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Good luck Danny ! Seems like you have everything under controle !

Firstly : congratulations for your success. I like the way your business goes.
Secondly : I wish I would work for Mirai Inc ^_^.
Thirdly: You rock Danny!

I remember how the 3rd floor looked like. Nostalgic ^^;

Haven't had the time to congratulate Hector on his joining into Mirai Inc but remembered he mentioned it on his blog.

Eagerly waits for positions to be opened ^^; *Continue to polish skills*

Need more stormtroopers in the office LOL

Wow, just wow. I absolutely love where your going with your company, I wish I could work for Mirai >.< lol, ah well, it'll be a while before I can even move to Japan, still have to learn a bunch of programming languages too :p. Congratulations though Danny, you really seem to have everything set up how you want it, both figuratively and literally speaking.

Btw, I'm using a widescreen Hanns-G 1440x900 mac res. I keep it on 1024x768 though (because of a specific MMO I play that requires it =/).

As for good screens, I trust maximum PC ratings, don't know if you have heard of it or get it over there but it's a computer magazine, they test and rate a lot of hardware and such and so far I've seen only good fair ratings, they have the reviews up on their website (along with PDF files of their mag, don't even have to pay for it :D), maximumpc.com, so you might want to take a look at what they rate as the best in monitors (and other hardware, at that) :p.

congrats and gud luck on ur business venture danny... all of us here support you

I wish I had goal and determination like you have 10 years ago, Danny. But I don't think it's too late and I gotta work hard as well. Keep up the good work and I'll try to do the same ^_^b

Congratulations Danny and Hector, hope your business goes well and more up.
Your office looks way better then mine *envy again* :p, wouldn't be allowed such a thing.
And even though i can code better with my iPod in my ears and some anime music - thats a secret thing to do too.
Without it i would be far behind my deadlines though, the webdesign business sure can suck.
Go on with keeping us up-to-date about how Mirai Inc. does, i myself would never be able to do what you did but i like to watch the progress. :)

way to go danny.
really enjoyed your site

dont really have a new monitor so i cant recommend. currently using a dell monitor from employee purchase - 17in lcd for around USD90++

Good luck Danny seems like everything is going great, so wish i could work for you.

As for screen resolution i use 19" wide screen monitors at work and at home so have my res set to 1440px wide.

your not the only one who wants to work with danny tibul [_[ LOL anyways things are looking and becoming greater everysecond for danny now XD

Congratulations on everything...quite inspiring.

As a side note...1280x800.

Just wow. I love all the hard work you're putting into your company. Looks like everything is going exactly as planned! Keep up the amazing work. And I'd also like to take a few seconds and congratulate Hector on joining Mirai Inc; CONGRATS!~ :DDDD

Your new office is looking awesome, by the way. I love how you set up your figures and stuff. Though I am going to miss your other office, haha. XD

Danny, your force is really unstoppable! I is feelz that power through my monitor. ^_- Good luck both to you and Hector! btw, I like cables, not a fan of wireless for some reason. Cables are fast and nice ^^;

Oh yay~! Congrats to you guys on a new working relationship! *pops the champagne bottle*~
Danny, I wish you all the best in the following years for your business, family and new relationships (along with figurine collecting, trooper films etc *fufufu~* ^_~)
As for the poll, I is being 1280x1024 =D on an old CRT Viewmaster D=, forgot what company. I'm using CRT 'cause I'm saving up for Japan in Oct (squee~ hope to see you!) and I like to see my colours from all angles (designer I am~).
Sign me up for a position! ;D

Over the months since I started working, maintaining a core system is much easier than maintaining several custom coded web applications. But recently there have been add-on modules where some may be used in many other applications, but still have to be modified to an extent.

I hope one day I can just have a simple core based web application to maintain at work rather than having to juggle between 3-10 different projects using different systems. Also I'd definitely be interested any job positions at Mirai Inc.

GOGOGO Danny!~ hope to hear more good news about Mirai Inc ^^

I wonder if Danny actually clean his figures.. or are they already growing fur o.O

Your life seems so much fun. Really inspiring, Danny.

~Waxing dolphins and Entrepreneurship... Ah, such is life.~

anything a guy overseas can do for an hour a day to help :D

I guesss this is the 1st time I saw Hector's face after like, lurking here for months

I just got myself a new used 19" brick of a monitor so I havn't really set anything resolution-wise yet. Maily because I also got a new/used graphics card but my processor and Memory do not seem to like it.

And congrats as well Danny. Seeing you take off like this is always an inspiration to those of us still wandering somewhat aimlessly about. (Well, at least to me)

Keep rockin'.

Any chance there will ever be a "civilian" version of the Mirai Gaia platform, for individual use, available?

Lovely stuff, Danny. As someone who was a part of the foundation of the present company I work at, there is something to be said about the enjoyment of running a start-up.

Now if only I had more time to work on our neglected website... ^^;

17 here -_-... anybody can explain what mirai.inc do? in a simple wording, since danny word is kinda confusing... i lost my mind every second i read it

o, btw, if some1 can translated it to melayu or indonesian, thank u for the effort

grats danny and hector! it's great that you're enjoying what you're doin.. all the best on the business.

using a 19" dell. need to change to a widescreen soon.

Grats on getting Hector on your team. Hope all goes well for Mirai Inc.

It seems that your office is practically filled with figs.. I wished my room is filled with those..

I hope I get to work in Mirai Inc. .. :) Your workplace looks so cool..

Congratulation Danny & Hector.

So that's how you're displaying your Melissa figure without the pumpkin... mmhh should I buy a figma just for the display? ^^;

It's not surprising you've had so many queries about jobs. And I must admit reading that you will announce positions is stimulating ^^

I'm running 1680 by 1050 on an Acer 22" screen. Works very well. As for startups, I plan to start my own shop when I've worked for a little while and got some start up funds. My home city is lacking a good shop for anime/manga/figures and I plan on fixing that!

congratulations Danny and Hector. wish mirai inc the best and more power. ^^

about screen resolution, mine is 1366x768. as for recommendations, I'd recommend using a Sony SDM-HS95. I've been using it on my desktop for 2 or 3 years now, its still nice and bright, brighter than even some of my brand new lcd monitor back at the office.

I'm sure this company will do well. From this site alone you can tell that Danny is a talented and persevering kind of guy.

Just stop yourself from buying too many figures Danny T__T ..hehe

I hope your company will last for a very long long time..^^

very well done Danny...^^
*applause...
good luck with mirai

The best part of widescreen is that you can reasonably use vertical/columnar UIs, such as web browser tabs in a sidebar. To this end, the websites for me remain the same—pages aren't viewed any wider.

I bought mine last year and got 2 low-resolution ones (2x1440x900). Newer high resolutions nearly exceed my total (1920x1200 and up) so would likely be different to my bias here.

Great stuff. I'm excited for you guys.

I'm working on building my own business for the same personal reasons. Since I'm so early in the process, though, it's exciting to see you find such success.

One day I'd be curious to read your personal thoughts on networking/making contacts.

Congratulations on a great first year with Mirai. Looking forward eagerly to when you'll start expanding the business and taking on new staff. Your company sounds like exactly the kind of thing I was hoping to get involved in back when I was still doing my undergraduate.

In answer to the poll, I'm viewing this on a 17' Acer laptop monitor at 1280x1024. Not very fancy, but it gets the job done.

congrats to Hector for being Mirai Inc. chief technologist ^^

i'm also building my own business with the same reasons but i guess i have a long way to go to reach that goal ^^;;;

i'm currently building contacts and creating networks ^^

your entry on making more out of life has inspired me to make more from mine and reach my dreams and go further ^^

Congratulations Danny and Hector! Wish you all the best with Mirai Inc.! If I had better knowledge of web design / web programming languages, you bet I would have asked about an internship. But I mostly code in application and scripting languages (C, C++, Java, Python, Tcl/Tk etc.).
My resolution is 1280x1024 and I'm using a Sony SDM-X73. But my recommendation would be Eizo monitors. They are bit expensive though.

Good luck with the company!
As for monitor resolution, I've been using an AOC 19" wide screen at 1440x900 px, and it's been pretty good to me so far.

Que tengais toda la suerte del mundo tu y hertor,que envidia me dais!!!!!

!! Jobs! Internships! *__*

I'll be working on your company through outside japan someday...

but that someday would never come.

Congrats on yr company! :)

Congrats and good luck to you boss D. and to Boss G. Get well to your company and try your best to create some great
things for be the perfect..

I have my business doing well to help my mother and then for the others as well.

Woo congratulations on the success of Mirai inc.

New office space looks great but why o why is he put his mac on a breeze block?????
Is he crazy?

Great that the company is doing so well Danny, keep it up. I have no web-dev experience whatsoever but if you need an engineer within the next year I'm happy to do an internship XD.

Oh and I'm still on a measly 1024x768 15" Dell ToT, need to get me some new equipment

Congratulations to you both!

Banzai Danny!
Banzai Hector!
Banzai Mirai Inc.!
Banzai, Banzai, Banzai!!

You poll just proved to me once again that I have a unusual screen resolution. I'm running an Acer 22" widescreen; 1680x1050. Its been good to me so far. I bought it on a crazy deal at Staples on Black Friday for $120 USD.
Also its really hard to find wallpaper that fits this screen correctly.

Congratulations to Danny and everyone at Mirai Inc. Wishing you guys the best in all your endeavors! :D

*stabs self for not going into IT-based studies*

Congrats and best on luck to the continuity of Mirai Inc! If I ever do set up a company (and I'll achieve it!) and require web-based assistance, I'll know who to look for ^^.

Currently using 1280 x 1024 resolution on a 17" LCD screen, and don't worry you're not the only one with messy wirings. I get a headache whenever I look at mine. There has got to be wireless electricity in the future!

So in the end what are you using to hold up that lovely poster of Reika and Mayu? I want the Reika half!!

Nice, congratulation to both of you!! ^^

As for resolution, I stick with my 17 inch laptop 1440 x 900 resolution, and it's been great so far ^^

Sweet! I work at a home office right now as well. There are some nice things about it, like I'm allowed to bring my dog with me to work everyday.

1280 x 1024
1280 x 800

My resolution is of 1280 x 800. MMMMM... DANNYYYYYY WHERE IS MY RESOLUTION!!!!!!!!!

WHERE DOES HECTOR GOING TO SELL THE BOOK SO I CAN BUY IT!!!

All the best for you and Hector!

1024x768@60Hz 15" Compaq MV520 (yes, it flickers like hell)

Wow - Mirai Inc is looking great and very clever - similar to what programmer D. Karem is doing over at http://www.posttool.com/ . Client up-datable web 2.0 site design.

If you ever come through San Francisco, I'll introduce you to David !

Congratulations Danny (and wife) and Hector! (I posted a comment on an <a href="http://www.dannychoo.com/blog_entry/eng/795/Mirai+Inc/#comment155769">old post</a> LOL obviously not fully awake ^^; )

Totally OT: by the way, not sure if U really want to put the poster under the air con :O

Nice office set up! Me and husband's home office is mostly Ikea too ^^; for some reason last nite he took one of his large figures out to display (which I am glad he did), that was nice :3 Ikea is LOVE ^^!

Grats to you Danny and Hector.

I'm not very IT based but I do know how to create simple crappy websites HAHA.

I prefer to be a graphic designer/illustrator. Working on a course that does not fit to help a illustrator at the moment haha.

Mirai Inc GO GO GO!

Grats to both of you and good luck with Mirai Inc.

Looking forward to what interns/part-time jobs you are going to offer :)

As for resolution, mine is 1680x1050 and it's a Samsung 226BW.

me is being using dell 20" wide screen LCD @ 1680x1050 resolution. me love it very much until few days ago it starts giving distorted lines of weird colours. >.<

me is like to see dannychoo.com in wide screen too.

OooooOOo Big moveyness. Glad it went smoothly though :beam: Can't help seeing all the lovely figures and thinking, "WANT!" It's a curse alot of us live with lol...

Oh to take an internship with Mirai Inc, but I doubt thats gonna happen lol. I dropped ICT in the 1st 2 months of Alevel out of sheer boredom. We were studying websites for crying out loud!! It was just stating the obvious... :sigh: I'm good with comps but not so good with code hehe. And the whole problem of not living in Japan might be an issue too lol.

Danny's explanations make complicated programs sound much simpler. Much much simpler. Congratulations, to both Danny and Mirai Inc.

Good luck Danny!
I wish I will have my own business soon. =D

Grats Danny and Hector, hope Mirai Inc. keeps growing till it dominates the world...or something closer. XP

And who I need to kill to get that Mayu/Reika poster?

@technonewt: I'm using probably the same as you, Acer x223... something? 1680x1050. But dang you got a crazy deal on that. I got mine for 220$ CAD. Here's a good site for our screen sizes btw =) http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper/index.php?sort=date

@Danny: Congrats on the move! I'm actually really envious of you but I guess I still have a long way to go =) all the best! I'm using 1680x1050 and 800x480 (weird asus eee resolution)

I wish Mirai Company many success ^_^

All the best to Mirai Inc you seem to be prospering quite well. I only hope that you are still around by the time I get to my sandwich year at Uni.

Yea i agree with radical anime fan. Danny makes this all sound so easy and simple...but we all know this requires a tremendous amount of dedication, a lot of connections, and also vast knowledge in all areas of work he has to deal with.

Way to go choo-san!

good luck with your work danny :D

Thanks for the update, looks like things are running along nicely. Keep up the good work!

When is Danny going to announce that all members of Dannychoo.com receives some stocks in Mirai, Inc?

Congratulations both of you! I hope you get all the success you deserve! :)

i'm starting to get annoyed at the "You is..." sentences!! i know u can write proper English so please stop with the broken grammar ^_^

Like everyone else here, I've been a great fan of your site. I remember emailing you one day on tips on how to get that grainy texture on one your of your gundams. Even got to speak with you on the phone while traveling in Japan. I can't wait for whats next for you in the future.

Kudos!

I agree...figures do stimulate and relax the mind. ^^ It's good seeing the progress of Mirai Inc. and I like your reasoning for not accepting those investors. Good job and keep up the great work as always. This is really becoming one of my fave sites ever.

Love that mousepad your using btw. hahah ^^

Danny congratulations for this big move, MIRAI project will be something amazing i'm sure of it!

Hector nice to meet you, hope to hear more from you now on.

i usually have 1024*760 resolution's screen

Bye

Best Friends Forever!

Congratulations on your success so far!

Its really informative and inspirational to learn about how you have progressed. It's giving me a really good insight into a career path and way of thinking that I otherwise wouldn't necessarily have followed before reading about your experiances.

Id love to see more detailed posts like this ^_^

Keep up the awesome work! I look forward to see what happens next :)

hard work pays off man :)
anyways goodluck with the company and its expansion.

I recommend a flat panel LCD monitor made from Acer. Crystal clear color and precision, and my resolution is run at 1400x1050, although, i put down 1600, but it was the most comparable choice.
:P

Game development > Web development. So much more fun, in my opinion. ^^

Anyway, I have a 1440 by 900 pixel screen. ViewSonic is the best brand, out of all others!

Congrats to Hector on the job! And to you and Mirai inc for such great growth.

I use some Acer LCD at 1280x1024. It was cheap and I needed a monitor fast. Working for small companies can be fun and can be stressful when you're trying to control spending but have to spend money when you need to grow your infrastructure. I had to convince my boss to spring for a new server for the databases that run our websites. More money out the door and another server for me to stress over. and yet, we're growing and we need it (and I can play with bigger databases ;D )

Can I have a job. You seem like a cool boss. If hired ill throw in a figure.....just for you :)

Nice work on the expansion, looking forward to seeing what lies ahead for Mirai.

As for the monitor, i use a Sony Bravia 40" HDTV - 1920 x 1080 ... and love it.

Nice to see that your company is progressing smoothly. Still wish the best luck of you that Mirai co becomes a big success

now that the both of you are working together, nothing will ever stop you.

The dynamic duo lol

Bienvenido Hector!!
Exitos!

Hi,... this is a question that has nothing to do with start-ups, where do you get those tables? I really like them. Is it from IKEA?

Big kudos to you! I'm using an LG 20" monitor - bright as heck. Anyhow would love to visit your office when I stop by at Japan!

I,m planning to get 22" Wide Dell this year as it getting cheaper and affordable. As for now, im using 1152x864

Way to go Danny and congrats to Hector!!!

Much success in 2008.

I know pronounce u chuck and larry of jp

congrats to the both of you.

now take over the world!!!

i wonder what language will be used in Mirai Inc. Will it be Engrish, Japanese, or otaku language?

Un Saludo Hector en Horabuena!

Hey Danny are you going to put Hector to dance with you?? LOL

Congrats you lucky dogs!

I would love to join your world dominating business, I mean your good business... yeah. But I gotta know, what is your business about? I mean, what do you guys do?

Thanks!

do you need more partners? :D

Congrats!.. I wish I could work surrounded by manga/anime posters or goodies.. :)

Dual Samsung 19" on 1024x768 setting. I have glasses you know.. :))

Congratz Danny! And I hope the company will grow even more in the future! ^^

Hey Danny, Congrat on Mirai curious to see what job positions will be available for your company.

If I ever get a chance to go to japan to work I might come visit your company.

congrats.

we'll be here to support you and cheer you on.

I like to use the cinema displays from apple, they have a very good color accuracy and contrast range. Well they shure are pricy.... Ohh by the way I use a 23" cinema display and I love it because of it's full hd resolution and my 2. monitor is my old Sony monitor, which is pretty good too.

Congratulations and good luck for you and your company!

I've got the same problem with wires. I've been trying to go as wireless as possible (within reason) but those damn power cables are still flying all over the place.
I have a 22" Samsung 226BW which back 4 months ago seemed quite big... although now i can't help but feel than i shoulda just splurged and got a 30". 22" screens just seem so standard these days - there were reviews in a local gaming magazine last month of 22" screens.
Also after reading about start-up companies i'm starting to kinda understand that these start-up companies are mainly treated as investments rather than profiteering ventures. Does this mean that it's relatively easy to sell a business in Japan? I'm quite interested in the business side of Mirai Inc.

Hey All,
Thanks for the kind words ^^
As for Mirai Gaia licensing - will announce that too when we are ready.

Congrats! I think you will be a good team, mirai philosophy looks pretty cool! ;D
I'm waiting for your job offers, by the way i'm using 19" LG (L1919S Flatron) w/120x1024 resolution.

Uhm.. Danny I just finished to mount the RX-178 Gundam Mk-II, i only need to paint it ;DD

Danny, congratulations! The success of Mirai Inc. is quite inspiring; I wish you the best with your company.

Hector, mis más sinceras felicitaciones; sin duda alguna tu asociación con Danny les traerá muchos más éxitos, y beneficiará enormemente a toda la comunidad de dannychoo.com.

PS: Just like Danny, I would never ever purchase again a Dell PC, but I think their last models of monitors are quite good. I'm currently using a couple of Dell 2407WFP-HC (24" @ 1920x1200).

OUTSTANDING JOB... PLEASE HIRE ME DANNY =*)

Congratulations Danny!

Very inspiring! Thanks Danny.

Congratulations and may Mirai continue its success.

You are definitely one of the web 2.0 pioneers.

Wish you all the best and create inifinite possibilities that no one can think of.

As for me now, I will continue to work hard to learn japanese and finish a degree in a few years time. Then once I reach Japan, will go and visit you and also to look for opening positions in your company^^

Congrats and all the best on your business venture!

good luck Danny! I wish to have an office like that too! @@

DAMN DANNY U SURE LOOK LIKE A VERY BUSSY "BUSINNESS-MAN"!!

I have been browsing your site for a long time but I have lost my login today and just register with another name now. OK...I want to say your site always give me motivation and energy..its a good site and know you are more busy with your own business, keep on doing your great work!

i enjoy reading about your start up. its very informative and entertaining to learn about your awesome endeavors. :-) I'm a designer and my team for the most part design for full screen 1024x768 and it seems this is becoming the new standard away from 800x600. You can fit more information in and more real estate is used on a screen for varies reasons. We had more requests for full screen rather then small. Congratulations on a new staff member.

Out of the blue, are you looking for more helpers? I currently don't have a clue of what i'm going to be doing in life, but I can speak Japanese fluently and am interested in just about everything you are. (Not to the same extreme, of course) I figured I might as well ask.

Doubt you read every comment like this seriously, I won't take it personally if you don't reply, ahaha.

Congrats Danny and Hector!

The new office / setup is looking really nice. Definitely gives huge inspiration to those who wants to make it on their own with their dreams (destination) and have their own office / business one day!!

Congratulation and all the best for your new company. :)

Don't forget to hire cute secretary in school dress uniform. :-P

Woah Danny. Although I haven't been reading your site for a long time, seeing people like you making your company startup is truly something. Don't give up! You have loads of supporters.

ganbatte!!! w0000ts

LOL, maybe it's a little late... Congratulations anyway!

heh 640/800 are at 0%

I guess we shouldn't be surprised

Danny, someday I will follow in your footsteps!:D Congratulations on the hard work in starting up!:D
Your office is amazing!:D

my resolution is 1680(wide) x 1050. i just bought my new monitor like a week ago mabey almost 2 weeks ago. hey danny if u want ill come cook for u as ur personal chef or company chef. thats honestly like the easiest way for me 2 get 2 japan( lawl).

the decoration is perfect to work, i like the way you are Congratulations! and good luck!

This is a very inspirational article Danny. It makes me want to do better at what i love to do and to maybe make a career out of it.

Great article. I'll be going to Japan myself after I graduate, so it's helpful to know that there are ways t make it!

That is a really nice office set-up Danny! Lately I've been reading up a lot on Mirai Inc through the resources on this site and one of the first things I said is "Wow, what a company to work for!"

I am on a 1440x900 resolution on my MacBook Pro at the moment, it's pretty decent but I really miss having that screen real estate of a desktop system! I really need to pick up a 23 inch Cinema Display! (Darn you Apple for discontinuing them!

Hope to hear more articles on those job positions an internships on Mirai Inc soon!

Well.. i am just jealous with u danny.. You are becoming like more of figures for me lol.

OH i see....so Mirai Gaia is a modular enterprise architecture...

Next target, get onto the world of Formula One. Since the Racing Team management schemata isn't core/client, since then you must abide to the FIA and FOM regulations, because it's a long way to live the same as Ron Dennis, Luca di Montezimolo, Frank Williams, or even Flavio Briatore. So if you want to get to the world of Grand Prix racing, then this is the chance, as i go for you.

Better remind you, managing a Formula One team back in your native country can be dangerously expensive than the cost of living in Japan. You have to defy costs of:
1. Production of vehicles
2. Transport between venues in a GP calendar
3. Contracts for engines, fuel, tyres, raw materials, etc.
4. Personnel salaries
5. Equipment upkeep
6. Facilities
7. Testing
8. Sponsorship, Merchandising, other marketing efforts
9. Research and development
10. Hospitality, VIP invitations
11. Penalties, especcially mandatory facility inpctions carried out by the FIA
12. Loans, interest rates by the bank
13. Frequent training and fitness programmes for your staff and your drivers
14. Any other type of costs that i didn't mention

To make your team "Belong to the group of top teams" you must have these ingredients:

-The best engine, fule, tyres, raw materials
-Properly designed and assemled vehicles
-The best drivers
-First class facilities
-Best marketing efforts
-Exquisite relationship with the press

Combine them all, and they will still remember you, even with your team gone for good