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 [...]
Archive for February, 2006
Sony Scraps (some?) Advisors
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24 February 2006 |
14:05 |
salaryman, sonystyle |
1 Comment »
quick!
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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!
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
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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 [...]
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
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14 February 2006 |
16:47 |
Japan, diary, salaryman, sonystyle |
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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 [...]
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 [...]


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