Tokyo and tech through the eyes of a split pea

2kurabe “Web Directions East 2008″-themed widget!

In collaboration with the folks at Web Directions East and in anticipation of their first conference in Japan, we’ve put together a 2kurabe widget with a custom “skin” (theme)!

At the moment there is only one 2kurabe, but more will appear automatically as the WDE team adds them.

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BarCamp Tokyo!

People of the web in Tokyo, listen up!  BarCamp is coming to town!  And it looks like the “large software company” might be IBM.  So mark your calendars – January 27th, 2007.  Looks to be a good fusion – and then some – of Pechakucha and Mobile Monday.  Who knows, maybe yours truly will have [...]

Tokyo Car Show 2003

This is loooong overdue, and I apologize, but I *finally* got around to posting my photos from the Tokyo Car Show 2003 onto the server. It was definitely worthwhile, if nothing else but to salivate over expensive toys. The crowds were only a little out of control, and I wish I had gone [...]

Tokyo Clubbing

Finally, a decent resource on the clubs inside “the loop”. Coolness.
More in English.

A/V Festa and 楽器フェア

Once again, my “service provider” went through a few admin changes, so apologies to those of you who tried posting comments; since the database backend was down, I also couldn’t post any entries. This entry is a bit overdue, but better late than never.

John Williams

Finally got around to dusting my classical ears this weekend, enjoying a recital by John Williams. No, not the 5ths loving composer; the guitarist. Boy do I miss raw acoustic sound. I had a decent seat, but had to shell out ¥10,000 for it — not exactly your student-friendly price. It’s [...]

Mari Matsunaga

Last Friday evening I had the wonderful opportunity to hear 2.5 hours of Mari Matsunaga (松永真理氏) at a lecture hosted by Sony University. Matsunaga-san is one of the three muskateers who helped build Docomo and the iMode empire (BW article), and has been named many things, not the least as Fortune’s “Most Powerful Woman [...]

Electraglide 2003!

YES! Electraglide is happening once again, and Underworld is coming to town! I’m starting to think Underworld’s largest fan base must be in Japan — not only were they here for a tour concert of their own, but they headlined at the Fuji Rock festival as well.

Matt-radamus

With all the talk of tourism industry expansion and hotel growth, I now submit my Olympic prediction which I formulated a few months back. Witness the history:

2012 – NYC
2008 – Beijing
2004 – Athens
2000 – Sydney
1996 – Atlanta
1992 – Barcelona
1988 – Seoul
1984 – Los Angeles
1980 – Moscow
1976 – Montreal
1972 – Munich
1968 – Mexico
1964 – Tokyo
1960 [...]

Tokyo Game Show 2003

As a celebration of my one-year anniversary with Sony, I checked out this year’s Tokyo Game Show in Makuhari. I didn’t have a digital camera when I went last year — it was less than a week on the job — but after what I experienced, I vowed never to forget ever again :) [...]