushed to a development server where the QA team then check the site and run test scripts.
When QA has finished, data is pushed to the next development server which is connected to the live database. After that is done, a member of my team called the Builder builds the data and pushes the new code to the hundreds of servers. He also is in charge of the catalog build too.
I've overly simplified the description but I felt like I was on a different planet when I joined.
Apart from my dev team, I worked with personalization (p13n), search and browse, internaitonalization (i18n) and other dev teams globally.
I was also on the management team at Amazon where we ran the company together with the country Manager Jasper Cheung - a Chinese Canadian fellow.
I was also working with what Amazon called "business owners" - the folks who wanted stuff from my team - Marketing, Supply Chain, Customer Service, Human Resources, Product Managers, PR, Marketing etc. Learning how to prioritize the requests from all these groups was also a great experience gained at Amazon.
Think I've spoken to much about Amazon for now - was saving it for the "Working in a Corporate IT company: Amazon and Microsoft" article coming soon.
The views from my office at Amazon we great - would spend much time gazing outside. I remember watching Roppongi Hills being built from scratch from here.
And the glow of lights you see is central Shibuya.
Will write up Tokyo 2002 - 2005 soon ^^
Will write up Tokyo 2002 - 2005 soon ^^
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Game Development Student.
Learning it @ school at the moment. It sure if fun :D !
(ID #312172) Posted on 2008/09/24 22:17
Multimedia Technology Student, eLearning software developer
Same here. Last year we covered HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, C#. Some of that stuff I've forgotten since I don't have to do it all the time, but I think its time to brush up on my skills ^^. I really can't wait till I go to Japan after I finish my course next year.
(ID #312888) Posted on 2008/09/25 12:10
student
i did C during my first semester in uni- absolutely hated it ^^; started learning HTML by myself when i started my blog:)
(ID #322172) Posted on 2008/10/03 23:53
duncanmc (Registered on 2008/06/13 05:55)
C is good for understanding some computer basics
(ID #344246) Posted on 2008/10/24 05:18
Game Development Student.
Stuff like PHP,MySQL,C++,Visual Basics etc. Those photos make me wanna go to Japan even more :D! Thx for post danny :) u rule !
(ID #312177) Posted on 2008/09/24 22:23
wow you have came along way danny
(ID #312179) Posted on 2008/09/24 22:24
September 11 was a sad day, not that I realised its significance at the age of 11! Our substitute teacher was crying because of it. Ironically someone in my class had their b'day on that day. I know another 2people who share that same b'day. Scary isn't it. And yes, Sony is awesome :D
(ID #312181) Posted on 2008/09/24 22:28
Aimless Traveler
Turned 13 in 2000. Didn't get the PS2 until two years later. Ironically (almost clairvoyantly), on the morning of September 11th 2001, I woke up sweating from a nightmare where I watched a very tall building burn before it collapses. You can imagine how surprised I am when I turned on the television to watch the news. Whoah, deja vu!
(ID #312199) Posted on 2008/09/24 22:39
System Design Engineering (UWaterloo)
HTML, PHP, XML, C++, MySQL. Work history is impressive Danny. Can't believe Akihabara in the olden days were mostly for electronics and hardly any service like maid cafes. Reminds me of a University course in waterloo, ECON 101, when the prof talked about developing countries and developed countries. Developing countries rely heavily on physical objects for wealth, but developed countries look more into the services. Great prof, he inspires me. For those in waterloo, it's Larry Smith.
(ID #312201) Posted on 2008/09/24 22:41
Nice photos ! This kind of posts is always an inspiration for me.
(ID #312203) Posted on 2008/09/24 22:44
Horror☆Star
Chronicle of Tokyo & Danny Choo, what a great pair ^_^ Now, folk who'd affronted/insulted the honorable Danny Choo should now see clearly with their own bare eye, the truth are obvious! Is that an Idol wallpaper inside your Mac desktop in photo#22220? Can't wait for the upcoming articles about "Working in a Corporate IT company: Amazon and Microsoft" & "Tokyo 2002 - 2005" Keep up the great work, Danny!
(ID #312209) Posted on 2008/09/24 23:02
Director/代表取締役
Wallpaper is wifey ^^
(ID #312242) Posted on 2008/09/24 23:22
Horror☆Star
Ahh~~~ how sweet & lovely you are (^o^)
(ID #312268) Posted on 2008/09/24 23:43
Director/代表取締役
Sorry forgot to reply to mail - the meat is ok through customs ^^;
(ID #312724) Posted on 2008/09/25 09:01
Mechanical Engineering student
I am always amaze with your achievements Mr Danny! I hope that someday I too will be as successful as you. I couldn't even remember what I did in those years and here you are talking about it like it happened yesterday! Darn my short-term memory loss -_- Right now I have a course where we are taught how to use C++. I don't know why I, a mechanical engineering student, should know about this! Maybe it is what you said Mr Danny, about my market value. Maybe my university is increasing the skills I am able to do to increase my market value O_o LOL I thought I was watching a movie when I saw the live footage of 911! I thought to myself "Hey! This is a cool movie. I wonder what the title is!"... and then I saw the news logo on the corner of the screen XD
(ID #312212) Posted on 2008/09/24 23:04
fulltime-otaku / soldier
Me and coding? lol not really, I'm more the guy for hardware stuff. Maybe that's why I'm a Desktop fanboy, Latops are convenient if you are on the move, but beeing not able or allowed to change some parts is something I can't stand^^ I'm not opening it up to exchange parts that often but to clean it sometimes, cause my PC's suck up all the dust in my room (or at least it seems so), maybe thats why my figures aren't that dusty ^_^ Which camera brand? I always had Olympus until now but the next one will not be one, too much noise orz Nice pics, I wonder how you manage to look always so happy.
(ID #312217) Posted on 2008/09/24 23:08
ダニーさん、あなたの過去の記事はとても興味深い。 アマゾンとマイクロソフトの記事を楽しみにしています。 英語が難しいので、自動翻訳で読んでいます＾＾；
(ID #312218) Posted on 2008/09/24 23:09
Director/代表取締役
ありがとうございます！ 以前は日本語バリバリ書いていましたが、今は時間が。。。
(ID #312722) Posted on 2008/09/25 09:00
Videogame Magazine Editor
Used to learn Java in Computer Science, and I learned a bit of HTML by myself when I was in high school. After I got tired of seeing computer codes on the screen, I switched to pure arts. Haven't looked back since, though I'd like to learn more about the intricacies of game development since I'm working closely with the local game industry.
(ID #312224) Posted on 2008/09/24 23:12
Danny Choo bashing? Really?!? What's their problem? They're just jealous because you're so awesome. ;-)
(ID #312227) Posted on 2008/09/24 23:12
illustrator/web designer in training
Always wanted a vaio but they're always too expensive. Home computer ran windows and my first laptop was a Toshiba (loved it, heavy as a ton of bricks though), which was a gift. When I started part time work, got a Macbook. Now that I have a (temporary) full time job, I got an iMac. My goal is to one day get a Macbook Pro/Mac Pro. Far in the future though when the ones I have now are obsolete. Macbook's turning two and she's still running very well ^_^
(ID #312228) Posted on 2008/09/24 23:13
Student in Computer Science
I learned how to use Java, JavaScript, HTML, .aspx(forgot what they call it xD)
(ID #312237) Posted on 2008/09/24 23:18
Full-time student へへ
9 years in japan. you sure have some nice memories here. i had a clie too. don't remember where it is now. ^^. i was in japan during the olympics in sydney. call me weird but i decided to skip the crowd and spend a month in japan. was living with a friend in osaka back then. thanks for sharing. you got me reminiscing too.
(ID #312238) Posted on 2008/09/24 23:18
Software Developer / Programmer
wow, that is an awesome article. always wonder about what its like for people living in another time/space from my own. i do code, got hired as a junior developer the day i left school ^_^. they were really, really desperate, so even though i knew nothing about programming, got hired, and had to teach myself from scratch. makes my head buzz when i think about it. and it was only about 18 months ago!
(ID #312241) Posted on 2008/09/24 23:21
ahaha didn't know so many pple did coding, or is the post too new? そしても日本人もダニーさんのブログをよみます、びっくりしちゃった。 私の日本語はまだ全部習うだから下手です、お失礼します。
(ID #312245) Posted on 2008/09/24 23:24
by the time i finished typing this post 4 other replies had already been up >_< and the percentage already changed O-O
(ID #312249) Posted on 2008/09/24 23:26
resident caffeine junkie
Amazing article. Must be very nostalgic when you were writing this down. My skill sets though are too diverse. One might say I'm more of a jack of all trades and I'm pretty sure I'm not excelling in any of those. But I do know just enough to get the job done. Illustrator, photoshop, recently corel painter. Also got to brush up on my C++ and VB coding. Been using HTML and flash more recently because of the job I'm holding. I'm looking forward to my Culinary arts certification though. That is something I do plan to excel on. :)
(ID #312278) Posted on 2008/09/24 23:49
resident caffeine junkie
Oh, and as far as Sony laptops are nowadays, I guess you can say they've improved but not by much. They are more of lifestyle laptops. I've gone through toshibas and HP's. And I can say HP's are durable from my experience with it at least.
(ID #312282) Posted on 2008/09/24 23:52
As I am currently studying for my MSc(Information Technology), I know some forms of coding:P (mostly Java, C#(win and asp.net apps), a little php, perl; should take some time to learn python, seems to be a rising trend) Anyway, very interesting article, can't wait for the Tokyo 2002 - 2005 part!
(ID #312283) Posted on 2008/09/24 23:54
Would love to learn coding, but have no idea where to start from T^T
(ID #312289) Posted on 2008/09/24 23:57
resident caffeine junkie
for software development, Start with C#. For Web Applications, always start with HTML :) from there, you just pick from the variety and what is often the norm that you'd want to progress from.
(ID #312400) Posted on 2008/09/25 01:41
hee thanks. I might just pick up HTML after my exams ^^
(ID #316360) Posted on 2008/09/28 20:23
Wannabe CG Artist/ Figure Collector/Deadman
Learned HTML at school followed by using Dreamweaver.. they're subjects that are required in my course, which is Computer Studies major in multimedia and the internet. Right now, still using DW8 on my current website cuz I get to see the result(s) when updating the site, etc. I still have to learn Php and Sql. There's no Php subject in my school when I was still studying and SQL was way too extreme for me that time so as the present. I also have a background on programming like C, Java, etc but wasn't able to use them after I graduated 2 years ago. This post is good for motivating me to work hard and go to japan and work someday...
(ID #312290) Posted on 2008/09/24 23:58
Wow great story Danny I wish my memory was good like yours. i can't wait to here from 2002-2005 I want to learn how to code. how much snow does tokyo get during winter? I am starting to switch from desktop to laptop. only because I am leaving for the military and will be moving around alot. only time I open my PC is to clean it cause I get alot of dust in there really sucks.
(ID #312294) Posted on 2008/09/25 00:01
I was 17 in 2000 and only got my PS2 by 2003. And by them I still didn't knew what I wanted to do, I remember I wanted to work with something related to gaming and started looking for Japanese classes but with no success. Funny how much we change in 8 years.
(ID #312297) Posted on 2008/09/25 00:04
Part-time Slacker, Part-time Student
Danny having occurring dreams of walking across a Zebra Crossing? You must referring to Abbey Road. One the Beatles album holds that name with the entire (young) band walking across a zebra crossing on the cover too. And the album art is iconic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_Road_(album)
(ID #312305) Posted on 2008/09/25 00:10
wow, i think it's really cool that you're writing about this. gives me insight on how things were back then (also, nice! DOA2 for PS2!). hah i used to think the same about macs back then, now i finally own a Black Macbook. as for Sony Laptops currently, they're actually alright. My friend has a Vaio laptop, and it works well. but yeah, i'll be looking forward to the 02-05!
(ID #312320) Posted on 2008/09/25 00:23
Great article! I'm coding in Fortran, PV-WAVE and C# in university. In school I learned basic HTML and JavaScript.
(ID #312323) Posted on 2008/09/25 00:25
I know a little bit of HTML, VRML, C++, ActionScript... Have to start mastering them if I have the time.
(ID #312333) Posted on 2008/09/25 00:30
danny the girl with the gun is your wifey? java developer here. ^_^
(ID #312356) Posted on 2008/09/25 00:50
Director/代表取締役
nope - she was one of the part timers.
(ID #312720) Posted on 2008/09/25 08:59
haha, i notice a stormtrooper figure in one of those pics x'd that's is something common to me, mi father was a professional photographer and my mather do that now, so I have TONS of photos, and from time to time I see them, and the nostalgie comes ='( x'DDD kidding, BTW, I'm the only who thinks, that, in the era of digital cameras, so many tools to have digital portraits, and kinda variety of resources; the real paper photos, and the smell they have in the old album, are UNIQUE? I mean, it's kinda great the techanology make the things easier, BUT, i think that some of the "magic" of the paper photo are going lost in the process, making all, cold...o something.
(ID #312368) Posted on 2008/09/25 01:02
Engineer-wannabe
wah,dunno too much bout coding,only ableto use frontpage^^; u seem to hv a very smooth life there,n tokyo sure is a nice place to live,really miss it mouu.. sarainen,zettai tokyo ni modoru!!^^
(ID #312376) Posted on 2008/09/25 01:09
SUPER OTAKU, manga-ka, Illustrator, Domon Kasshu fanboy, Konata's male half, Megas XLR fanboy
This is a nice post
(ID #312378) Posted on 2008/09/25 01:10
hmm zebra crossing dream...normally i use dreammoods.com to analyze my dream but cant find yours. nostalgic article you have..make me envy you that you have the courage and determination to try out something that you were not really ready for (referring to the many job changes especially the website manager) as for coding, i have it as my major in college so i know (but not particularly expert in) C++, VB, HTML, Java, Javascript, VB.NET, Oracle PL/SQL, MS SQL, Flash (actionscript), a bit of photoshop. however, now i am working as a s/w support and my job rarely requires coding - thus my coding skills are rotting away. been telling my boss i wan to find a job with more use of my coding skills... VB.NET remains my favorite (used it to code a couple of web applications mainly in data management.
(ID #312381) Posted on 2008/09/25 01:15
Coding is my hobby (do not really want to turn it into a career) that I didn't bother about Wordpress or Blogspot and code my own blog, yeah still stuck with Dreamweaver 4.0, my first WYSIWYG software :p. You mentioned "Akihabara in 2001. No moe, no maids, hardly any eroge or figures." What?! Got J-AVs DVD/VHS then? Shocker desu! Hope to see some of these PICS in your upcoming Tokyo revolution report ^^
(ID #312383) Posted on 2008/09/25 01:15
Extremely Poor College Student
i started learning html/css then moved to processing and now i'm learning c++ i'm also learning how to clone myself without making babies
(ID #312392) Posted on 2008/09/25 01:28
WebDesign, Coding, Administration
Another interesting article of you, uh! ^^ It's really impressive how you managed things, when i look back on my past i feel that i missed a lot of great chances just because back then i wasn't able to see them. As for coding, started as System Administratoress (is that even a word? lol) and had to learn SQL very suddenly since we switched one of our tools from a BDE database to MySQL. Then i went on with Mediadesign, focused on webdesign and with the knowledge of SQL in my back i started to learn PHP. CSS and stuff is no coding, but was known by me before SQL and up to now i always did enjoy the changes which came with new versions of CSS, so much design potential in it... i love it. Those last two pictures at night made my heart race... i love Tokyo at night. ><
(ID #312404) Posted on 2008/09/25 01:43
An interesting topic, Danny. Can't wait for the next version. :)
(ID #312418) Posted on 2008/09/25 01:56
^.^ Danny has good memories....I can't even remember alot of stuff that has happened in just 1 year =.= .
(ID #312420) Posted on 2008/09/25 01:58