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Re: How to Connect with High Volume People

Chad Kukahiko — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 11:51:34 -0000

well, shoot! sounds like i'd be stupid not to use this as an opportunity to introduce myself.

mark, i'm chad kukahiko of superfreako productions (superfreako.com) - a very new and innovative production company in los angeles. felicia day buzzed about your "The Future of Television ..." about a month ago and when i read it, i felt like somebody far more informed and intelligent than i was saying all the things i've been saying for perhaps the last two years.

not sure if you're aware of crackle.com's recent "The Bannen Way", but Mark Gantt is a friend of mine and i watched the progress of that from the very beginning and see all kinds of things in that particular model - and in the "Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" model - that could allow smart, innovative and hungry production companies and production teams to actually make a living by providing content - and in some cases even thrive.

in fact, i'm in the middle of a blog post based on just that topic that was inspired by a conversation i had with a fellow indie content creator recently -which in turn was inspired by your blog post last month. i should post that on my personal blog (iam100k.com) hopefully later today or tomorrow.

anyway, i'm perhaps your newest devotee and would one day love to meet you, and in the meantime, thank you so much for your postings. they're an unbelievable resource for new entrepeneurs.

Re: How to Connect with High Volume People

Chad Kukahiko — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 19:39:57 -0000

hawaiian actually, but i blog with a southern accent. =P

here (finally) is that blog posting i was talking about: http://iam100k.com/2010/11/what/

oh and btw, could i do a favicon for your site? yours and my gf's are the only feeds in my rockmelt sidebar w/o a favicon. i think a 'BS' would be kinda funny, but funny isn't what 'Both Sides Of The Table' is going for, huh. whatever you'd like, i'd be happy to do it - donate it to the cause.

Re: How to Connect with High Volume People

Chad Kukahiko — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 19:29:54 -0000

hey mark. tried a little stab at a bothsides favicon. i uploaded it onto my blog site for you. http://iam100k.com/images/b... - if you like it, it's yours. my contribution to the cause. cheers and keep up the great work.

Re: New Facebook Profile Hack: 15 Stunning Examples

Chad Kukahiko — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 19:52:44 -0000

check mine out yall. =)
http://www.facebook.com/cku...

Re: 50 New Facebook Profile Photo Hacks

Chad Kukahiko — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 20:03:01 -0000

come on, yall! include mine too: =) http://www.facebook.com/cku...

Re: On Leadership, Teams, Success & Happiness

Chad Kukahiko — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 10:39:20 -0000

unbelievable article, mark. really. definitely one of the most timely, for our little team at least. thanks for your generosity, honestly and insight - as always. definitely sharing this one with the whole team. i think this alone might fuel them for months! =)

Re: 1/27/11 – Denny

Chad Kukahiko — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 15:02:49 -0000

love the "so obvious that i am right". hehe.

Re: 1/27/11 – Denny

Chad Kukahiko — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 15:12:27 -0000

the relationship between technical and creative requires that both sides need to understand and learn how to work with the tools and needs of the other.

couldn't have said it better myself, bro

Re: Crowdfunding Goes Legit!

Chad Kukahiko — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:33:05 -0000

whoa! check out this one too:
http://filmclosings.com/201...
he wrote that earlier and references it in that same article. exciting stuff! =D

Re: lastdaysjournal

Chad Kukahiko — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:12:24 -0000

thanks for all your responses, guys (and perhaps gals). so far opting to reboot seems to be winning the day, but what i'm wondering is does anybody have a simple idea or two for making it better? for instance Quouar, do you have any ideas about what would might solve some of the problems that you see as intrinsic to the site as-is? i definitely could as Fergusson suggests, start a kickstarter campaign, to raise some funds to implement the changes that i already have blueprinted out, but it would take a lot more money than i think i could raise on kickstarter and a lot more time than i think you'd all like to wait.

on the other hand, if there were some simple low-tech changes we could make to the current setup - even just a kind of set of agreed-upon rules that we have in an FAQ of sorts - that might buy me some time to spend on the full, brand new version of the site.

the kickstarter idea does have me thinking though - perhaps i could try to implement just the first two parts of the blueprinted site i have cooking up in my brain and hold off on the hard part, the web-game. but the web-game really does seem to be keystone of making that part work.

you see my main exception with the site as-is, is the lack of some kind of independent, indisputable arbitrator of conflict. as long as everybody agrees on the specific development of a particular story, everything works fine. but as soon as there's some kind of conflict, there's no real way to decide who wins and who loses. there's no way to sort of allow powers or strengths or even dumb luck to decide how any particular point of conflict resolves.

so what we were working on was a simple, easy-to-understand web-game that players had the option to either use or not use. if they opted out, it kept there characters safe from being destroyed by another player and they could let that character live or die based on their own particular wishes, but if they wanted to attack or kill another player's character, they would HAVE to play the game. and by playing the game, they'd automatically make themselves susceptible to being attacked and killed by another player.

only problem is, there's no such thing as a "simple" web-game i've discovered. so maybe i'll eventually plan out the development of such a game and do a kickstarter campaign to complete that, but in them meantime i'm wondering if a simple reboot of what we already have can tide people over and perhaps reinvigorate the community for a while. just long enough for me to get the real deal holyfield together.

is it really worthwhile as a kind of stop gap, do yall suppose?

Re: 4/21/11 – Denny

Chad Kukahiko — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 10:59:52 -0000

dude, that photo at the top is hilarious.

Re: Why You Should Never Victimize Your Clients

Chad Kukahiko — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:55:07 -0000

dude, was that who i think it was?

Re: two weeks of insanity!

Chad Kukahiko — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 22:12:53 -0000

thanks for the support, girl. i hope you're right. =)

Re: 4/21/11 – Denny

Chad Kukahiko — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 22:13:30 -0000

that might work.

Re: 4/21/11 – Denny

Chad Kukahiko — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 01:29:22 -0000

well snap, girl! i'll put together that dang wish list for him! =D

and come up for a visit sometime! i'll hang the cats out the winders so you'll know where to find us.

Re: 4/21/11 – Denny

Chad Kukahiko — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 01:38:35 -0000

aaaaaaand here it is! it's still evolving and there's a lot of crap on it that's a bit pie in the sky, but ... whatevs! our amazon wish list: http://amzn.com/w/3QU4LYDU9...
=D =D =D

Re: 4/21/11 – Denny

Chad Kukahiko — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 01:53:15 -0000

i only JUST now understood your comment! i'm a dope. well, thanks a ton for your advice. here's the link to our list - we can only hope you're still feeling generous! =D
http://amzn.com/w/3QU4LYDU9...

Re: 4/21/11 – Denny

Chad Kukahiko — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:22:48 -0000

OMG, T! you rock!!! thank you! =D

Re: lastdaysjournal

Chad Kukahiko — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:28:59 -0000

you know that sounds awesome, but i must admit that i don't know what any of it means. i built what we have so far from scratch in just straight php, but i'm still a bit of a hack programmer. i tell you what though, if you're a programmer and willing to help out, i'd love to talk! chad@superfreako.com if you're interested!

Re: 4/21/11 – Denny

Chad Kukahiko — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:55:12 -0000

you got it, girl. it's Executive Dork, btw. =P

Re: two weeks of insanity!

Chad Kukahiko — Fri, 06 May 2011 00:55:29 -0000

3 down - 1 failed (boo!) and 2 to go. =)

Re: two weeks of insanity!

Chad Kukahiko — Sun, 08 May 2011 09:45:32 -0000

i don't think we will, @Nani Kyota - at least not me and kendall. just too tight for us, but we really hope you guys can come over for the screening on the 11th. it's a free screening too, so you can bring everybody! =)

Re: 5/16/11 – Denny

Chad Kukahiko — Tue, 17 May 2011 15:34:05 -0000

nice pix, den. perfect time to install shadowbox on the site, eh? =)

Re: back from the big island

Chad Kukahiko — Wed, 18 May 2011 12:50:12 -0000

omg! aren't you the guys who won the Audience Choice Award for Shorts?!?!

Re: 5/23/11 – Denny

Chad Kukahiko — Tue, 24 May 2011 17:43:23 -0000

damn, dude. those photos are incredible. and i love that that dude had to pick up his chicken. hilarious!