Archive for February, 2006

Sony Scraps (some?) Advisors

« 24 February 2006 | 14:05 | salaryman, sonystyle | 1 Comment »

Gen beat me to it but it’s true – Sony finally clears out some of the old guard, which it should have done years ago. In a culture highly regarded for the respect it gives (gave?) for the elders (especially at the advisors’ generation), it was difficult for division Presidents and SVPs to make independent [...]

quick!

« 23 February 2006 | 14:13 | Japan, diary | No Comments »

Grab that NeXT Workstation you’ve been eyeing in Akihabara before it’s impounded by the government and thrown in the dump!

Flickr Upload Limit

« 21 February 2006 | 1:00 | Internet, diary, geekery, web2.0 | 2 Comments »

I gotta say, this Flickr thing is quite the service. After doing a fresh install of Tiger on my personal server box, I decided to give it a try. The idea of installing the open source project Gallery just didn’t appeal to me after hearing my friend Paul had his gallery hacked last [...]

between a rock and a hard place

« 14 February 2006 | 16:47 | Japan, diary, salaryman, sonystyle | No Comments »

Imagine an executive, constrained by fiduciary duty, who knows that a soon-to-be-laid-off colleague is about to buy an expensive house. Should he warn his friend?
What do you think? I found myself in such a situation this afternoon with 3 Japanese managers on one side of a meeting table and an American consultant and myself on [...]