Month: August 2004
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Tokyo Picturesque
At the OK FRED event last night, fellow blogger Christopher Kobayashi not only moblogged while there (as did quite a few others), he also logged in the coordinates at Tokyo Picturesque. It’s a site where you attach pics you’ve taken with your mobile phone, and it then associates that image with the location on the…
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MoCo Tokyo
I’ve been teasing you recently with news of upcoming projects, and one of them is that I’ve been asked by Harry Wakefield, who runs MoCo Loco (“a web magazine featuring modern contemporary design news and views”), to be editor of the soon-to-be-launched MoCo Tokyo. It’ll be joining other cities like Montreal, San Francisco, and the recently…
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Educated Community
Educated Community is a free bilingual (Japanese and English) magazine from New York, “focusing on what’s happening in the street scenes of New York City and Tokyo.” I’m trying to get more info on it, but a lot of the links on the site don’t seem to work properly. I’m wondering if someone in New…
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Pigs
A couple of pigs guard the stairs in the hpgrp building, where the Aqui Uzumaki exhibition is being held.
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Party Tonight
Just a quick reminder that the OK FRED release party is tonight at the NTT Intercommunication Center. Hope to see you there!
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Book and Cafe 246
Writing this from Cafe 246, which I’ve been meaning to visit for a while now. Book and Cafe 246 are a creation of PAPER SKY magazine (and the cafe is co-produced by the people behind Planet 3rd). The cafe itself is nice, featuring a full food menu (I was expecting mostly drinks), as well as…
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iPod a Hit in Japan
More signs that Apple is doing well in Japan. The iPod is proving a colossal hit on the Japanese electronics and entertainment giant’s own turf. The tiny white machine is catching on as a fashion statement and turning into a cultural icon in Japan, much the same way it won a fanatic following in the…