Archive for the 'Japan' Category

音レボリューション

« 15 September 2007 | 16:03 | Internet, Japan, diary, music, web2.0, worklife | No Comments »

Update (9.17.07):  産経新聞の記事が出ましたので、ご覧下さい。
Quote of the Month:
I’m beginning to suspect there are two “Matts” – because you never sleep, man!
Apologies to those of you who haven’t heard from me in a while.  This quote is in response to my work on a project called 音レボリューション、 or 音レボ for short.  Here’s an old interview with the current [...]

Surprise! ATRAC on its way out!

« 31 August 2007 | 18:33 | Japan, diary, sonystyle, tokyo life, worklife | 1 Comment »

Sony’s Connect service, which saw its writing on the wall even before it was officially launched, is now officially shutting down.  And Sony’s longtime controversial proprietary audio codec ATRAC is headed to the trash.  Surprise, surprise :)
Readers of M@Blog may recall a few entries I posted while working in Sony’s Audio Codec Development Group – [...]

２くらべのうちわがきました！

« 27 August 2007 | 17:08 | Internet, Japan, diary, geekery, web2.0, worklife, 日本語 | 1 Comment »

２くらべのうちわが今朝２００枚届きました！渋谷近辺で配る予定です。欲しい方はメールでご連絡ください！

ルパン三世スペシャル！

« 25 July 2007 | 0:32 | Japan, 日本語 | No Comments »

今週金曜日（２７日）、日テレの「ルパン三世」スペシャル！待てねぇ〜

Seen on a tourist’s t-shirt in Omotesando

« 20 July 2007 | 3:04 | Japan, humour | 1 Comment »

“Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder”
cracked me up.

camera + 回転寿し

« 19 July 2007 | 21:31 | Internet, Japan, geekery, humour, tokyo life, 日本語 | No Comments »

Camera + 回転寿し = fun!

Au contrare

« 26 May 2007 | 16:18 | Japan, biznomics, diary | No Comments »

Here’s an excerpt I’ve been meaning to post, mostly for my personal archive.  Something to think about as the markets chug along and Tokyo is a decade “overdue” for its little jolt (though keep in mind this was written in 1989…)
“What if there is a massive earthquake in Tokyo?  Tokyo is reduced to rubble.  Investors [...]

Paul Graham’s Guide to Investors

« 1 May 2007 | 10:26 | Internet, Japan, biznomics, entrepreneurship, web2.0 | No Comments »

Here’s a fascinating read by Paul Graham on factors startup founders should keep in mind while seeking investors, angel or VC.  In exploring the options myself for a few of our projects (miistation and kirakirajin) the topic inevitably turns to valuations, which I’ve found more difficult than expected to respond to.  There’s the money you [...]

Improved service?

« 23 April 2007 | 14:32 | Japan, humour, tokyo life | No Comments »

Sign at an exclusive club:

My New Toy

« 5 March 2007 | 22:36 | Internet, Japan, geekery | No Comments »

…is the recently released Hitachi W51H.  My new-phone use is adopting a half-life pattern – I started with a Sony/Ericsson phone without a camera almost 5 years ago and which lasted me about 3 years, moved on to a Premini II, and now only a year later I’ve got a new phone.  The other big [...]