Sponsor Reads: Week of October 4th

Hey world! If you'd like to do a sponsor read for one of this week's episodes, follow these insructions :]

1) Call this number: 1 (402) 218-1023

2) Press whatever buttons you need to to leave a message

3) Record one of the following as a message:

"This is [your name] from [your location] and this Episode of Dan 3.0 is brought to you by Go Daddy"

OR

"This is [your name] from [your location] and this Episode of Dan 3.0 is brought to you by Thrillist"

OR

"This is [your name] from [your location] and this Episode of Dan 3.0 is brought to you by Gamefly. Go to www.gamefly.com/pogobat for your free trial membership."

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D3P0 User Submitted Sponsor Reads: Week of September 27th

Hey world! If you'd like to do a sponsor read for one of this week's episodes, follow these insructions :]

1) Call this number: 1 (402) 218-1023

2) Press whatever buttons you need to to leave a message

3) Record one of the following as a message:

"This is [your name] from [your location] and this Episode of Dan 3.0 is brought to you by Jackthreads"

OR

"This is [your name] from [your location] and this Episode of Dan 3.0 is brought to you by Netflix. Go to www.netflix.com/POGOBAT for your free trial membership."

OR

"This is [your name] from [your location] and this Episode of Dan 3.0 is brought to you by Squarespace."

W00tsauce!

D3P0 User Submitted Sponsor Reads!

HEY WORLD!

The fine Mr. Michael Aranda and I have been chit chatting away as to what we can do to make Dan 3.0 better and one idea we've had that is immediately implementable is to let you guys record the audio for the beginning-of-the-episode short sponsor reads. Like, instead of me saying "This episode of Dan 3.0 is brought to you by [insert sponsor here]", one of YOU could do it.

H'OKAY! SO! Here's how we're gonna do this. If you'd like to do a sponsor read for d3p0 for this week...

1) Call this number: 1 (402) 218-1023

2) Press whatever buttons you need to to leave a message

3) Record one of the following as a message:

"This is [your name] from [your location] and this Episode of Dan 3.0 is brought to you by Gamefly. Go to www.gamefly.com/POGOBAT for your free trial membership."

OR

"This is [your name] from [your location] and this Episode of Dan 3.0 is brought to you by Netflix. Go to www.netflix.com/POGOBAT for your free trial membership."

OR

"This is [your name] from [your location] and this Episode of Dan 3.0 is brought to you by GoDaddy."

We'll take care of the rest! Awesome possum! Let's do this! Don't be a zombie! Peace!

Planning Dan 3.0: September-November

For those of you out of the loop...

The first day of planning week has come and gone and my calendar is filling up-- oh boy! Figuring out what I'm going to be doing a few months in advance was definitely a good call. It give us time as a community to discuss each task at length/figure out the best ways to go about things, time to reach out to advertisers, time to book flights before they're ridiculously expensive, time for me to prepare etc. etc. etc.

I've started a few threads on the South Pole of the Moon forums discussing tasks recently locked in to the Dan 3.0 calendar. By no means should you feel obligated to contribute to every single discussion, but if you feel like you have something valuable to add, gopher it.

Worst. Movie. Ever.

On Monday, August 30th I'll be watching and reviewing whatever you guys collectively decide is the worst movie ever made. Help us brainstorm what movie I should watch.

Building Something out of Legos

On Wednesday, September 1st I'll be building something out of Legos. Help us brainstorm what I should build and how I should build it.

Giving out Cookies and Compliments

On Thursday, September 2nd I'll be baking cookies and handing them out to strangers. Help us brainstorm ways to prevent this from being ridiculously awkward.

24 Hour Live Show

On Friday, September 3rd I'll be starting a 24 hour live show. Help us brainstorm things we can do during the show to keep things interesting.

I'll update this post as more tasks are locked in...

I'm feeling better

One of the reasons I'm feeling better--I found this picture on the interwebz today:

The first week of Dan 3.0 has come and gone, and the reality of my situation is setting in: this is really happening. The transition from "Dan 3.0 as an idea" to "Dan 3.0 as a reality" has begun and while the technical side of things has gone as close to perfectly as anyone could have asked for (The fine folks at Revision3 have been wonderful to work with), on a personal level things have been a bit challenging.

On one hand I'm really, really excited. This is going to be a life-changing, envelope-pushing year. All the right pieces have fallen into place and we're launching the project on a grander scale than I ever imagined when concocting the idea. On the other hand, however, lots of hype means high expectations, and high expectations means lots of pressure. While I'm confident that we'll find a rhythm with Dan 3.0, I can't help but to occasionally wonder "What if it all goes horribly wrong!?"

Cue last Thursday's breakdown: http://revision3.com/dan30/badday

But you know what? I've had a chance this weekend to sit back, relax, and think critically about what needs to happen and I'm ready to buckle down. While the stress I've been under is a many-headed beast -- I miss my girlfriend, I've been under the weather, I'm adapting to a new filming/editing style, etc.-- I'm ready to start cutting off those heads one by one. We had some technical hiccups, sure, but those problems are small and fixable. More important is the fact that this crazy concept for a show has gotten off the ground, people are diggin' it and the next few weeks are shaping up to be fan-freaking-tastic.

Thanks for all your love and support! I hope you're as excited as I am for this next week! I get to hang out with Hank Green :D