Jobs in TokyoIts that time again - I'm looking for a full time developer to work with us at Mirai Inc in Tokyo to start in December 2009 or Jan 2010. Hope you don't mind me recycling this post (from Mon 2009/04/20 05:03 JST) as all the qualifications are the same...
Masayoshi SonTaken this Thursday at the official Softbank iPhone 3GS launch event just past midnight.
On the left of the photo is Masayoshi Son - CEO of Softbank. On the right is tech journalist and consultant Nobi Hayashi. The chap in the middle is some git wh...
Transformers Revenge JapanWent along with comrades from the web2.0 Tokyo scene to attend Tokyo Transformers Night held at The IMAX cinema at Lazona in Kanagawa.
In this photo we have:-
Zuco Pietro (+waifu) - Linux Specialist (AXA), Photographer.
Joseph Tame - Pod Cast...
Tokyo CGM Night 5Organizing Tokyo CGM Night with Andrew Shuttleworth has been a great learning experience. We've had 5 episodes so far and they seem to get better each time. Last nights CGM Night was the best ever!
Tokyo Photo Walk 5Has been a while since the last Photo Walk. Todays walk includes photos from Ebisu, Nishikoyama, Musashikoyama and Gakugei Daigaku.
First photo taken at a newly built park nearby. The Lumix LX3 is incredibly good at taking pics at low light. This s...
A Week in Tokyo 39Didn't leave it as late as last time but still two weeks behind for this episode of A Week in Tokyo. About 80 photos to go through so this article will probably balk as usual with Google Reader and Firefox - click through to the article or read this...
YokosukaBeen living in Tokyo for nearly 10 years but only recently managed to visit Yokosuka last Saturday - inspired to go after member punynari joined dannychoo.com and watching something on Yokosuka on the TV the other day.
Photo was taken in the afte...
Nihon UniversityHad the honor of speaking this week at the largest university in Japan - Nihon University. And you could squeeze them like this while making a "puni puni" sound.
Tokyo CinemaApart from the annoying git who sat next to me in the cinema, last Friday went according to keikaku. We was to finish up work early, drop off at the Wieden and Kennedy offices, go to Roppongi Hills to have some din dins and finish up with some Angels...
A Week in Tokyo 38Very late with episode 38 of A Week in Tokyo - its been about a month! Making up for it with 85 photos which may balk in Google Reader - if that happens then just click through to the www article or you can get updates by email instead.
Am also i...
A Day in Tokyo 5Had a health checkup this time last year and wrote about it in the Health Care in Japan article.
"You never know until you ask" has been a motto I've been religiously following and this time asked if I could bring my camera to take pics of the medi...
A Day in Tokyo 4Will still be continuing the A Week in Tokyo series but will post these A Day in Tokyo articles when I take a load of pics in a single day.
For the first photo we shoot ahead of time to the evening at just before 7pm-ish at Lalaport Toyosu. This...
NHKMy work has somehow got me involved with the NHK (Nippon Housou Kyoukai) which is Japan's national broadcasting organization.
Went along today for a meeting with others involved in a project we're working on and took some pics when nobody was loo...
A Week in Tokyo 37Late again with this weeks A Week in Tokyo so this one covers the past few weeks.
<a name="pechakucha"></a> First up is my talk at Pecha Kucha Night where I talked over 20 slides (each slide 20 seconds) about the Tokyo Stormtrooper to a room of a...
Tokyo OfficeWas going to do the A Week in Tokyo today but wanted to get this out first. Going to hire another head soon and would rather keep working from our first floor a bit more until the 5th staff member comes on board - meaning that a new office layout is...
Tokyo Photo Walk 4Disclaimer: This installment of Tokyo Photo Walk includes a few shots taken from the car. Maybe I need to start a "Tokyo Drive" category too ^^;
The first pic today is my fave out of the whole bunch. Most of these taken on the Lumix LX3.
Tokyo Cherry BlossomTis the cherry blossom (sakura) season in Japan right now and one can see a load of them not just in parks but also lining many streets.
Japan Outlet MallTook some time out to visit an outlet mall in Machida called Grandberry Mall. Have only been to one outlet mall on my previous visit to Los Angeles and was my first time to visit one in Japan.
Zooming ahead in time in late afternoon to have some...
A Week in Tokyo 35Another great and productive week. Business at Mirai Inc has been going swimmingly well and looks like we will be hiring sooner rather than later to manage the amount of clients projected for this year.
First photo is of Kenji Hall from Business We...
Japan TravelSpent a few days in Hakone recently - specifically near Owakudani. Getting away from the hustle n bustle of the metropolis for a while is always nice.
Working at Amazon and MicrosoftBeen meaning to post this for a while now - a summary of my working career at Amazon as Website manager and Microsoft as CGM Product Manager. This article is a follow on (with a bit o overlap) of the Tokyo 1999 - 2001 article.
The first photo is...
A Week in Tokyo 34Another late installment of A Week in Tokyo - got a load to go through to make up for it. The usual drill - article contains photos more than a week old.
First up is din dins with the folks from Good Smile Company, Dwango and Billy Herrington.
Golf in JapanPhoto of a netted golf practice ground discovered in yet another uncharted evening after-dinner walk.
Golf is a popular and yet expensive sport to play in Japan - I'm guessing that its due to popular demand that one has to pay a bladder and a spl...
Japanese FoodWent through all my Japan and A Week in Tokyo articles, plucked out 365 photos and stuffed them in the video below.
Thanks to comrades at Beings for letting me use the track Change Chance by the Primarees that can be downloaded from here - notice...
Good Smile Company Live Broadcast 5Usually at around this time of year, a major figure event called the Wonder Festival takes place at Tokyo Big Sight where otaku can enjoy looking/buying the latest garage kits, figures, Dollfies and indulge in some cosplay too.
Unfortunately there...
Tokyo CGM Night Episode 2The second Tokyo CGM Night hosted by myself together with comrade Andrew Shuttleworth took place last Friday night at Fiat Caffe.
The event was a most awesome success attended by the best in CGM (Consumer Generated Media) - well over 100 pro blog...
La Repubblica XLLa Repubblica was the first national quality paper in Italy to launch a stand alone glossy supplement aimed at the young generation (aged 20-40) with the spending power and desire to be at the cutting edge of the latest trends in music, design, techn...
A Week in Tokyo 33Late again with this weeks A Week in Tokyo - usual drill with some photos more than a week old.
First up is a weekend in Hakone. This pic taken at Owakudani - ate two of the black eggs which means that my life is extended by 14 years - I think. Mor...
Japan Drivers LicenseA word of advice - even though your drivers license doesn't need renewing for another few years, mark your calendar as you may forget like I did. Wanted to take the car out one day and realized that it was invalid! "Bollocks" as they say back in ol B...
Tokyo CGM NightBack in September, I organized a gathering of bloggers, YouTubers, and folks in IT and related industries (media and creative) at the Wieden and Kennedy Tokyo offices. The intent of the gathering is for a room of like minded folks to share and networ...
RandoseruWhen I first started to follow Japanese culture, I saw these bags in anime, manga, J Dorama and in magazines. I then came over to Japan and started to wonder why all the kids had one and why there were all the same shape n size.
These bags are kn...
Japan Optic Fiber InternetHave a few sites here n there which cost quite a bit to run using dedicated hosting. Decided to pull another optic fiber connection into our house to host a few of them. A few other reasons are:-
-Can physically keep our private home network separa...
A Week in Tokyo 32Another late Week in Tokyo - usual drill where some photos are a bit more than a week old.
Starting off with a lovely evening view near Tsukiji. All photos taken with the trusty Lumix LX3.
