Author: akky

Japanese-Style Search-By-Blabla Ads Fail Sometime

This is a follow-up post for my monthly column on The Japan Times, Why do Japanese advertisers suggest Internet-search keywords?. There I explained why many of paper/TV ads in Japan are asking people to search by keywords, instead of typing URLs. Soon after the column was published, I got a question from a reader if… Continue reading Japanese-Style Search-By-Blabla Ads Fail Sometime

Asiajin Meetup Kuala Lumpur Aug 17, Wednesday

[Update] Meetup has been changed to afternoon at Suria KLCC. Two local Asiajin readers who contacted me preferred during daytime. Asiajin’s chief editor Akky AKIMOTO is visiting Singapore/Malaysia for 3 weeks, that is mainly for family vacation but thinks having a chat with local Asiajin readers who are interested in. This Wednesday, starting around 19:00… Continue reading Asiajin Meetup Kuala Lumpur Aug 17, Wednesday

July 2011 Japan IT Links (Part 3)

Continued from (Part 2). Last part of July news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. Twitter as a fool detector “Twitter, a fool detector” is a recent buzzword in Japan. It came from net-savvy’s dry humor by observing “normal” people tweeted socially unacceptable… Continue reading July 2011 Japan IT Links (Part 3)

File Extension Underwear

“Kakuchoushi Pantsu”(file extension underwear) with “zip”, “exe”, “php” and “log” underwear for men from Okinawan company Monolith Store [J]. 1575 yen(US$21). Women’s underpants are said to be coming soon as well. via Slashdot Japan [J]

Nailap – Nail Art Photo Sharing Service For iPhone

Saitama-based company Pocara [J] released a new iPhone social camera application “Nailapp”, dedicated for nail decoration lovers. We covered some geeky nail-arts by Japanese girls before. As well as other countries, there are not so many ladies in industry so having those techy nail art may show how popular nailing in Japan. Must-have feature for… Continue reading Nailap – Nail Art Photo Sharing Service For iPhone

Gakufu Camera: Camera Over Music Score Plays Sound

Gakufu Camera [J] (gakufu = music score) is an iPhone app released by music instrument vendor Kawai. The camera application lets you scan music score by camera, recognize musical notes in real-time, play the recognized notes. (“the world’s first real-time music score recognition”, as they claim. probably on smartphone I guess.) The app can recognize… Continue reading Gakufu Camera: Camera Over Music Score Plays Sound

July 2011 Japan IT Links (Part 2)

Continued from (Part 1). Middle part of July news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Continued to (Part 3) Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. Asahi Shimbun’s continuing special coverage on the diasaster relief and recovery. CyberAgent Launches Ameba Studio – 9000 Celebs Livestream via Cnet Japan The iPhone… Continue reading July 2011 Japan IT Links (Part 2)

Will You Use Color Emoji Folders And Files On Mac OS X Lion?

[Update 2011-08-01] Some emoji-s may cause troubles by bugs. NAOI reported [J] folder with emoji-s categorized in specific section could disappear. Japanese blogger NAOI pointed out how Lion, the new version of Mac OS X, added more support of color emoji on its system level. Gmail has been known its emoji support, but that support… Continue reading Will You Use Color Emoji Folders And Files On Mac OS X Lion?

Nyotaigoyomi: Page-a-day Calendar Girls App

Nyotai-Goyomi (=girl’s body calendar. The word nyotai is the same one in notorious nyotai mori) is a set of girls’ photos who has date drawn somewhere on her skin. The date drawn on girls seem to be in various formats including Japanese digits. If you don’t understand Japanese date notations, these apps may be not… Continue reading Nyotaigoyomi: Page-a-day Calendar Girls App