Latest Comments

• Mobile WiMax to start in Japan on Feb. 26

  Tue Feb 3, 2009
  • Thanks, Chiba san. OK, then, I will have to use some "back-door" method to accomplish it...

• Microsoft's shadow looms over Yahoo's new CEO

  Tue Jan 13, 2009
  • I would imagine this picture is closer to reality... http://images.businessweek.com/ss/08/07/0731_women_in_tech/6.htm This one does not look like she's 60.

• Net (2-channel) people corner national newspaper to near death in Japan

  Mon Jul 21, 2008
  • Thanks. I, for one, am on 2-channel people side on this particular subject. It is such a huge chaos and sometimes can be very evil, but it may be a necessary evil to balance out against the establishment.

• Power of mobile novel - Japanese new form of UGC

  Thu Feb 14, 2008
  • Thanks! I think it is more to do with the software to facilitate Japanese language input, which is much more sophisticated than T9-type equivalent in English, rather than the language characteristics. In early days, input in Japanese into mobile phones were much much more cumbersome than now.

• Citizen Journalism: Should Professional Journalists Disappear?, and a Model for the Future

  Mon Feb 11, 2008
  • I totally agree with you, Kyle.

• Eggs for egg allergy people

  Sun Jan 13, 2008
  • Hi, Pamela. Thanks for your interesting insight. Anyway, I put up the link to the original article. Unfortunately, it is in Japanese, tho...

• Can Apple save WiMax?

  Sat Jan 12, 2008
  • Interesting to see bunch of contrasting comments on this article... Often, people don't realize that there are several flavors of WiMax and they don't talk to each other, at least at this moment. European WiMax is DIFFERENT from Sprint version.

• YouTube to Be Available in 7 Additional Languages

  Wed Jun 20, 2007
  • At least in Japan, YouTube is already VERY popular. I am sure it will reach even greater population with language support. And will attract even greater resistance from rock-headed Japanese TV networks and mafia-like actor agencies. Let the battle begin.

• Twitter, What's the Point?

  Thu May 3, 2007
  • I think Twitter appeals to only a certain type of people (and they are so enthusiastic), and I just don't belong to that group.

• Why things are not so easy for ad-supported Web2.0ers outside of US

  Thu Mar 15, 2007
  • Thanks for your comment, Ken. I agree, Dentsu is becoming a huge obstacle in this world, and nobody is filing the hole right now. Now that Horie will be in jail, people will be even more afraid of trying something that may shake up the status quo.