Jean Snow [.net]

Month: June 2006

  • PauseTalk Site Update

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    I’ve started adding more info to the PauseTalk site, in the form of a quick and dirty blog setup to update with various details. From now on, I’ll probably limit most of my PauseTalk-related postings to that site.

  • PechaKucha Night Article

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    As I mentioned yesterday, my cover story on “PechaKucha Night” for METROPOLIS, “20/20 Vision,” is out today, so you should be able to pick up the issue with the cover above as of now (and if you’re not in Tokyo, you can read it online here, and after a week here). Also, it seems that…

  • Tadao Ando in TDY

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    THE DAILY YOMIURI has a piece up on Tadao Ando. Link via Storm from the East.

  • Mobile Phone Survey

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    PingMag takes a look at some of the latest mobile phones in Japan, and compares to recent models in the West.

  • This Week at Gridskipper

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    Cafe Add+Ress Bandai Museum You can read all of my Gridskipper posts here (or even subscribe to a feed).

  • PKN in Metropolis

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    Here’s a look at the cover of the issue of METROPOLIS (637), out tomorrow, that features the article I wrote on the “PechaKucha Night” phenomenon. Update: The article, “20/20 Vision,” is now online (link expires in a week). Update: Here’s the permanent link to the piece.

  • Laptop Orchestra & Ko Ishikawa

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    My friend Virginie, one of the organizers behind last year’s brilliant Design Tide “Fresh Touch” food design exhibition, sends word of an event she’s organizing at the lovely Harajuku Protestant Church later this month. “Laptop Orchestra & Ko Ishikawa” will bring together a collaboration of laptopism and traditional Japanese music (sho). It happens June 23…

  • Tenmyouya Hisashi Documentary

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    Just a reminder that the documentary NEAR EQUAL TENMYOUYA HISASHI, which I mentioned a while back, is currently playing at the Rise X theatre in Shibuya. Sunday screenings are shown with English subtitles, and entry is only 1000 yen.