Nick wrote an article about JapanSoc for Japan Probe and I know that he’s too shy to tell you about it so I will. Here’s the link: http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=6507
If you want to see JapanSoc grow I would encourage you to comment on the article and help spread the word. I also stumbled the article so a thumbs up will give it some additional exposure. More users = more great content and I think that would be a great thing.
I want to say a big thank you to those of you who took me up on the 3 links for 1 comment offer. All your WONDERFUL comments are on the testimonials page, and you’re all hooked up from the blogrolls here and on LongCountdown.com.
As an extra bonus, I’ve put together a Flash slide show with quotes from your comments and you can find it on the front page of JapanSoc (for logged out or unregistered users). The best thing about it is when you click on a slide, you actually visit the blog of the person being quoted! Pretty cool, eh? 
I can’t promise I’ll add any more quotes to the slide show, but if you haven’t yet taken advantage of the 3 links for 1 comment offer, you still can! Just send me your comment.
The Japan Blog Matsuri for October is now open! The theme for this month is “Sport in Japan”. Bonus points to the person who finds the weirdest sport in Japan 
Uggh, next week I’m off to Boston, and due to having a KLM milage card I’m flying North Worst (I’ll get Gold at the end of it!) for 14 hours KIX to Detroit, with the pension-aged flight crew, $5 a drink, full to the gunwhales 747 with no personal video screens, and stuck on the aisle side of a row of three, and due to a stingy employer I’m on a dirt-cheap fare so there is zero chance of an upgrade.
How would you cope? I dislike and don’t own an iPod or similar, and wifey won’t give me her DS, and my laptop batteries will be flat in three hours.
Is it just me or has this been like the worst year weatherwise? I can’t recall any periods of sunshine lasting more than two days this year (maybe January during winter, but…).
Seriously… I know this is Japan, but…
It’s been a week since anyone other than myself has posted to this blog, so just a reminder that the JapanSoc Community Blog is your board for SPAQUO! That’s Sharing, Promoting, Asking Questions, giving Updates and Organizing. Don’t hold back. Nobody wants to hear me rambling about JapanSoc updates all the time! 
“Japan’s #1 Social Bookmarking Site”. That’s the new tag line below the JapanSoc logo, and comes in response to the Major Changes at Japundit Next Week. Edward doesn’t do things by halves, so you can be sure the new Japundit.com will provide some strong competition for JapanSoc.
As bloggers, you should be excited about the opportunity to promote your articles on a site as established as Japundit, but don’t forget how much you love JapanSoc! I will be looking closely at Edward’s new site and figuring out what features I can implement into our own social bookmarking site to give it the upper hand. If you’re lucky, a little bit of friendly rivalry between our sites will be to the benefit of everybody!
NEW! Add an RSS feed to your JapanSoc profile. See my profile for an example.
I can’t believe October is upon us already. I better get the kotatsu out this weekend…
Go read the September Japan Blog Matsuri! There are plenty of entries so you might want to make a cup of tea before you settle down to read them. Many thanks to Tae for stepping up and hosting only the second edition of the JBM revival. The October Matsuri will be held by blog carnival veteran, Deas. Expect him to announce the topic soon.
Announcing the nominees for the JapanSoc Promo Video contest:
1. Mike from JapanIsDoomed.com with this entry.
… and that’s it! In the comments section, please choose a winner from the list of nominees above. I will tally up the votes and award the winner $50! Choose wisely!
Without meaning to cause CONTROVERSY and INTERNET RAGE, is anyone else questioning the validity of ‘Japanese Babe of the week’ articles? I mean, I like pretty girls as much as the next guy, but I’m guessing that seeing them on the front page is going to turn away more people than it attracts.
Not trying to call anyone out or cause an argument, but I thought if I posted this here people could discuss it?
In other news, jet-lag sucks!
Shane, no problem,...
