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Launch of YokosoNews this weekend!? (I hope…)
I’m going to partially launch YokosoNews web site, a JapanExp project this weekend (I hope)… http://yokosonews.com http://japanexp.org JapanExp is the social media that anybody can join and anybody can contribute. We just filmed introductory video.I hope to update the video very soon. And the first memorial covera of YokosoNews will be…. Japan Film Festival Los…
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Softbank did it again – Free Ustream Studio, and Free WiFi spots
One of the Japanese cell-phone cariors, Softbank is known for foreigner-friendly carrior. With its innovative mind set is somewhat similar to that of Apple. Today, they did it again. Softbank gained the Japan’s most friendly cell phone company in Japan among Twitter users. From one tweet from Japanese Twitter user to Softbank CEO, Masatoshi Son,…
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The rise of “Media 2.5”
As a journalist and editor of a several publications, I can no longer ignore the trend of this social media movement. Previously, we had a clear distinction between mass media and personal blog media. However, Twitter, Ustream and YouTube shortened the gap between “mass” and “personal”. This is not the viral marketing. Viral marketing is…
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The World Best Travel YouTube Video about Japan
I just discovered these video series done by egauemon-san on YouTube. I personally think this is ABSOLUTELY the BEST travel video IN THE WORLD!!!!. Why? You just have to watch these in FULLSCREEEN. KYOTO – CRUISE 2009[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5njZhbhL9s] ISE JINGU / JAPAN 2010[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVZfNQ7JzbA] No annoying host No talking It’s like you are there. Next step, find…
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Web developers’ memo
Leaving some memo for my new project. Let’s refresh my mind againBest Practices for Speeding Up Your Web Sitehttp://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html Javascript Tips jQuery LazyLoadhttp://www.appelsiini.net/projects/lazyloadThis is the jQuery plug in to post load the images that are only visible (or delay loading image) Preload Images Sequentially With jQueryhttp://www.appelsiini.net/2007/6/sequentially-preloading-images YUI2: ImageLoaderhttp://developer.yahoo.com/yui/imageloader/ Social Network Widgets ShareThishttp://sharethis.com/ AddToAnyhttp://www.addtoany.com/ DISQUShttp://disqus.com/ IntenseDebate…
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Wanna see Apple’s new tablet (maybe)? “Sports Illustrated – Tablet Demo 1.5”
Originally from a Japanese article by Masaaki Kandahttp://archive.mag2.com/0000005757/20091207140706000.html First of all, watch this demo movie of Sports Illustrated – Tablet Demo 1.5. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntyXvLnxyXk]We know that Time, Inc. (The owner of Sports Illustrated) has NDA (Non-disclosure agreement) with Apple, inc.And Sports Illustrated dev team appeared to the Apple’s iPhone demo when they released the subscription (in-App Store)…
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James Tormé – A Christmas Jazz Concert on Dec 19, 2009
The Nutcracker Swings – A Cool Jazz Christmas Date: Saturday, December 19, 2009 Time: 7:00pm – 10:00pm Location: Pasadena Convention Center Street: 300 E. Green Street City/Town: Pasadena, CA A Benefit Concert for the Pasadena Jazz InstituteFeaturing: Pasadena Jazz Orchestra, RedWhite+Bluezz All Stars, Sacred Nation Gospel Choir and PJI Junior Superstars Special appearances by James…