Shin Matsumura / en

Shin Matsumura (cshool) / 9zakuMS

Q1: Lets begin with your brief background and what lead you to start your current job.
Okey. Here is my brief background.
*Age 22 Kobe, Japan Graduated from Konan University with a Bachelor of science in Biology.
*Age 23-24 Tianjin and Kunming, China Moved to China to study Chinese.
*Age 25-26 Kobe, Japan Worked in a trading related company.
*Age 27-28 Vancouver, Canada Studied web at Bodwell Internet School.
*Age 29-30 Vancouver, Canada Worked at Thrive Media, created Casino games using Flash.
*Age 31-32 Tokyo, Japan Worked at Bascule. Involved in various websites using Flash.
*Age 33-Now launched “cshool”.

As you can see, there are no consistency what so ever in my background. Well, but I’m still alive and I wear my good-luck underpants everyday to prepare for my chance.

------------About my current job
*Age 25-26 ………..
*Age 27-28 Vancouver, Canada Studied web at Bodwell Internet School. <<< RIGHT HERE!!!
*Age 29-30 ………..

By the time I was graduating from the school, I had run out of money to buy my return ticket that I had no choice but to get a job in Vancouver and that is where I have started my career as a web creator. I only understood about half as much English in the interview but with the influence of the internet bubble in United States, I was hired by just nodding to each questions.

------------About 9zaku
*Age 25-26 ………..
*Age 27-28 Vancouver, Canada Studied web at Bodwell Internet School. <<< RIGHT HERE!!!
*Age 29-30 ………..
My buddy JUN from 9zaku was my classmates there. The reason why I’ve started this, is to be popular from girls, of course. When the site was launched, we were planning to update the Flash samples every three months, but it was impossible when you are enjoying the mild and calm weather in Vancouver. So then, we have created 9zaku mobilesuit to update news and events in the format we have today. However, Tokyo’s busy life take away my to update the site and I don’t think I am doing well here either.

・About Cshool……
*Age 29-30 ………..
*Age 31-32 Tokyo, Japan Worked at Bascule. Involved in various websites using Flash. <<< RIGHT HERE!!!
*Age 33-Now ………..

It started out when I came up with the idea of doing something different on my spare time in the weekend. Then I choose futsal and Flash-tutoring program. The president of Basucule was kindly enough to let me use the conference room of the company and that is why I was able to start this class.

Q2: Tell us about your recent activities.
Adding interactive function to graphics (I call it “interactive graphic”) to create its own atmosphere is what I am mainly focusing on. Use of plants and buildings in collage format gives depth when it is given interaction by flash. I am having lots of fun by doing crazy stuffs like making “takoyaki” fly the sky. It seems like I am succeeded establishing my image of craziness but it kinda worries me sometimes thinking where this is taking me to. And then, in between all of these thoughts, I have started playing around with 3D graphics. Of course, people around me tells me not to and I also understand it is just not cool to start 3D at this age. But, I am not gonna give up. I’m making a Taxi today. There is this weird wrinkle on it but I don't know what to do…. Damn it…

Q3：Who have influenced you the most or who do you respect?
1. I am running the school program called “Cshool”.
http://www.cshool.jp/ (Cshool website)
http://preview.cshool.jp/blog/ (blog)

So far, I teach Action Script writing for Flash mainly, but hoping this class to be a place where I can give my students a good inspiration of making cool things and not just a technique. Cshool is a school, but it is only run by me (plus 2 other friends of mine) that we will go anywhere you ask.

Here is the list of the classes we have this year.

+First Cshool with Harajyuku Act Planning
(A class for the beginner of Flash Actionscript)

+Okeiko-Cshool with Harajyuku Act Planning
We make interactive menus with Flash Actionscript.

+Business Cshool with m-school
(Easy application designing class with Flash Actionscript. )

+Terakoya-Cshool with Komyouji
(Talking about designing for Komyoji temple using their materials.

+
(Teach elementary school children with Flash Animation)

+Ryukyu school with I.T.E.P
(Flash game and Rss reader setting for Okinawa people

And of course, I am still doing Flash design on my own and here is the list of website I have done recently.
+meromero park
+ASOBI

2.9zaku has been keep running since I was in Canada. I mainly takes care of the back-end part like news update with data base. And Jun does web site development on the designer point of view. We have this contents idea which incorporates Flash and data base system to let everyone join the site, but I don't know…. (hopefully)

I write news as “es” there but I cannot call it “frequent”.

3. couple Flash creators and I will get together maybe next year and start up the unit calles Shogun（小群）. I am hoping to develop games of our own with this unit.

Q4： How many hours a day do you spend in front of your computer?
Case 1:
10:00 wake up
11:00 - 3:00 work
3:30 go bed

Case 2：
10:00 wake up
11:00 - 19:00 work
20:00 - 1:00 meeting (drinking, in another word)
2:00 go bed drunk

It is either case 1 or 2.

Q5：Which one do you like better, Motion Tween or Shape Tween?
Shape tween: Diva, Madonna
Motion tween: My neighbor Miyochan.

I love Shape Tween but it is like something no matter how hard I try, I can never be able to reach.
Motion Tween is not as gorgeous as Madonna, but someone who is always besides me and I LOVE the both. BUT I will be BIG some day and make Shape tween fall in love with me.

Q6. What is your best song to boost up your moods?
Cupie’s 3 minitues cooking song.
It makes me feel like I am in hurry.

Q7：What are the 3 things you have to have in your book bag everyday?
+BIG lettering map. Easy to read Tokyo: I carry this map of Tokyo in case of trouble for 3 years.
+UNITED COLORS OF BENETTON CONDOM：In case of a “special event”, I carry this with me for 2 years.
+Pocket tissue: In case of myself getting sick at some point, I have this in my sidepocket all the time for about a half year. (to wipe my nose. Just to be making sure…..)

Q8： If you did not end up being involved in the web businesses, what do you think you would be.
I would have been a good husband.
I will take a special care of my family. And have a dog.

Q9：If you can move abroad today, where would that be and why?
(Asia, US, Europ, South America, Mid east, Africa, I don't wanna go anywhere!!)
But I would say, Shanghai, China.
When I was studying in china, I thought it would be nice to work there. But I had no experience and technique at that time and was not be able to. Someday, I hope I can make this work. I haven’t speak Chinese for a long time so it will be nice to go back there and learn Chinese again.
我想去上海。小姐、来一瓶白酒。

Q10：Tell us about your secret specialty.
I WAS able to do football lifting for about 400 times. (not any more for sure….100 tops for now. )

Q11: For the last question, what do you have planned in near future and what you want to do.
1. As a part of Cshool lecture, there is this class I do at the Komyoji Temple called Terakoya School. The second lesson will be taken place on the Friday, Oct.21 and we will be making the logo of the temple.
A design company called EDP makes the logo of the place . They will come to talk about the process of creating the logo with the people from the temple. And I will explain how to put that logo as a waiting screen on your cell phone.

It will be a unique collaboration in between traditional temple and modern technology. So if you are interested, please come join us and those members of this project will also be there to help the class.
Check out the link below for more information.
making the logo of the temple

2. I would like to do more advanced special lectures for Game and RSS reader designing since I have good amount of sample build up with other basic courses by now. Or the class which you just think about making something fun and no technical lecture will be nice. Then the first lesson will be making Taketombo(the bamboo airplane). But besides all this, I guess it is more important for me to brush up the Cshool website…

3. well, I don't think this is realistic but I have this dream where I carry about
10 computers in the ban and have a “moving classroom” all over Japan. If this happens for real, I will open up a class room on places like temples and parks. And then, I will have it live broadcast on air with Flash Communiction Server.

4.As for activities as 9zaku, having an event like cbc-net Kurita- kun’s apmt will be great. Or, I am actually more interested to have an event WITH cbc net. Both Cshool and 9zaku offers people with the place to get together as its concept in common. My goal so far is to offer a space that everyone can come stop freely to communicate with each others.

translation by Rika Goto

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