Year: 2009
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Why?
My life is ruled by four themes: 1) international politics, 2) Japan, 3) technology and 4) design. My need for expression of the first theme (and the second in some instances) is met by other forae. For the past few months I have been using Twitter as a forum for the other themes. It has…
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“iPhone failure invented in the media”
Nobi Hayashi, the main source of Brian X Chen’s disappointing article about Japanese hatred for the iPhone, has come forward in a lengthy denial where he claims his comments were taken out of context. The article provides an interesting look into the mobile culture of Japan. Hayashi makes a great point about the iPhone’s performance…
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The Blackberry Bold is Hot for Japan
Man those Japanese sure hate foreign mobile phones. The Blackberry Bold is Hot for Japan
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Good design: The ten commandments of Dieter Rams
Via DF Good design: The ten commandments of Dieter Rams
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Why the Japanese hate the iPhone
From Wired: Why the Japanese Hate the iPhone This article assumes that SoftBank’s iPhone For Everybody indicates that the Japanese hate the iPhone. Disappointingly, there isn’t a scrap of market data in the entire article. Considering how many iPhones one sees in the subway, I doubt there to be a universal hatred for the iPhone…
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