Jack of all trades…

Robin Good is a successful Italian online publisher that I met a couple of years ago thanks to 7th Floor. He is based in Rome and from there runs several websites like MasterNewMedia and RobinGood TV and shares his knowledge through “his” university: POP. I’ve seen him in action in many events like Barcamps, Pangea [...]

I read an interesting blogpost on Kevin Robert’s blog (KR is CEO Worldwide of Saatchi & Saatchi). He summarizes how technology has helped many families to stay together even if they are far away, to share feelings and emotions. To help keep in touch, be it through video-conference, audio, long (email) or short (sms) messages, [...]

I don’t try to be an eco-hero but to test on myself if it is possible to severely minimize the use of certain disposable products. I live in Tokyo, a city which has a lot of eco-friendly habits but also some very nasty ones regarding the use of disposable materials like: chopsticks, plastic beverage bottles [...]

When I was first proposed to do a photoshoot of a Hula Hula performer I was a bit skeptical. But after I met Deanne from Tokyo’s Hooplovers my idea of what Hula Hula means changed and it was a lot of fun actually. Deanne dances with 3 rings with colored LEDs that make mind-blogging effects [...]

I love stationary in all its forms, specially portable stuff, and I have recently got a notebook that could be renamed “the notebook of notebooks”.  It is produced by Powershovel, which I have learned to love through their great toy cameras like the Blackbird, fly, Ikimono and Golden Half (all under the Superheadz brand), but [...]

has to spur from big and small companies alike (and governments and individuals too of course). Wired’s Autopia reports that a South African company, Optimal Energy, is working on an all electric car.

On the 15th anniversary of Nelson Mandela receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, South Africa is gaining attention for another world-friendly achievement. This time, [...]

If you have followed yesterday’s Apple keynote presentation of the new Macbooks (if not, watch it here) you have noticed that Steve Jobs one-man-show was replaced with a balanced, all planned, three-man-show with Steve Jobs, Tim Cook and Jonathan “Jony” Ive. Cook (Apple’s COO) and Ive (Senior VP of Design) are well known as vital [...]

Hi there!
I’m sorry I haven’t updated this blog very often lately, but I have been traveling a lot during the 3 last weeks… meeting old friends, new people, eating (a lot!!!) and finishing the final project work for my MBA. I have 10 at least 10 drafts that are waiting for completion… should hit the [...]

Tokyo is a big city. Tokyo is full of huge malls. Tokyo has plenty of small shops. I love the latter. I like to discover them and get lost amongst crazy and original products.
During my sabbatical, I’m dedicating a lot of time to one of my passions: photography. I’m a gadget geek too, so I [...]

I get this question very often, and that is: which guidebooks do I use during my sabbatical in Japan? (I also get a lot of inquiries about the online resources, but I’ll talk about that in a future post).
I have so far used several books, but the main ones are:

Lonely Planet Japan (ed. October 2007)

Time [...]