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On Starting Up Business

If you are interested in starting your own company, the following essay written by Robert Green is definitely worth reading: Six Lessons I’ve Learned Since I Started Working for Myself: http://lifehacker.com/5663011/six-lessons-ive-learned-since-i-started-working-for-myself

Supernetworking Meeting Held on September 6th

On 6th of September, Johogaku.net held a medium-sized conference in collaboration with IPA (Information technology Promotion Agency). IT engineers and their potential competitors gathered in Kyoto and frankly discussed the future of the IT industry and what the role of the government should be. It was an exciting event as a whole. We’ll upload some [...]

The new WordPress has come

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/06/18/wordpress-3-0-arrives-with-multi-blog-support-and-new-default-t/ The new version, 3.0, of WordPress, on which this website is running, has arrived lately. It has quite nice features. Among them, I’m pleased because you are finally able to manage multiple blogs on a single WordPress program. You know, my website has two identical WordPress core programs to manage Japanese and English versions. [...]

Google Chrome + quix

Soon after reading this article, quix became one of my favorite scripts. This tool amazingly improves our searching experience. And you can enjoy it even more with Google Chrome. Although it’s basically created as a bookmarklet, it’s possible to integrate the powerful search tool with Chrome’s address bar. Slight Modification of the Built-in Commands To [...]

Inside Pixar’s Leadership

http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2010/inside-pixars-leadership/ Some transcription from the interview with Ed Catmull, the president of Pixar, held by The Economist. The notion that you’re trying to control the process and prevent error screws things up. We all know the saying it’s better to ask for forgiveness than permission. And everyone knows that, but I Think there is a [...]

how to take advantage of the incognito mode

Use Incognito Mode to Keep Friends Logged in While Mooching Computer Time This is a quite simple and great idea.

Attaching files by Drag’n'Drop

Drag and Drop Gmail Attachments Recently added feature of Gmail provides us a really comfortable experiences in email composition. In the conventional web-based email services we couldn’t drag and drop attachments unlike off-line application of a lot more flexibility. Now, Gmail employs a new technique provided by HTML5 to overcome the cumbersome behavior of webmail. [...]

Cherry Blossoms Are Covering Us

The cherry blossoms in Kyoto are now in full bloom. They are so beautiful, though my photos are badly taken.

memo

These are Ms. Nolan’s recommendation. Michael Ondaatje, “The English Patient” Thomas Hardy, “Tess of the D’Urbervilles” Siri Hustvedt, “What I Loved” Jane Austen, “Sense and Sinsibility” Emily Brontë, “Wuthering Heights” Charlotte Brontë, “Jane Eyre” Daphne Du Maurier, “Rebecca” Milan Kundera, “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” Vladimir Nobokov, “Lolita”

Menu in English

There is an Italian restaurant and bakery “Cerchio” near my university. I like it and recommend you strongly. ‘Cause the owner is my acquaintance, I took the job of making the English translation of its menu for the sake of foreign travelers. There are lots of travelers in Kyoto. I think I need a lot [...]