Tokyo and tech through the eyes of a split pea

The Whale Hunt

Here’s a pretty neat interactive visualization of photos from a whale hunt by Jonathan Harris. Takes a some time to load, but very much worth it. It won the TDC’s Interactive Design Prize.

Eric Alterman: “The death and life of the American newspaper”

The always enriching New Yorker has a fascinating article in the March 31st issue by Eric Alterman, titled “Out Of Print: The death and life of the American newspaper“. While covering the trials and tribulations of the current newspaper / print-media industry and “that sucking sound” caused by the Internet, one snippet stood out because [...]

Umair at HBS

Back in 2005 I invited Umair Haque to come speak at an employee-only 3-day lecture series in Sony. He gave a wonderful presentation about edge-economies, peer production, and how Sony could - if it had the guts - be an industry leader in democratizing innovation. Hack-able Aibos and an open-API for Cybershots were just the [...]

*sigh*, the music industry

A twit (I forget which one I have so many; distractions!) pointed me towards the announcement of Sell-A-Band receiving a new round of funding.
Since one of my current projects is 音レボ (Otorevo), which despite the struggles is growing organically, I eagerly read through the comments. Two in particular that made me think:
commenter 1:

the problem with [...]