This is what I really want. The modern model looks nice but I prefer the retro model.
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iPhone Doc For A Cool Office
Poken is not so pupuler here in Japan but we can buy it at some shops or tech events. I got it almost 1 yeaer ago but haven’t touched before I joined WordCamp Kyoto in Oct 2009. I love the concept of poken but it still not be success in Japan. OK, let me suggest some ideas to be success in Japan.
Suggestions for Poken
They should change some, for Japanese market.
1. Charactor design matters
Poken charactors are creepy. If they want to be success in Japan, need to learn a lot from Otaku people. You can find talented Otakus in Nico Video or anime/game communities.
2. Connect the online platform with Japanese SNS services more smoothly
Most of potential users are already there. Get involve them with mobile phone browser supportted version of the online platform.
3. Find good partners to sell the product
As soon as possible. It depends on their audience building strategy but find good partners to sell the product is really important for their business especially in Japan. Once the product will start to spread among yound people, no one can stop it. To make it happen, they need to find good partners carefully but quickly.
In addition, introduce Poken as a “eco friendly business card” can make impression for Japanese audience now. Anyway, I hope they can build their competitive advantages here in Japan.
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Interview with Patrick McKenzie
messaliberty had a special guest a few days ago. The author of Bingo Cart Creator Patrick McKenzie. Thanks for the special time Patrick!
Here is a link to an interview video at messa.tv. Japanese version will available soon. He also can speak Japanese well!
Check it out to see how he built his life style and his opinions about important things to live and do business in Japan.
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HTML5 Interactive Demo
Just watched this presentation slides which have demo of the next generation web technologies like HTML5 and CSS3. You should check this and feel our future!
Presentation on HTML5, APIs and CSS3 — slides have built-in interactive demos! http://01i.jp/html5slides Excellent! #html5 #css3
Via Oli’s tweet
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Re designed
I re-designed my WP theme! I’m still using simple design but made it more clean and reader friendly.
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Disadvantage Of Start-ups In Osaka
Osaka is the second largest city of Japan but to be honest, it’s not the best place to start a start-up. Why?
The reason is quite simple. Osaka have not many universities in the central part of the city. I feel it every times when I work with companies in Kyoto or Tokyo.
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First Step Of Google Buzz
Kevin posted what he thought on his blog.
Changes/Feature Requests For Google Buzz – Kevin Rose
The big news here isn’t really the functionality of
PownceBuzz, but that Google is boldly integrating this directly into their Gmail product
And he listed up his requests. Google Buzz is definitely in a beta stage but they’ve launched to get opinions and I know they will learn from it. Try the current version and give your opinions through the web.
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Google's Super Bowl Ad Wasn't Impressed
Did you see the super bowl ad by Google? Here is the one.
Looks nice and I love this concept but it wasn’t impressed me so much. Because Google is always running same kind of ads in Japan these days. TOO MANY TIMES.
One of the Japanese version is like this:
And you can find another here.
I prefer super bowl one.
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Dark Side Of Online Media
TechCrunch apologized for one of their intern had asked for compensation in exchange for a blog post. WTF!? This is the worst situation for online media. No one can believe the media if these kind of things happen quite often.
This was remind me that we should watch new media carefully and should not trust too much. But at a same time, I know to be honest is the most important thing for online media.
There is a link to the intern’s blog post at the end of the TechCrunch’s post. I had scscribed one of the intern’s blog.
All of local cities take place coming of age ceremonies every year for 20 years old people in Japan. And at the last one, Japanese government distributed an anime named “Go! Go! Election”. It means 20 years old people got this anime. You can see what’s going on Japanese education system.
From NicoVideo.
From YouTube for people who can’t watch on NicoVideo.
This video became really popular among NicoVideo users and one of an amazing guy ported to NES. This is not just a video, he also published a ROM image for NES.