http://raimanau.disqus.com/enThu, 23 Jun 2011 08:27:01 -0000http://raimanau.com/design#comment-233278935<p>I talked to Al as well, found him on facebook &gt;;] But yeah the rest of the gang I completely lost contact with as well. And #Squaresoft! Yeah that was it! Was scrounging my memory for that one as well! Find me on facebook if you're on! Would love to know what you're up to nowadays!</p>Raiman AuThu, 23 Jun 2011 08:27:01 -0000http://raimanau.com/design#comment-230015514<p>Yeah same for you man. :) I often look around to see if anyone remembers anyone from back then but seems hardly anyone does or just don't post about it. I personally haven't talked to anyone for probably about...a good 8 years? Think I last spoke to Al (Omnislash) about 2003. PhantomLD, Moogle1, Kuku, Lucentbeam, Kardos and all them I haven't spoken to probably ever since I moved from California back in 1999 and lost my kat123 email. Think things just fell apart about the time Terraflare was gone. #Squareone we had after #Squaresoft! I do believe. I ran my own site till about early 2000, think you can still find a trace of it on some random host I had it on lol. I closed my Seiken Densetsu 3 site probably in 2006-7ish.</p><p>Well I'll keep an eye on your site, definitely nice hearing from you again though. :) </p>SymphonySun, 19 Jun 2011 18:49:24 -0000http://raimanau.com/design#comment-229643446<p>HELL YEAH! FLAMMIE! Man, I had lost all hope of getting back in contact. I'm glad that I posted this up and you found me! Good to hear form you again!!</p>Raiman AuSat, 18 Jun 2011 23:15:20 -0000http://raimanau.com/design#comment-228022972<p>Oh wow, randomly scouring the echoes of the Internet for days long long <br>gone I come across some very nostalgic things, this very much for one. <br>To see someone inspired by us back in those days and a shout out over 10<br> years later just blows my mind! Hey Aeran I do remember you quite well,<br> I was "Flammie" or "FIREDRGN" back in those days. :) </p>SymphonyFri, 17 Jun 2011 05:08:13 -0000http://raimanau.com/trick-write#comment-89583107<p>Ha! Don't underrate your importance ;D</p>Raiman AuSun, 24 Oct 2010 03:04:25 -0000http://raimanau.com/trick-write#comment-89569948<p>I didnt do anything man! Its all you!</p><p>Shota</p>SyamamotoSun, 24 Oct 2010 01:17:21 -0000http://raimanau.com/doing-what-i-say-ill-do-%ef%bc%8f-%e8%a8%80%e3%81%86%e3%81%93%e3%81%a8%e3%82%92%e3%82%84%e3%82%8b#comment-79624543<p>ありがとう！ And you too ;D</p>Raiman AuMon, 20 Sep 2010 22:26:36 -0000http://raimanau.com/doing-what-i-say-ill-do-%ef%bc%8f-%e8%a8%80%e3%81%86%e3%81%93%e3%81%a8%e3%82%92%e3%82%84%e3%82%8b#comment-79306116<p>Raamenchan ganbare! :)</p>CitizenQuinnSun, 19 Sep 2010 15:43:16 -0000http://raimanau.com/work-priorities#comment-69086406<p>Oh and Stephen, thanks for chirping in and building on the conversations! Consider getting a disqus commentator account (which is what I'm using right now!). It records all your comments and the replies to them in one place, so you can more easily follow your conversations and let other people, who think what you say is cool, to follow and find you as well!</p>Raiman AuMon, 16 Aug 2010 04:27:05 -0000http://raimanau.com/work-priorities#comment-69086280<p>Very true! We aren't machines! Although there's research that shows that we almost are, lol. Based on our past experiences, if we've been observed enough, people can pretty much predict our every action and reaction. Scary thought, huh?</p><p>I do agree with you that downtime is important, though. Heck, I even think that 50% of your day needs to be downtime (including sleep) in order for us to really give our 100% during our uptime!</p><p>What we do during our uptime, though. Now THAT'S a completely different story.</p>Raiman AuMon, 16 Aug 2010 04:24:55 -0000http://raimanau.com/work-priorities#comment-69067118<p>It seems like a simple concept but humans are not machines! We have millions of thought processes running through our brains everyday so it's not easy to learn to filter out what is really important.</p><p>It would be interesting to confirm this but I would think that even the most successful, awesome people in the world need some downtime. A few minutes? half an hour? something to clear their minds, motivate them, so they can prepare to give 100%.</p>Stephen ChawSun, 15 Aug 2010 23:32:42 -0000http://raimanau.com/social-networking-japan#comment-68762821<p>Stephen!</p><p>Lol, actually I haven't been touching Mixi at all, although I do have an account.</p><p>The thing about Mixi, though, is how everyone wants to be anonymous. It makes it so much harder to keep in touch with people!</p><p>Interesting about needed a cell phone to sign up, though. I wonder if that means unwanted outsiders have been signing up and causing trouble?? Interesting thought.</p><p>I do hope that more Japanese users adopt Facebook, though. And like you said, I think it will. It's a new, refreshing approach to social networking here =D</p>Raiman AuSat, 14 Aug 2010 17:09:42 -0000http://raimanau.com/social-networking-japan#comment-68726989<p>I may be pointing out obvious things here but...</p><p>I agree facebook will boom in Japan soon. Most social networking sites these days like facebook are available in multiple languages. One of my mixi friends was asking how to use facebook . I gave a brief explanation and pointed out that you can change the settings into 日本語。 Also, you probably noticed that Mixi added a twitter like or facebook wall like feature (最新のつぶやき, つぶやき一覧) 。I don't use twitter but at first I thought this was very similar to facebook because you can make comments or just click　イイネ (the same as facebook like).</p><p>If Japanese people want to social network outside of Japan facebook and twitter have huge advantages. One thing I think I noticed recently was that if you want to be a new mixi user, you need a Japanese cell phone email now. -&gt; So how can a new user outside of Japan sign up for mixi? *disclaimer, if my thoughts don't make sense it's early ^^</p>Stephen ChawSat, 14 Aug 2010 11:58:51 -0000http://raimanau.com/social-networking-japan#comment-68654148<p>Gerry!</p><p>That's actually encouraging to hear! I guess the thing is that in Japan, when a trend hits, it HITS!</p><p>It was also interesting when I started following a certain group of Japanese twitter users. Tons of people would follow me every day, and as long as I followed back and thanked them for the follow, I'd get another batch waiting for me the next day.</p><p>I found out that there's a large community that promoted the use of the refollow application in order to really increase their followers. And so I found a lot of people who had like 20,000 followers and only 183 tweets, lol.</p><p>It's interesting to see how it's done differently.</p><p>Now I have a feeling that the Japanese number of Facebook users will be getting up there soon =D</p>Raiman AuSat, 14 Aug 2010 00:59:34 -0000http://raimanau.com/social-networking-japan#comment-68642118<p>Hi Raiman,</p><p>That's a cool map! I heard that Twitter users in Japan have set a world record during the World Cup, something like 3283 tweets per second! And they say it's even higher than the peak rate during NBA Finals! So I think adding that new Twitter button would be great for Japanese readers :)</p><p>Facebook, on the other hand, is not even close to 10% of Mixi user base, I think the number is like half of Twitter's. I'm not sure how it's going to catch on but I hope more Japanese people will start using Facebook too.</p>Gerry BalbidoFri, 13 Aug 2010 23:02:14 -0000http://raimanau.com/finally-website#comment-68235004<p>Thanks Gerry! I'm proud of it. And you know, as a fringe benefit of having a nice site, you feel like updating it more often ;D</p><p>Do you actual get into the coding for your site? Or just use the themes as-is? </p>Raiman AuThu, 12 Aug 2010 15:04:26 -0000http://raimanau.com/finally-website#comment-68224315<p>Love the clean look of your site! It's inspiring me to fix my own site design :)</p>Gerry BalbidoThu, 12 Aug 2010 14:03:39 -0000http://raimanau.com/stage#comment-67933780<p>Well, first things first. I gotta pay my dues so I'm working on the eBay and design projects I have to generate income. But after that I'm going to just focus into pushing my fashion team I've created in Tokyo. And then who knows, maybe I'll start singing again and see where it goes!</p>Raiman AuWed, 11 Aug 2010 12:27:50 -0000http://raimanau.com/stage#comment-67857479<p>Hum interesting, so the current direction is````</p>AidachkWed, 11 Aug 2010 06:49:22 -0000http://raimanau.com/stage#comment-67854110<p>The stage calls to you too eh? Well, you're in New York! Why not get out there and do something crazy, and see what comes of it? However much you deny it, I think you have the talent ;D</p>Raiman AuWed, 11 Aug 2010 06:10:33 -0000http://raimanau.com/stage#comment-67798717<p>yeah man! i know that feeling of adrenaline rush before getting onto the stage and just rippin it with every move...god i miss dancing and performing...</p>BrianCWed, 11 Aug 2010 02:12:45 -0000http://raimanau.com/hong-kong-airport#comment-67248670<p>Thanks Gerry! And eat more killer tofu!</p>Raiman AuSun, 08 Aug 2010 18:37:43 -0000http://raimanau.com/hong-kong-airport#comment-67112399<p>Hey Raiman! Enjoy HK!</p>Gerry BalbidoSun, 08 Aug 2010 05:13:00 -0000http://raimanau.com/startup-saturday-hong-kong#comment-67039055<p>Eddie~! It was fantastic meeting you as well!</p><p>You can get your face logo at: <a href="http://designme.jp" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://designme.jp">http://designme.jp</a><br>Though if you want to go all the way and make a business card as well, you'll have to get the premium version.</p><p>There's also an extra charge for the business card design, and there's no current information on the site about it. Let me check in with my partner and see if I can set up a discount for you, though!</p>Raiman AuSat, 07 Aug 2010 14:54:45 -0000http://raimanau.com/startup-saturday-hong-kong#comment-67038723<p>Thomas! Thanks for dropping by! It was great meeting you at the event as well today =D</p><p>The face logo service is over at: <a href="http://designme.jp" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://designme.jp">http://designme.jp</a><br>Have a look!</p>Raiman AuSat, 07 Aug 2010 14:50:53 -0000