tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27837376698889685992024-03-13T13:31:56.261+09:00Fumi's blogFumihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09574203651696573162noreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783737669888968599.post-3923823192370495462020-09-05T23:29:00.008+09:002020-09-23T10:43:31.166+09:00Ingress, Folding@Home, Supporting Beirut and moreI joined Folding@Home <a href="https://stats.foldingathome.org/team/258804">Ingress Japan Cross Faction team</a> to contribute my spare CPU/GPU to help fight Covid-19.<div><br /></div><b>What is Folding@Home?</b><div><a href="https://foldingathome.org/">https://foldingathome.org/</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Folding@Home is a project to create a <b>supercomputer with distributed computing model with help from people all over the world</b>, and use it to help <b>understand SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 and develop new therapies, </b>toward a <b>potent, patent-free drug and vaccines</b>. </div><div><br /></div><div>We're all staying at home, so that we can avoid getting infected, as well as avoid others being infected. But is staying at home the only things we can do? What if there was a way for us to contribute our computing power to help fight COVID-19? Folding@Home is a project that enables just that.</div><div><div>
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<br /><br /></div><div>According to their website, the team uncovered novel protein structures that were previously inaccessible to the research community, and currently screening for potential drugs to target these structures as a part of the COVID Moonshot Collaboration. It is an open science, open source, pro-bono effort, so that those research results are going to be accessible to all.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VnyaAmM1nhE" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>Many people from tech industry are joining as the ambassador of the project such as Satya Nadella (CEO of Microsoft), Dr. Lisa Su (President & CEO of AMD), Jensen Huang (CEO of Nvidia), Patrick P. Gelsinger (CEO of VMware), with companies like Cisco and Intel as contributors.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6P7Zz-CgX99lIM-_8U66KBr7nrRkngNW8n5BHNs9yNLbfyNKJFgaj3axhz4hwHuCv1gNKlm5YCyQQHVGnKJeNDlJqL7E60s_iepZ9gidnoLW2w8R5-H6RaD6PoBGGWMtXsgnvF770zDg/s1804/Screen+Shot+2020-08-07+at+7.15.50.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="1804" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6P7Zz-CgX99lIM-_8U66KBr7nrRkngNW8n5BHNs9yNLbfyNKJFgaj3axhz4hwHuCv1gNKlm5YCyQQHVGnKJeNDlJqL7E60s_iepZ9gidnoLW2w8R5-H6RaD6PoBGGWMtXsgnvF770zDg/w410-h308/Screen+Shot+2020-08-07+at+7.15.50.png" width="410" /></a></div><div><div>There seems to be at least 8 Folding@Home teams from Ingress community, 2 Teams from Japan- <a href="https://stats.foldingathome.org/team/258804">INGRESS_Japan</a> (cross faction team), and <a href="https://stats.foldingathome.org/team/257728">Ingress_Enlightened_Jp</a> (Enlightened Faction team).</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://stats.foldingathome.org/teams">Top ranking teams</a> seems to be large organizations like NVIDIA ranking #5, VM Ware and Intel being #24 and #25 respectively and CERN & LHC Computing ranking #17, while the Ingress Enlightened team is now ranking #90 (!).</div><div><br /></div><div><div>I think it is really fitting that the Ingress community is working on such project for 3 reasons:</div><div><br /></div><div>1) Ingress community has lots of <b>tech-savvy</b> people.</div><div>2) Ingress players are <b>fighting to save the humanity</b> in this game- while the Enlightened faction believes the XM will help humanity evolve, the Resistance faction believes XM should be controlled and is trying to protect humanity from its influence. The direction may be different, but the goal for both factions is to save the world and humanity.</div><div>3) In order to play Ingress, we need to go out and walk around the neighborhood, and in doing so, we start <b>seeing what is going on in the society</b>, what the issues are, and sometimes trying to solve them. And in most cases, the players (called agents) are proactively doing those activities on their own as a community.</div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Some of the older examples include:</div><div><div><br /></div><div><b>- Ingress agents + neighborhood safety</b>: Agents walk around in the neighborhood to play Ingress anyways, so in some cities like <a href="https://www.city.osaka.lg.jp/tennoji/page/0000391773.html">Tennouji</a> and <a href="https://www.city.moriya.ibaraki.jp/shikumi/web/kouhoumoriyakanendo/kouhou_h27/20150510.files/0510.pdf#search=ingress">Moriya</a>, they collaborated with the local governments to do volunteer neighborhood watch activities. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>- Ingress agents + clean up</b>: Agents started #ClearFieldChallenge activities, doing clean up while running Ingress First Saturday events.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>- Ingress agents + blood donation</b>: Agents walking around noticed the Japan Red Cross is seeking for blood donation, and started an activity called "Red Faction" in <a href="https://www.bs.jrc.or.jp/ktks/bbc/2020/02/redfaction-in-20192020-1.html">collaboration with Japan Red Cross</a>. Through this activity, thousands of agents donated their blood for those in need.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB25kG41sr53j7bEsBIx7pQDjHjJkEhO0dKnn8yRei3mn8kqh3s05lgaRZprjAUTlgOEZ-RH4sMWEvJDfA28jG7E7w60LCpBdPAicOEG9CqZdYdChM1ufgZliE5zLJDRYKkkfU7vJd1XI/s567/redfaction____%2528___%2529.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="395" data-original-width="567" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB25kG41sr53j7bEsBIx7pQDjHjJkEhO0dKnn8yRei3mn8kqh3s05lgaRZprjAUTlgOEZ-RH4sMWEvJDfA28jG7E7w60LCpBdPAicOEG9CqZdYdChM1ufgZliE5zLJDRYKkkfU7vJd1XI/s320/redfaction____%2528___%2529.png" width="320" /></a></div><div><div><br /></div><div><b>- Ingress agents + community contributions</b>: Team Hikyaku's submission video for Operation Ko Lan showed how the team had been contributing to the community through raising awareness of donations for breast cancer, homeless, and blood donations. After natural disasters like heavy rain and flooding, the Ingress community went to support the affected people.</div><div>
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<br /><br /></div><div>What are agents doing recently?</div><div><br /></div><div>
<b>- Supporting Beirut</b>: On August 4th, 2020 there was a big explosion in Beirut, where thousands of people have lost their homes, possessions, and loved ones. Ingress community organized a <a href="https://telegra.ph/BEIRUT-IFS-SEPT-2020-08-12">Virtual Ingress First Saturday</a> event in Beirut on September 5th, with <a href="https://fevgames.net/ifs/event/?e=18248">over 900 signups</a>. Participants donated to <a href="https://supportlrc.app/donate">Lebanese Red Cross</a> and <a href="https://www.icrc.org/en/donate/lebanon">International Committee of the Red Cross</a>, as well as donate swags to contribute, ran auctions of Ingress related items to donate the proceeds.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8YMXZ7_YYB9VrgSc_dUdbHLf-hiJffcFunvxxVV1KwHkHVIHYAe6pcjrzq23Eqpi64XhZxXYhuNYxe1oteyiyTK7Z1m66RaCTEcIho1a-UM8h_JDk6GBovLuIvecsrnrmWedcAGSDZZM/s1080/42897e6b7f0b7aa4b0f64.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="1080" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8YMXZ7_YYB9VrgSc_dUdbHLf-hiJffcFunvxxVV1KwHkHVIHYAe6pcjrzq23Eqpi64XhZxXYhuNYxe1oteyiyTK7Z1m66RaCTEcIho1a-UM8h_JDk6GBovLuIvecsrnrmWedcAGSDZZM/w500-h281/42897e6b7f0b7aa4b0f64.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div>During the event they showed us some drone footages from on the grounds, and activities that the Red Cross is doing.</div>
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line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0px 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CEtSxr7jYKL/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">A post shared by ICRC Lebanon (@icrc_lebanon)</a> on <time datetime="2020-09-04T08:21:09+00:00" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">Sep 4, 2020 at 1:21am PDT</time></p></div></blockquote> <script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br /></div><div>Group photo:</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNBrhcL4jPetAutla1ynarmsYjtyB6gKuWmD9pyBVeypaBwjp1w6MFAX352Nh6M3QjQaS3qS8j7jzwBu7oPjmQY91PRzSwT6xOsCAZqS9Xsr1qOIK1fAzQYWrqGuiPj22BYEUSBqxS0cE/s1440/beirut+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNBrhcL4jPetAutla1ynarmsYjtyB6gKuWmD9pyBVeypaBwjp1w6MFAX352Nh6M3QjQaS3qS8j7jzwBu7oPjmQY91PRzSwT6xOsCAZqS9Xsr1qOIK1fAzQYWrqGuiPj22BYEUSBqxS0cE/s320/beirut+1.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7wKkL2jjXB1jKksu-T7BJ6IG3OJlHQhZC_6RiWIbuFKCPf18jQkfjTmFDl5wxAeZdX1hhGCHp1V9n9H5yZyGbT79TT8drjIgKZPziLNCcLt3DaEjBOSTDQAltGmfMOfmlTWK_Q_ozOUk/s1440/beirut+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7wKkL2jjXB1jKksu-T7BJ6IG3OJlHQhZC_6RiWIbuFKCPf18jQkfjTmFDl5wxAeZdX1hhGCHp1V9n9H5yZyGbT79TT8drjIgKZPziLNCcLt3DaEjBOSTDQAltGmfMOfmlTWK_Q_ozOUk/s320/beirut+2.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Recap <a href="https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/12220/ifs-beirut-somuchmorethanagame/p1?new=1">post</a></div><div><br /></div><div>And it looks like other Ingress First Saturday events started to spread the word for #HelpBeirut - this one is from First Saturday in Vienna.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigoQhDiLJGkSMr2W09Vwg_2p1nmI7ZYcIAl8uatPTPKvWoTozptltQnsl0tLde1nCUR6hqu-C0I-mSixakhWAfkhovYK0WTsQYngouB44_BiQ_5k0STABrN0ilRsjtQpoH4KXHCRAmlRA/s1280/2020-09-06+08.10.44.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="905" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigoQhDiLJGkSMr2W09Vwg_2p1nmI7ZYcIAl8uatPTPKvWoTozptltQnsl0tLde1nCUR6hqu-C0I-mSixakhWAfkhovYK0WTsQYngouB44_BiQ_5k0STABrN0ilRsjtQpoH4KXHCRAmlRA/s320/2020-09-06+08.10.44.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Also, agents started to make banner missions in Ingress to raise awareness with #HelpBeirut. </div><div>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Did you know that we have created a set of different missions from which you can create your own <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Helpbeirut?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Helpbeirut</a> Banner? Where is yours? Show your support for the victims of the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Beirut?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Beirut</a> explosion.<a href="https://t.co/kb3MQXDZLM">https://t.co/kb3MQXDZLM</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MoreThanAGame?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MoreThanAGame</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IngressPrime?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IngressPrime</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Ingress?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Ingress</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IngressFS?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IngressFS</a> <a href="https://t.co/LfMDvJPajb">pic.twitter.com/LfMDvJPajb</a></p>— Alec Cale (YellowLightning) (@AlecCale) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlecCale/status/1302177323006021637?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 5, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
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<div>Makes us feel again, that Ingress is #morethanagame</div><div><br /></div><div>Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are my own, and do not reflect those of my employer. -<a href="https://plus.google.com/116755662228900061089?%20%20%20rel=author">Fumi Yamazaki<br /></a></div></div></div></div>Fumihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09574203651696573162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783737669888968599.post-48648503573662087412020-07-13T08:55:00.002+09:002020-09-10T21:26:57.038+09:00Relics of Kanto Through Time<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I was showing some of my pictures from an exhibition in Tokyo called "<b>Relics of Kanto Through Time</b>" by an artist <b><a href="https://nug.jp/ja/artists/daniel_arsham">Daniel Arsham</a></b> who works on sculptures with the concept of "<b>Fictional Archaeology</b>" to several of my friends overseas. They really appreciated seeing it, so thought I'd share it on my blog :)(I did get explicit permission to take photos there)</div>
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Exhibit <a href="https://nug.jp/ja/exhibitions/2020-daniel-arsham/works">website</a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"></a><br />
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From press release:<br />
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In this exhibition, Arsham transforms various Pokémon into artworks. For instance, through encountering a sculpture of Pikachu that has fossilized with crystals observed on the inside, we as viewers can perceive a character that is familiar to us within the two-dimensional world of video games and animation in three-dimensional world that we live in. However, these works also come to harbor a four-dimensional context that includes the concept of time, as we are led to imagine the very time that it takes for us too to fossilize.</blockquote>
Photos of the exhibit below, and by the way, some Pokémon was curious about the exhibit and came out to watch (and sometimes photobombed the pictures!)</div>
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Pikachu. Look at the details of his hairs!</div>
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Pikachu came to see the exhibit.</div>
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And even photobombed!<br />
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Daniel, the Pokémon company and Uniqlo did a collaboration of this project and are <a href="https://www.uniqlo.com/us/en/ut-graphic-tees/pokemon">selling this T-shirt series</a>. </div>
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Amazing artworks by Shohei Otomo.<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/110042711">Backwoods Artist Profile : SHOHEI OTOMO</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/alexandermitchell">Alexander Mitchell</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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Website: <a href="http://hakuchi.jp/top.html">http://hakuchi.jp/top.html</a><br />
Tumblr: <a href="http://hakuchi.tumblr.com/">http://hakuchi.tumblr.com/</a><br />
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His father is Katsuhiro Otomo, famous for creating Akira. I'm a big fan of Katsuhiro Otomo too.<br />
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Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are my own, and do not reflect those of my employer. -<a href="https://plus.google.com/116755662228900061089?%20%20%20rel=author">Fumi Yamazaki</a></div>
Fumihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09574203651696573162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783737669888968599.post-48981401918237731722014-05-28T00:21:00.001+09:002014-05-28T00:45:26.176+09:00If you encounter a natural disaster in Japan, you can connect to wifi using SSID “00000JAPAN” <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Great news: When large-scale natural disaster happens in Japan, within 72 hours, <b>unified SSID "00000JAPAN" </b>will be launched, and regardless of which carrier you are using, and regardless of where you are in Japan, you can use this Wireless Internet for free.<br />
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Japan learned from the natural disaster back in March 2011. During natural disaster, many of the telephone and mobile phone carriers becomes unusable. It is impossible to predict which carrier will be down, and where. Also, in many of the cases the Internet was a useful network to communicate, with examples such as people getting their lives saved by communicating via Twitter. In September 2013, experiments were conducted in Kamaishi and Sendai, in order to publish a guideline on opening public wireless LAN during natural disasters.<br />
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In March 2011, there were only 13,000 public wifi access points in Japan, in 3 years it increased 70x and as of March 2014, there are 900,000 access points, combining those of NTT East & West, NTT Docomo, KDDI and Softbank. Also, they are planning to prepare more public wireless LAN infrastructure leading up to Tokyo Olympics in 2020.<br />
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This unified SSID is planned to launch next Spring. Also, a disaster portal will be launched with useful information for evacuation and rescue, and it will include search engines (Yahoo and Google) and links to major social networks (Facebook, Twitter, mixi).<br />
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Articles:</div>
ASCII: <a href="http://weekly.ascii.jp/elem/000/000/224/224244/">大規模災害時には無料のSSID“00000JAPAN”に接続!</a><br />
Internet Watch: <a href="http://internet.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20140527_650429.html">災害時に無料で使える公衆無線LAN「00000JAPAN」を統一SSIDとして提供</a><br />
Wireless Wire News: <a href="http://wirelesswire.jp/News_in_Japan/201405271459.html">大規模災害時にはWi-Fiで「00000JAPAN」に接続 -無線LANビジネス推進連絡会がガイドラインを公表</a><br />
無線 LAN ビジネス推進連絡会: <a href="http://www.wlan-business.org/info/pdf/Wi-Fi_Free_Guideline_v1.01_20140527.pdf">大規模災害発生時における 公衆無線 LAN の無料開放 に関する ガイドライン</a>(pdf)<br />
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Related: NTT-BP launched Android/iPhone apps called "<a href="http://www.ntt-bp.net/jcfw/en.html">Japan Connected-free wifi</a>" which enables users to connect easily to public wifi networks at airports, rail stations, and municipalities all over Japan. Finding public wifi was <a href="http://wirelesswire.jp/compass_for_global_communication_industry/201403140133.html">the biggest complaint</a> travelers had in Japan, and this app was created to tackle this problem.<br />
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-Android (<a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nttbp.jfw">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nttbp.jfw</a>)<br />
-iOS (<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/jp/app/japan-connected-free-wi-fi/id810838196?mt=8">https://itunes.apple.com/jp/app/japan-connected-free-wi-fi/id810838196?mt=8</a>)<br />
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Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are my own, and do not reflect those of my employer. -<a href="https://plus.google.com/116755662228900061089?%20%20%20rel=author">Fumi Yamazaki</a></div>
Fumihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09574203651696573162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783737669888968599.post-6605608826254911152013-04-09T09:33:00.001+09:002013-04-10T00:56:47.608+09:00 Project311- Visualization of the Evacuation Process During the Tsunami<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
"Visualization of the Evacuation Process During the Tsunami" project by "Team Masters & Forever 22" started from a simple question- <b><span style="color: red;">Why were evacuation during the tsunami so slow? </span></b>In order to get hints to save lives in future disasters, they analyzed how people moved fleeing from tsunami in the coastal areas.<br />
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<strong><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/lenatakayasu/project311-14915891" target="_blank" title="Project311">Project311</a> </strong> from <strong><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/lenatakayasu" target="_blank">Lena Takayasu</a></strong></div>
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They used ZENRIN Datacom's data to see the changes in population density per 250m2 and visualized them on Google Maps, in conjunction with shelter data and water level data.</div>
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They picked the town of Otsuchi in Iwate Prefecture as a model case for 4 reasons:</div>
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4) the researcher had 3 relative families there, and one is still missing due to tsunami, so she has talked with the citizens and knows the actual situation there before and after the tsunami.</div>
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(I think knowing the reality is very important when analyzing the data. Not just looking at the data only, but going back and forth between data and the real world is very important in analyzing data.)<br />
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This is the map of Otsuchi, red line shows where the tsunami came. The area circled with yellow line is the area that are the busy area during the daytime, with municipal buildings, hospitals etc, and note these are all built alongside the river. The team mapped hourly population density change and created video out of those data.<br />
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The earthquake happened at 2:46 p.m. The Meteorological Agency issued an urgent report that the tsunami is estimated at 3m in Iwate. The levees in Otsuchi are 6.4m tall, so many people figured that they wouldn't have to evacuate, and there even were people who took cameras to the top of the levees to watch the ocean.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">30 minutes after the quake, the Meteorological Agency issued its first correction of the initial estimate of tsunami size, but at this point the first wave of tsunami had already reached the town</span>. At Otsuchi, in merely 30 minutes, the waves surmounted the levees and entered the town, influencing citizens' destiny.<br />
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Since Otsuchi is a small town, it may seem that everyone should be able to reach higher and safer places within 10 minutes. However, as you can see from this data- which is the route an actual tsunami victim took to evacuate, <span style="color: red;">movement of people are much more complicated</span>.<br />
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She says it would be useful for preventing similar disaster in the future, if we could get a <span style="color: red;">more detailed data of the movements of people in these decisive 30 minutes</span>.<br />
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After the tsunami's arrival people do not move much, but can see a slow decrease of people. Since Zenrin's data is based on the GPS information of cell phones, and there were power outages in the town, it is likely that cell phones ran out of battery and lost their GPS connection.<br />
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The image on left shows population distribution from 2 to 3 a.m. on the day after the quake, and on the right, from 3 to 4 a.m.<br />
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Zenrin's data had 190 people in several places in the image on the left, and those people disappeared in the image on the right. Also, we see numbers like 92. This number probably comes from the calculation of 29 minute long access, by multiplying 29/60 by 190.... representing the proportion of people with reception over time. In larger cities, those calculations might be effective, but in smaller towns like Otsuchi, we should <span style="color: red;">use raw data to get accurate movement of people</span>.</div>
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Proposal 1) <b><span style="color: red;">Create power-saving mode for cell phones</span></b><br />
If users set their cell phones to power-saving mode, it can make the battery last up to 3 days. This mode should stop unnecessary functions and applications, and allows only GPS, mail, and phone calls to operate. Also, slow down the GPS transmissions to about once in 5 minutes. Cell phones lose battery power much quicker when reception is bad. But even when there is no reception at all, like during the disaster, we can still trace the owner's whereabouts for 3 days with the GPS. If we could relay personal </div>
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Proposal 2) <span style="color: red;"><b>Create cell phone relay stations that can be transported by helicopter</b></span><br />
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The thing about 30 minutes is interesting. The standard life for cell phone relay station batteries is 30 minutes, too, so there might be connection. They will be <span style="color: red;">changing the battery life of relay stations to 24 hours</span>, so that might affect it.</div>
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Un reality, the cell phone batteries held up. But even in cases where there were generators and cell phone batteries available, sometimes the <span style="color: red;">relay station had been swept away or the power of relay stations went down</span>. Supposedly the cell phone relay station batteries lasted for about 24 hours. After that, probably also due to congestion, communication became impossible. Cell phone's power saving more is important, but ways to <span style="color: red;">prolong relay stations are even more important</span>.</div>
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This team also presented at the poster session with their analysis of tendency of roads that tends to get traffic congestion and roads that tends to isolate victims by natural disaster.<br />
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Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are my own, and do not reflect those of my employer. -<a href="https://plus.google.com/116755662228900061089?%20%20%20rel=author">Fumi Yamazaki</a></div>
Fumihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09574203651696573162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783737669888968599.post-3583156017225341642013-03-18T14:45:00.000+09:002013-03-18T14:53:39.765+09:00Videos to experience Japan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I'd like to introduce several awesome videos about Japan.<br />
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<b><span style="color: lime;">Keio Global | Shaping History, Shaping Tomorrow</span></b><br />
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"Follow one international student's breathtaking journey through the heart of Tokyo and experience the sights and sounds of Keio University. Our student navigates both ancient and advanced, sipping tea in centuries-old ceremony one moment and break-dancing alongside Keio students to Japanese hip hop the next. After perfecting controlled brushstrokes at the Japanese calligraphy club, he tackles a jostling bout of sumo with students and joins experiments in state-of-the-art robotics research at a Keio laboratory. With its rich history and modern outlook, Keio University offers a rewarding and exciting lifestyle to international students while providing a first-class education over an extensive range of disciplines, including a number of programs taught entirely in English."</blockquote>
You can read the production interviews <a href="http://www.global.keio.ac.jp/en/whychoosekeio/shaping.html">here</a>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: lime;">Hayaku: A Time Lapse Journey Through Japan</span></b><br />
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"To all those affected by the earthquake and tsunami. You are in our thoughts and prayers. We wish for the safety of you all. Japan is one of the most beautiful countries in the world. This is my Japan. This is one of the many reasons why I love Japan. I shot this in many locations around Japan in the summer of 2009. Some of the location include Tokyo, Matsuyama, Imabari, Nagano, Gifu, and Ishizushisan."</blockquote>
Series of videos by <b><span style="color: lime;">augment5</span></b>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: lime;">Kusatsu</span></b><br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/32079284?title=0&portrait=0" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe> <a href="http://vimeo.com/32079284">Kusatsu Oct 26 , 2011</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/augment5">augment5 Inc.</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: lime;">Kyoto</span></b><br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/31955620?title=0&portrait=0" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe> <a href="http://vimeo.com/31955620">KYOTO Nov 4-5 , 2011</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/augment5">augment5 Inc.</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/30786857?title=0&portrait=0" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe> <a href="http://vimeo.com/30786857">ENOSHIMA Oct 16 , 2011</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/augment5">augment5 Inc.</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are my own, and do not reflect those of my employer. -<a href="https://plus.google.com/116755662228900061089?%20%20%20rel=author">Fumi Yamazaki</a></div>
Fumihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09574203651696573162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783737669888968599.post-45792782893799850462013-02-24T12:34:00.002+09:002013-02-24T12:34:26.590+09:00"Wake up Japan!" says Dave McLure<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://www.innovation-osaka.jp/events/000002/">Global Innovation Conference </a>was held in Osaka which I didn't go, but I thought I'd share its keynote video.<br />
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The speaker was <a href="http://500.co/mentors/dave-mcclure-2/">Dave McLure</a>, and he told the Japanese people to wake up, it's no longer the time for the Japanese to be sitting in the comfort zone, because this country is on fire. He tells people to <span style="color: red;">become the nail that sticks out</span>, move fast and <span style="color: red;">break things</span>, and don't be afraid to <span style="color: red;">fail</span>, because key factor to innovation is creativity, failure and iteration.<br />
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There is a famous saying in Japanese "七転び八起き" which means even if you fall 7 times, get up 8 times and move forward. But at the same time, the Japanese wants to do things well and organized, the citizens does not like failure, it's a country that fears shame.<br />
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"<span style="color: red;">Failure is necessary, it is a process, not a problem</span>." says Dave, and urges Osaka's mayor Hashimoto to dance without practicing, show everyone his failure in public, and urge the citizens to make failures- make them feel they are allowed to fail, practice, and become successful taking that failure as a process.<br />
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<strong> <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/dmc500hats/hack-osaka-innovation-strategies-for-regional-startup-ecosystems" target="_blank" title="Hack Osaka: Innovation Strategies for Regional Startup Ecosystems">Hack Osaka: Innovation Strategies for Regional Startup Ecosystems</a> </strong> from <strong><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/dmc500hats" target="_blank">Dave McClure</a></strong> </div>
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Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are my own, and do not reflect those of my employer. -<a href="https://plus.google.com/116755662228900061089?%20%20%20rel=author">Fumi Yamazaki</a></div>
Fumihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09574203651696573162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783737669888968599.post-23499610883340659042013-02-18T01:30:00.000+09:002013-02-18T03:01:17.132+09:00Project311- Project Hayano<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Project Hayano is a <span style="color: red; text-align: left;">project to understand the risk of the children in Fukushima and surrounding areas to get thyroid cancer due to internal contamination of Iodine 131</span>.
The team mashed up simulation of Iodine plume emission from the nuclear power plant with traffic congestion map which shows where people actually were.
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The purpose of this project, at the end of the day, is to work on a legislation so that when someone gets thyroid cancer in the future, the government will need to compensate the medical fee without the citizens to prove the causal relationship between the cancer and the nuclear power plant accident. Calculations done during Project311 will be used for the financial estimations related to that bill.<br />
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Slides used at the presentation is as following:<br />
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<strong> <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/RyuHayano/project-hayano-14916199" target="_blank" title="Project hayano最終報告">Project hayano最終報告</a> </strong> from <strong><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/RyuHayano" target="_blank">Ryu Hayano</a></strong> </div>
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You can see Professor Hayano's presentation video here, audio is in Japanese, you can turn on English subtitle, and machine translation on other languages:</div>
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combined those with measurements from whole body counters (WBC). From those data, he learned that the internal contamination due to radioactive cesium in contaminated foods was extremely low. For example, the following diagram shows the results of whole body counter scans since April 1st within Fukushima Prefecture. 99.1% of scans were below the detection threshold. And for children, 100% of the scans were below the detection threshold.</div>
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According to data from 1964, Japanese person's body had about 10 becquerel of cesium per kilogram of body weight.<br />
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If we compare this to the data from Fukushima, we can see that most people in the prefecture are far below the level of data back in 1964.<br />
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However, that doesn't mean that everything is OK. Iodine 131 has a half-life of only 8 days, and there could have been many who inhaled it shortly after the accident. Data from that period of time barely exists, so many people are anxious about this. It is known that after Chernobyl accident, many children<br />
developed thyroid cancer from the iodine intake. So we need to know what the risk of developing<br />
thyroid cancer is for the children in Fukushima and the surrounding prefectures.<br />
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Professor Hayano started "Project Hayano" aiming to evaluate openly the risk of internal contamination by radioactive iodine. In order to do so, he had to know <span style="color: red;">how many people inhaled how much iodine at what time at each location</span>. We have to rely on simulations such as SPEEDI etc to guess the amount of iodine (since real data does not exist). The problem until now was to estimate when and how many people were present at each location. Thanks to the congestion data provided by ZENRIN DataCom at this workshop, they were able to solve that problem.<br />
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Risk evaluations are made by multiplying radiation dose times the number of people. For example, if 1 person had a thyroid radiation dose of 100 millisieverts, the risk would equal that for 10 people with 10 millisieverts each. This is the hypothesis they used.<br />
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Of course, the federal and local governments have also done population behavior studies, asking where the people were on paper surveys, and their survey results were used for evaluation of radiation doses. However, because this is private information, the data will not be open to public and third-party evaluation is impossible. Therefore, they used the data provided by ZENRIN DataCom and SPEEDI to conduct a risk evaluation that is verifiable by third-parties.<br />
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There are many kinds of simulations, he used 4 of them.<br />
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1) Data from <a href="http://www.nsr.go.jp/archive/nisa/earthquake/speedi/230724/230724.html">SPEEDI</a>, which is open to public, <a href="https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8417602/speedi_iodine_density.mov">movie with timeline</a><br />
2) Data compiled by JAMSTEC and <a href="https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8417602/zenrin_vs_simulation.gif">mashup movie</a> with ZENRIN data<br />
3) <a href="http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2011/2011GL048689.shtml">Data</a> calculated by the National Institute for Environmental Studies and <a href="https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8417602/zenrin_vs_nies_I131simulation.mov">mashup movie</a> with ZENRIN data, and another <a href="https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8417602/zenrin_nies_dosexpop.mov">mashup movie</a> with ZENRIN data (iodine * people)<br />
4) The <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0265931X12001373">JAEA</a> calculations.<br />
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Professor Watanabe made a mashup map on Google Earth and overlaid the data with the congestion data from ZENRIN DataCom. For example, in the screenshot below, the green bars and circles underneath is data from ZENRIN, showing where people were at about 3 p.m. on March 15 -and you can move the sliders to change the time frame. The red bars represent the concentrations of iodine in the atmosphere close to the surface.<br />
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You can see the simulation here on the web: <b><a href="http://speedi.mapping.jp/">http://speedi.mapping.jp/</a></b><br />
-Time slider at top left will enable you to move the timeline<br />
-Navigation tool on the top right will enable you to zoom in/out on specific place<br />
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1) Iodine simulation by National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES, default on)- red bars<br />
2) Iodine simulation by Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC, default on)- color coded on the surface<br />
3) Iodine simulation by Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA, default off) - color coded on the surface<br />
4) Iodine simulation from System for Prediction of Environmental Emergency Dose Information (SPEEDI, default off)- orange bars<br />
5) Traffic congestion data by ZENRIN DataCom (default on) - green dots, for places with more than 500 people 3D bar chart is displayed<br />
6) Automobile drive map by HONDA (default off)<br />
7) Phone service map (default off)- red represents areas where mobile phones were down, grey represents areas where fixed phone lines were down<br />
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Before we move on, we need to understand how reliable the basic data we are using is.<br />
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<b>1) Understanding ZENRIN's data</b><br />
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Prof. Hayano plotted how many people were within radius of 5 kilometer intervals from the reactor along with the time. From the chart, on 3/10-12, we can see people actively entering and leaving the 5-kilometer zone, going to and from work, before and during the accident .<br />
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On 3/12-14 we can see fewer and fewer people within 5, 10, and 20 kilometers, due to the evacuation order with people fleeing from the reactor, and the population is decreasing. On 3/13-14 it looks like the population is decreasing, but this was due to the cell phone base stations going down, so we don't have accurate data during this time.<br />
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However between March 14th and 15the the base stations started working again and it looks like the number of people is increasing. The most problematic time of the reactors were from the early morning of March 15th to March 16th, when the concentration of iodine was at its highest. Fortunately the ZENRIN data for this time is from after the base stations restarted, so it appears to be useable.<br />
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Further investigation on ZENRIN's data: this population frequency distribution chart shows how many people were within this 250-meter grid, and we see peaks at 200, 400, 600, and 800.<br />
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What we can guess about this data is that here were certain number of people with automatic GPS features on their phones within the grid (like 1, 2, 3 people) , and we can see that ZENRIN is multiplying them by the proportion of contracted cell phone users, and guessing that there are 200, 400, or 600 people there. Then, the intervals are filled in.<br />
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Taking a closer look at the data for March 10, 3 p.m., as an example- people aren't moving much, and the peaks are sharp. But at 8 p.m., when people start changing locations the peaks become flatter. So we can imagine that the data has been derived using the fractions of people leaving and entering the grid. Due to this reason, prof. Hayano didn't use the 250-meter grid, instead made the space-time grid coarser.<br />
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<b>2) Understanding SPEEDI's data</b><br />
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Here, Professor Hayano evaluated 2 kinds of SPEEDI calculations (in red and blue), and overlaid them with the calculations from the National Institute for Environmental Studies (in yellow) to check the difference. Unfortunately, the data is extremely different. The source terms must have been pretty different. Therefore, they made the grid coarser here as well.<br />
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He published the population figures for a 10-kilometer grid openly, and asked many people to help check the calculations. As a result he was able to approximate the magnitude.<br />
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The purpose of this project, at the end of the day, is to<span style="color: red;"> work on a legislation so that when someone gets thyroid cancer in the future, the government will need to compensate the medical fee without the citizens to prove the causal relationship between the cancer and the nuclear power plant accident</span>. Calculations done during Project3111 will be used for the financial estimations related to that bill.<br />
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Q (Professor Murai): What do you think the relationship between these data presented today should be - data published and analyzed by the authorities, and data that is publicly available and can be analyzed by anyone?<br />
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A: That is a difficult issue. Ever since March 11th, there were many questions surrounding the way authorities that are supposedly owning data- how they communicate or publish data, how those data are utilized or not utilized. It is important that our project published the data openly in a way anyone can see what was happening and verify.<br />
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Project Hayano's documentation can be seen <a href="https://docs.google.com/a/google.com/document/d/1ZB4hifiQ7P29_dLfXZUTIyPnizaWYokQDll_QZof-mU/edit?pli=1">here</a> [ja]:<br />
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You can see how cautious Professor Hayano is about the data itself. Getting reliable data is extremely important in analyzing data, because if the data is rubbish all of the analysis will be rubbish as well. Therefore, he takes a lot of efforts verifying the data, making the data available and asking many people to check and verify his calculations.<br />
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The other important aspect about this project is that it is goal oriented- Prof. Hayano has the aim to make a legislature to save the victims get compensated if they get cancer in the future, and he is very focused on making that happen. Data, research and analysis is tools for making bigger decisions, not the goal.<br />
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He was also very successful in involving other people help his project- many experts provided data outside Project311 itself, due to his credibility. He was also able to get many people to help verify his calculations.<br />
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We learned so much from professor Hayano through watching his projects.<br />
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He continues working on his projects, and the latest presentation slides can be seen as below, it is a comparison of thyroid radiation intake between <a href="http://www.unscear.org/docs/reports/2008/11-80076_Report_2008_Annex_D.pdf">Chernobyl</a> and <a href="http://www.pref.fukushima.jp/imu/kenkoukanri/250213siryou2.pdf">Fukushima</a>.<br />
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<strong> <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/RyuHayano/ss-16566183" target="_blank" title="福島原発事故とチェルノブイリ原発事故の甲状腺等価線量を比較">福島原発事故とチェルノブイリ原発事故の甲状腺等価線量を比較</a> </strong> from <strong><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/RyuHayano" target="_blank">Ryu Hayano</a></strong> </div>
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It looks like Fukushima (red) is extremely lower than Chernobyl (blue) and the distribution differs greatly as well.<br />
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BTW, Project Hayano was actually the very first project that launched at Project311. Upon launching Project311, we weren't sure how many people would participate. We didn't know how many valuable projects will start from our data. On 9/19, we did an event called "<a href="http://youtu.be/MzqiL_Iyt58?t=15m2s">office hour</a>". We gathered participants and all of the data providers in our office, and made this opportunity for the participants to ask questions to the data providers. At the after party of this office hour, Professor Hayano started talking about what he wants to accomplish from this project- which was so concrete and so compelling. The moment I thought there definitely will be great findings coming out of the workshop was when I talked with Professor Hayano. Thanks again!<br />
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Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are my own, and do not reflect those of my employer. -<a href="https://plus.google.com/116755662228900061089?%20%20%20rel=author">Fumi Yamazaki</a>
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Fumihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09574203651696573162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783737669888968599.post-72536171428146556362013-02-17T20:46:00.000+09:002013-02-18T01:57:43.426+09:00Project311- Comments from Professor Murai<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
One of the commentators for <a href="http://fumijp.blogspot.jp/2013/02/project311-about-data.html">Project311</a> workshop was professor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jun_Murai">Jun Murai</a> from Keio University, Dean of the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies.<br />
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He is called the "<a href="http://moderntokyotimes.com/2012/01/26/jun-murai-is-the-father-of-the-internet-in-japan/">father of Japan's Internet</a>", the founder of JUNET and president of WIDE Project. He also served in the past as the president (currently board of trustees member) of Japan Network Information Center (JPNIC), Advisory Member of Information Security Policy Council,
Cabinet Secretariat Information Security Center, Cabinet Secretariat of Japan and Advisory Member of IT Strategy Headquarters at Cabinet Secretariat of Japan.<br />
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Professor Murai is currently tackling Open Government in Japan, he is the advisor of the Japanese government's "<a href="http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/NEWS/20120727/412462/?ST=govtech">Open Data Promotion Consortium</a> [ja]".<br />
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You can see Professor Murai's comment video here, audio is in Japanese, you can turn on English subtitle, and machine translation on other languages:<br />
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"This was an awesome project. The point is, how can we leverage this learning to the future." says Prof. Murai. "As you heard during <a href="http://fumijp.blogspot.jp/2013/02/project311-comments-from-mr-suzuki-from.html">Mr. Suzuki's comments</a>, and as was mentioned in many of the presentations, <span style="color: red;">I'd like to stress what we're doing here can save lives on the grounds in the future</span>. It is important to think about <span style="color: red;">how we link the people on the grounds and the information that was analyzed here</span>."<br />
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"The presentations were great- lots of diversity, and this whole day was a great experience for me. I would like to thank and express my respect to the organizers for making this happen, all the data providers that released such data, and participants who did the analysis of those data. What we need to do now, is to <span style="color: red;">connect this with the people on the grounds</span>."<br />
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"What we learned today is that the role of public sectors, private sectors and individuals surrounding data is important. Individuals have shown great strength after the disaster, both good and bad. In today's workshop it was all about how to prepare for future disasters, but in a broader terms, <span style="color: red;">how can we build a new global society where the public sectors, private sectors and individuals</span><span style="color: red;"> interacts surrounding data</span>. We experienced a lot of experience on that during the disaster, and we were able to have a precious experience of analyzing and sharing that today. We recognized the <span style="color: red;">importance of properly understanding the data and analyzing data, and then we need to move from theory to action</span>."<br />
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"The data used today had time-limited conditions and it's been made available to you because you're academics. Personal info has been made available because of its potential to save lives. Otherwise you won't be able to keep using it. I think the most important thing is to work on <span style="color: red;">making a society in which data is more available</span>. There were many parties who were hesitant about releasing data and didn't provide them. There's a lot of data that we really could have utilized. We need to make an environment where we can use data properly. A society where those who have data can provide it without hesitation. We need to create a system, environment and society that allows to do this. If we can realize such society, people like you can continue and further develop your present research and connect it to concrete actions that will save human lives. All that depends on how data would be available to the public and private sectors and the individual. If we can realize that, we can <span style="color: red;">make this country a new, data-driven advanced nation</span>. Japan learned a lot from last year's disaster, and with such experience we can make contributions to the whole world. We should take action toward creating such an environment. To make productive use of all this work and research you did today, I want to help create a society where data can be used effectively and safely. <span style="color: red;">What you all have done here today is extremely useful evidence of how people can utilize such open data</span>. I would like to ask all of you here to help. It was a wonderful event today. Thank you everyone."<br />
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Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are my own, and do not reflect those of my employer. -<a href="https://plus.google.com/116755662228900061089?%20%20%20rel=author">Fumi Yamazaki</a></div>
Fumihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09574203651696573162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783737669888968599.post-37248845372144880082013-02-17T17:10:00.003+09:002013-02-17T20:32:44.143+09:00Project311- Comments from Mr. Suzuki from Kesennuma<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
One of the commentators for <a href="http://fumijp.blogspot.jp/2013/02/project311-about-data.html">Project311</a> workshop was Mr. Hidemitsu Suzuki from Kesennuma City. He was working at city of Kesennuma Crisis Management division, so when the earthquake happened he was in charge of coping with it. I visited Kesennuma last year and wrote a post about it <a href="http://fumijp.blogspot.jp/2012/02/kesennuma-11-months-after-311.html">here</a>. You can see the video of Kesennuma right after the crisis here. The city was hit by earthquake, tsunami and was caught on fire.<br />
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You are able to watch his comments in English with the subtitle on this video.<br />
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After hearing all the presentations, he shows a video clip of tsunami attacking his city. He says he was impressed by the analysis, he thinks it is helpful to cope with future disasters.<br />
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While coping with the crisis, <span style="color: red;">he felt the importance of information provided by government agencies, but in reality the government lacked people who can work on it.</span> At the workshop, he felt <span style="color: red;">encouraged by hearing people talk about the possibility of citizens to help the government publish data</span>.<br />
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In Kesennuma,
the <span style="color: red;">power outage took two months to fix</span>. It took three months to fully
restore the water supply. Missing persons were announced with
paper notices in the city hall lobby. That is reality. It wasn't digital.<br />
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Traffic jam happened, and the roads were stuck in all directions. Not only were people trying to escape to hills, some were trying to get back to the dangerous city worrying about their families. (According to the survey by the Ministry Internal Affairs and Communications, 27% of the people who got on the cars replied they got on the car in hope to rescue their families.) People were trying to move in all directions and the roads were stuck everywhere. <span style="color: red;">If these people were able to get the information about their families' safety, maybe they wouldn't have gotten back to the city</span>.<br />
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There were power outages. Maybe, researches presented in the workshop may not function with power outages. We should be prepared for that, too.<br />
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How should people respond to a tweet
that simply reads "Help me"? Should you go look for that person?<br />
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Here is an example. The central public hall of Kesennuma was hit by tsunami, and citizens who evacuated there were surrounded by fire. There was a mother getting ready to suffocate her own child so that the child wouldn't burn to death. Fortunately they were rescued, thanks to <span style="color: red;">the power of social media</span>. The principal of a kindergarten sent an email via her mobile phone to her son in London. "I'm in the public hall, surrounded by fire. I may not make it, but I will do my best." <span style="color: red;">He asked to spread that information on Twitter and Tokyo's vice governor Naoki Inose saw it. The next day, Inose sent helicopters and rescue
units from Tokyo's fire department and rescued them</span>. This example demonstrated the potential of social media
during disaster.<br />
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Mr. Suzuki closed his comments hoping that the researchers here will be "intellectuals with wilderness who is able to cope with issues even with power outages".<br />
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Let me add some more details about the example described above. It is actually called "the miracle of Kesennuma".</div>
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Naoko Utsumi, principal of a school for disabled children was surrounded by tsunami water and fire. She writes an email to her son, Naohito, who live in London: "I'm in the public hall, surrounded by fire. I may not make it, but I will do my best." Her mobile phone was almost out of battery.<br />
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Naohito tried to call the fire department but the call didn't get through, so he tweeted:<br />
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Please retweet: My mother is the principal of a school for disabled children and she is left on the 3rd floor of the central public hall of Kesennuma City, Miyagi prefecture with dozens of children. The surroundings and the lower floor of the building is drained in water due to tsunami and there is no way to get close to them from the ground. If there is any way to get close to them from the sky, please help at least the children there."</blockquote>
Information spread, and Shuichi Suzuki who lives in Tokyo tweeted it to Naoki Inose, vice governor of Tokyo. He of course did not know Inose in person.</div>
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@<a href="https://twitter.com/inosenaoki">inosenaoki</a> 障害児童施設の園長である私の母が、その子供たち10数人と一緒に、避難先の宮城県気仙沼市中央公民館の3階にまだ取り残されています。下階や外は津波で浸水し、地上からは近寄れない模様。もし空からの救助が可能であれば、子供達だけでも助けてあげられませんでしょうか。<br />
— 鈴木修一 (@shuu0420) <a href="https://twitter.com/shuu0420/status/46225338988113920">March 11, 2011</a></blockquote>
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Inose replied "I printed this out and gave it to the executives of Tokyo Disaster Control Center."<br />
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いま都庁防災センターにいる東京消防庁幹部にこれ刷り出し手渡した。「たいへんだ」と彼は言った。 RT @<a href="https://twitter.com/shuu0420">shuu0420</a> @<a href="https://twitter.com/inosenaoki">inosenaoki</a> 障害児童施設の園長である私の母が子供たち10数人と一緒に避難先の気仙沼市中央公民館3階にまだ取り残されています。子供達だけでも助けて。<br />
— 猪瀬直樹/inosenaoki (@inosenaoki) <a href="https://twitter.com/inosenaoki/status/46229823454068736">March 11, 2011</a></blockquote>
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The fire department in Kesennuma itself was hit by the disaster and there was no request from the local fire department asking for help. "There never was a case like this, but I want you to go" told Inose, to the manager of Disaster Center. "During the crisis, it is important to <span style="color: red;">clear up the flow of information</span>, to connect the information between the people on the grounds and the people who needs those information. In a critical situation, <span style="color: red;">leaders should tell the team that they will take responsibility and push people to take action</span>." says Inose.<br />
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The next morning helicopter arrived in to the city hall. "Great news! The children are saved!" tweeted Inose.<br />
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朗報! 東京消防のヘリが気仙沼施設の障害児9名全員を救助しました。 RT 障害児童施設子供たち10数人取り残されている件。 RT @<a href="https://twitter.com/shuu0420">shuu0420</a> @<a href="https://twitter.com/inosenaoki">inosenaoki</a><br />
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Due to a single tweet from London, the lives of 446 people were saved- including an elderly over 90 years old, newly born baby and an expecting mother (in 10 days), and many children.<br />
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Why did this happen? There were lots of tweets, Twitter was flood of information, and Inose gets lots of replies- why was he able to distinguish this tweet? There were lots of false tweets like this. Why did this tweet get in to Inose's eyes, why did he trust it and why was he able to act upon it?<br />
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The point, according to Inose was that the tweet was very logical, calm and trustworthy. <span style="color: red;">It had details, it had 5W1H, the sentence was structured well which made him believe that it was true</span>.<br />
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In fact, "It took me 1 hour to write that 140 characters. One single sentence can become facts or lies" recalls Naohito.<br />
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ロンドンからのツイート…情けないことに、あの140字を書くのに…実は1時間ほど要しました。文章1つで、事実は噓にもなりえますね…@<a href="https://twitter.com/inosenaoki">inosenaoki</a> ディテールがあるので事実と判断、防災部長に大至急来てくれと電話。部長は6階まで走ってきた。ツイッター見せ、即座にやりましょう<br />
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It is also important to <span style="color: red;">use tools in everyday life</span>, since you just can't suddenly start using tools you're not used to when disaster hits. "I think they sent me this tweet because they knew I was using Twitter regularly" says Inose. If he wasn't using it regularly, there is no way people can expect Inose would take action based on a Tweet.<br />
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The other important thing is to write trustworthy posts regularly. When determining whether a tweet is true or false, people will read other tweets by that person, to determine the trustworthiness. <span style="color: red;">Social media is not just about single post- it is accumulation of your posts, trustworthiness and behaviour</span>.<br />
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Several articles on miracle in Kesennuma.<br />
NHK Report: "<a href="http://www9.nhk.or.jp/kabun-blog/200/78890.html">Information lifeline that saved people's lives</a>" [ja]<br />
NikkeiBP: "<a href="http://www.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/column/20120319/302831/?rt=nocnt">Miracle in Kesennuma, information source was from London</a>" [ja]<br />
"<a href="http://shuchi.php.co.jp/article/943?p=1">What you should prioritize during crisis</a>" [ja]<br />
Naoki Inose Blog: "<a href="http://www.inosenaoki.com/blog/2012/03/post-31da.html">Kesennuma City Hall Twitter rescue- principal of the school visits</a>" [ja]<br />
"<a href="http://www.bener.co.jp/blog/interview/post906/">Interview with Naoki Inose about the miracle in Kesennuma</a>" [ja]<br />
<a href="http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/1346898201">Video</a> of the interview [ja]<br />
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Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are my own, and do not reflect those of my employer. -<a href="https://plus.google.com/116755662228900061089?%20%20%20rel=author">Fumi Yamazaki</a></div>
Fumihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09574203651696573162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783737669888968599.post-45226847397235777002013-02-16T16:10:00.001+09:002013-04-10T00:59:30.775+09:00Project311- About the Data<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
When the Great East Japan Earthquake with Magnitude 9.0 struck Japan on 3/11 2011, an enormous amount of information was dispersed through social networking sites and the mass media. While much of it was accurate, there were also many falsehoods and rumors, emphasizing just how important information can be. How was misleading information conveyed, exactly? And what were the causes behind these mixups?<br />
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It was impossible to do such data verification during and right after the earthquake, with all the chaotic situation. But almost 2 years have passed, and it is time to review the data from the time of the disaster and digest the learning from it, and figure out what we can do to prepare for the next disaster. If we don't do it now, we will start forgetting about what happened.<br />
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That is why we - Google and Twitter - hosted "<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/prj311e/"><b>The Great East Japan Earthquake Big Data Workshop: Project 311</b></a>" back in 9/12-10/28 2012. We provided participants data that was produced during the week following the earthquake. They reexamined the data, discussed what can be done to prepare for future disasters, and apply it to service brainstorming.<br />
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<b><span style="color: lime;">====Data that was provided for the workshop</span></b><b><span style="color: lime;">====</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Asahi Shimbun newspaper articles</b></span> from the week after March 11 (source: The Asahi Shimbun Company)<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Google Insights for Search</span></b> (source: Google Japan Inc.)<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Text summary of television broadcasts</span></b> made just after the Great East Japan Earthquake (source: JCC Corp.)<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Tweets</span></b> from the week after March 11 (source: Twitter Japan K.K.)<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Transcripts of the audio broadcasted by NHK-G</span></b> in the 24 hours following the disaster and a ranking of <b><span style="color: red;">frequently used words</span></b> (source: Japan Broadcasting Corporation, NHK)<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Honda Internavi traveled roads data</span></b> (source: Honda Motor Company, Ltd.)<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Rescuenow's railroad operation information</span></b> and various<b><span style="color: red;"> disaster-related information</span></b> (source: Rescuenow. Inc.)<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Traffic congestion statistics</span></b> (source: ZENRIN DataCom Co., Ltd.)<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Short link</span></b> data of bit.ly (source: Bitly Inc)<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Citizens' report on damages from earthquake and tsunami, lifeline information</span></b> (source: Weather News)<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Information on earthquake and tsunami prediction, data from <a href="http://www.jma.go.jp/jp/amedas/">AMEDAS</a> </span></b>(source: Japan Weather Association)<br />
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A bit more info about some of those data:<br />
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Honda's Internavi roads data is based on the data they had from car navigations, which was extremely useful when aggregated as a drivable map, since many of the roads were damaged by tsunami, and was not drivable. You can still see it at <a href="http://www.google.com/intl/ja/crisisresponse/japanquake2011_traffic.html">Google's Crisis Response page</a>.<br />
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Some videos to understand more about Honda's data.<br />
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Zenrin DataCom's traffic congestion statistics data comes from mobile phones. This data is extremely useful when aggregated to understand where people were and their moves. In the following video you can see data from Tokyo on 3/11/2011. People are moving quickly commuting in the morning, the city of Tokyo getting really congested, and the motions suddenly slows down on and after 14:45 when the earthquake happened, since many of the public transportation stopped. They slowly move out of Tokyo, and the speed accelerates towards the night as the public transportation recovers.<br />
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<b><span style="color: lime;">====Results</span></b><b><span style="color: lime;">====</span></b><br />
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-600+ teams registered and signed TOS. They were mixture of researchers, developers, journalists, professors and students, NPOs, etc<br />
-Massive collaboration among people who'd never met, from different universities, different companies, etc<br />
-50 teams presented their research results at the report event (more teams wanted to present, but event time was limited)<br />
-Report event summary of all the abstracts, slides, and video<br />
Part1: <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/prj311/event/presentation-session/presentation-session1">Information in the devastated area</a> [ja] (8 presentations)<br />
Part2: <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/prj311/event/presentation-session/presentation-session1#TOC-Twitter-1">Crisis information on Twitter</a> [ja] (5 presentations)<br />
Part3: <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/prj311/event/presentation-session/presentation-session2">Understanding what happened during the crisis</a> [ja] (12 presentations)<br />
Part4: <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/prj311/event/presentation-session/presentation-session3">Chaos in areas around Tokyo</a> [ja] (6 presentations)<br />
Part5: <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/prj311/event/presentation-session/presentation-session3#TOC--7">The role of mass media during crisis</a> [ja] (6 presentations)<br />
Part6: <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/prj311/event/presentation-session/presentation-session4">What should the citizens tell others, to whom and how</a> [ja] (6 presentations)<br />
Part7: <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/prj311/event/presentation-session/presentation-session4#TOC-Twitter-1">Information circulation via Twitter</a> [ja] (7 presentations)<br />
<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/prj311/event/presentation-session/postersession">Poster sessions</a> [ja] (15 presentations)<br />
<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/prj311/event/presentation-session/presentation-session5">Comments from the commentators and data providers</a> [ja]<br />
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Further postings planned for individual project report:<br />
-<a href="http://fumijp.blogspot.jp/2013/02/project311-comments-from-mr-suzuki-from.html">Comments from Mr. Suzuki from Kesennuma</a><br />
-<a href="http://fumijp.blogspot.jp/2013/02/project311-comments-from-professor-murai.html">Comments from Professor Murai</a><br />
-<a href="http://fumijp.blogspot.jp/2013/02/project311-project-hayano.html">Project Hayano, analysis of Iodine emitted from Fukushima nuclear power plant</a><br />
-<a href="http://fumijp.blogspot.com/2013/04/project311-visualization-of-evacuation.html">Visualization of the Evacuation Process During the Tsunami</a><br />
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<b><span style="color: lime;">====What worked and what didn't</span></b><b><span style="color: lime;">====</span></b><br />
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-Open Data</b><br />
Many of the data provided for this workshop was not available till the workshop. It was a good opportunity not only for the participants, but also for the data providers as well, to reconsider their policy, and prepare what they can do with their data in the future. They learned the value of opening their data and having the citizens use that data for more valuable findings. Some companies are already getting ready for their actions. True, we would've loved to have more data providers- but I did hear comment from a participant that "companies that can't provide data for workshops won't be able to provide data during crisis anyways."<br />
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<b>-1.5 months analysis period</b><br />
We announced the event on 9/12, had office hour on 9/19 where all the participants can come to Google Japan office, and all the data providers will answer all of their questions. We held mid-term report event on 10/13 and final report event on 10/28. There were many discussions about this schedule. Some say it was too short for deep analysis. Some say it was good that it was short, they were able to concentrate and come up with results in short period of time. During the next crisis, we won't be able to analyze for 1.5 months, we need to move quickly to provide valuable analysis, so I think we did the right thing. I may be wrong.<br />
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<b>-5 minute presentation time</b><br />
The format was 5 minute presentation and 2 minute QA/comments, with the exception of top 5 teams that were voted to speak 2 minutes extra. At the mid-term report event, I was unable to stop some people going over time- the presentations were extremely interesting and was hard to stop them, but I did get some complaints in terms of fairness. At the final report event, we used a gong and stopped everyone however interesting they are. The event went smoothly on schedule. Although 5 minutes were very short, the presentations became crispy and did not get bored even after listening to 50 presentations in one day so I think it was good.<br />
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<b>-Final slide rule</b><br />
After the mid-term report event, one of the participants- Professor Ryugo Hayano told me we should fix the format. People were just reporting what they learned from the analysis, which is not enough. Therefore, for the final report event, we made a rule for the presenters to finish the <span style="color: red;">last slide with visions on how their analysis will benefit the victims from Tohoku disaster, or future disasters</span>. Some actionable proposals came out from their last slides.<br />
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<b>-More collaboration</b><br />
Communication tools among the participants were the offline events, mailing list, Twitter, Google+ etc and some people leveraged from that, some didn't. An example of a good collaboration was "geolocation info tweet list project". Twitter data was just a list of tweets with geo-id and tweet-id, and each participant had to use Twitter API to get the location information. So one of the projects that came up was making a JSON format dataset of tweets with geolocation data. Some people announced to start working on it so that it will be valuable for others to use, and many who thought it is valuable started helping out. They have never met each other, but started collaborating online. "Twitter data cleaning project" was another one- data that was provided by Twitter had line breaks and was difficult to use. Therefore, some of the participants started a project to clean the data and provide a script in a matter of hours or couple of days- some wrote a Python script some with Ruby, some wrote a script to extract posts with specific words, some made a tool to put into charts. This thread started with "Houston, I have a problem with Twitter data. I think this is applicable to all of you" and others just jumped in to help and was able to avoid duplicate works in the very early stage and fixing the issue - so I think it worked more on the tools side. The problem was analysis side- since many teams were working on rumor analysis from Twitter data, it was hard for them to throw away their own analysis and join other groups which were doing similar analysis. So we had some duplicate efforts there, which could have been solved by more collaboration.<br />
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<b><span style="color: lime;">====Comments</span></b><b><span style="color: lime;">====</span></b><br />
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I really think it is important that we <span style="color: red;">remember and reflect and learn from the past experiences so that we don't make the same mistake again</span>. Also, it is important to <span style="color: red;">share what we learned</span>. That is exactly why I'm writing this post.<br />
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It is easy for the governments and data owners to resist opening the data- they have a bunch of reasons not to. Maybe citizens will not use the data even if they make it open (after a lot of efforts). Maybe some bad things happen. This project is antithesis to that. People WILL come and use the data and come up with valuable analysis if we open the data. I am glad we were able to prove that.<br />
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I think it is easy for the analysts, researchers and developers to just complain that the data is not open, it doesn't exists, the format is bad, etc. This project is antithesis to that as well. The dataset was not complete- it had some restrictions. We didn't have some data that we would've wanted to have. But there will never be a single day that EVERYTHING is open. It shouldn't be- some data should be open, some should be closed, like personal data. Complaining is easy- but I believe if we can show the value of opening the data and making use of it, more governments, more companies, more entities will start opening their data. I think Project311 was evidence of such move.<br />
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Also, the data was too big for some people to handle- their tools didn't work. But there will never be a single day that a perfect tool will be ready for you- we'll just need to collaborate and work around and tackle the data.<br />
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Oh and by the way, it doesn't even have to be "big data". It should be "valuable data", but rubbish data for some people may be valuable to others, so don't discount that. "Open data in a standardized format". No PDF, please.<br />
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Lastly, open data is not just about crisis. The Japanese government, companies and the society needs to get used to opening various data all the time. Also, "opening data" does not merely mean making data available- it includes the responsibility of the citizens, researchers, developers etc to make use of those data, so information literacy and data literacy is a big issue here.<br />
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<b><span style="color: lime;">====Photos from the workshop</span></b><b><span style="color: lime;">====</span></b><br />
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Professor Jun Murai from Keio University (left), the father of Internet in Japan, and Mr. Hidemitsu Suzuki (middle), who was in charge of coping with the disaster in the city of Kesennuma Crisis Management division stayed the full 9 hours of the presentations and commented on each and every 50 presentations that took place. In fact, they were still discussing about the presentations during the breaks. On the right is Professor Fumihiko Imamura from Tsunami Engineering Laboratory Disaster Control Research Center or Tohoku University.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/8134137795/" title="東日本大震災ビッグデータワークショップ by fumi, on Flickr"><img alt="東日本大震災ビッグデータワークショップ" height="375" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8186/8134137795_d3cd042a04.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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University of Tokyo kindly offered to provide us their classroom for the presentation.<br />
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We livestreamed the presentations on Hangout On Air so that those who could not come to the venue can watch. We also had NPO in Sendai working on crisis response and local city government official from Ishinomaki city join the hangout to provide comments to the presentations. I think it is important to involve people on the grounds on those researches, so that we are not doing those activities for self satisfaction- but to work on something that is actually useful for those in need, via direct discussion.<br />
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I have seen too many projects after the earthquake that are self satisfactory for engineers in Tokyo that is not useful on the grounds. It hurts to hear those honest opinion, but we need to listen to those voices and refocus on what is actually useful, than using valuable resources on projects that are not going to be used.<br />
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The walls of the room were used for poster sessions.<br />
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This is not the end- in fact, it is just the beginning. We should do more.<br />
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<b><span style="color: lime;">====Videos with English Subtitles</span></b><b><span style="color: lime;">====</span></b><br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1gbXlDXGFU">Comments from Mr. Suzuki from Kesennuma</a><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW8pyBQsPJs">Comments from Prof. Murai from Keio University</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwRVjerr_NU">Comments from Mr. Ishii from JCC (data provider) "Transcription and Distribution of TV Coverage" Aiming for Prompt Establishment of Disaster Mode</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boQoY0LRhm8">Visualization of the Evacuation Process During the Tsunami</a><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdXq4NhJ4XQ">Visualizing March 11th in graphs</a><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmrKsQWUld8">Project HAYANO</a><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig9Af5BsNSw">NHK Project "3 Maps for the Evolution of Disaster Information Transmission"</a><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5E1M3xMmFo">Shibuya project : Crowd management in urban disaster by real-time Information analysis.</a><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OyaExYsc-8">Population Dynamics in the Tokyo Metropolitan Region after the Earthquake</a><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ktMWwR-G1s">Production of Mashup Content Displaying the Spatial and Temporal Relationship of Scattered Data, Based on Web Activity</a><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN879BnMuWI">An Examination of Disaster Information Dissemination Based on a Semantic Analysis of Twitter Data</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crZgnG0yWEg">Development of a Tool for Filtering Information from Text Data After and Earthquake</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk8cAWtvwE8">Auto-Extracting Routes from Twitter in a Disaster and Verifying Their Credibility</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nDSll61Hzk">Use of Hashtags During Times of Disaster</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwbmVtadKxc">Information Filtering Based on Region and Time</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPn2SMEWBiA">Information that was Needed and Information that Circulated in Sendai</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCC03Kwy5ho">An Attempt to Review the State of Regional Information Transmission in Tsukuba</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqbXJ3qmmdQ">NICT Disaster Response Q&A System</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3HopnsBYdY">Providing Multilingual Information During Disaster</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_uP6bThr-U">Disaster and Medical Information</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1yJf5EX498">Estimating the Extent of Disasters Based on the Detection of Gaps in Data Transmission</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deaiw4_uowQ">An Analysis of Tendencies in Postings of Corrective Information</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_4tTmDGLao">Is There a Connection between the Mass Media and the Spread of Information on Twitter?</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPP4odACzgs">Voluntary Evacuation: Dynamics, Problems and Solutions</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGNj5Dmul1s">Modeling the Behavior of Tokyo Area Commuters</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HETaSQAj2EE">Getting a Sequential Picture of Damage Inflicted Based on Tweets with GPS Data</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFcn8Qbg2Ag">Implications of Disaster Data</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6t20eP2fRs">An Analysis of Road and Traffic Information</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2il0KSj0zyI">A Study on Information Demand and the Mass Media During Earthquake</a><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzHlHVK0HBs">Providing Information to Disaster Victims with Special Needs During Major Disasters</a><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STxSpDk8sUE">Toward Information Triage in Times of Disaster- Using Twitter Trend Analysis</a><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j05RWJ92pg">Comparing Ordinary and Post-Earthquake Population Distributions</a><br />
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Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are my own, and do not reflect those of my employer. -<a href="https://plus.google.com/116755662228900061089?%20%20%20rel=author">Fumi Yamazaki</a></div>
Fumihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09574203651696573162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783737669888968599.post-44010093260956607552012-10-02T09:46:00.002+09:002012-10-02T09:48:36.735+09:00Developers + Designers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
One of the newest trends within the developer community in Japan is various ways of collaboration among the developers and designers. As the apps and websites' quality increases, demand for better UI and better design would be expected.<br />
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<span style="color: lime;"><b>Example1: Simeji</b></span><br />
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A developer called @Adamrocker (Masahiko Adachi) created a Japanese IME for Android called Simeji as his side project while working for a tech company full time. It became one of the most popular Japanese IMEs, but his friend and a designer Rin Yano felt that there should be improvements in the UI as well as the logo. She started to help the project as the designer, and greatly improved the service. Last year, Baidu - the largest search engine in China bought Simeji, and the two of them joined Baidu.<br />
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<span style="color: lime;"><b>Example2: Hackathons with developers and designers</b></span><br />
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Some of the hackathons keep the developer vs designer ratio to be 50:50, or don't have a target ratio but invites designers to join. This is awesome, since it increases the quality of UI which is always better for the users, the gender ratio of the participants gets more balanced (developer only hackathons ends up with a very high male ratio), and developers and designers get a chance to meet (usually they don't go to same events) which leads to future collaboration in other projects, not just the hackathon itself.<br />
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At one of those hackathons I organized that invited designers and developers, designers would start designing characters and logos for games that developers were making, start making mocks and wireframes while developers were coding, design beautiful background images while developers tackled new APIs. They can reach a different level just in one day hackathon.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6332720889/" title="EXP Hackathon by fumi, on Flickr"><img alt="EXP Hackathon" height="500" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6092/6332720889_e16c5f7b10.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6332722863/" title="EXP Hackathon by fumi, on Flickr"><img alt="EXP Hackathon" height="375" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6019/6332722863_94398ce461.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6332726825/" title="EXP Hackathon by fumi, on Flickr"><img alt="EXP Hackathon" height="375" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6040/6332726825_02145028f6.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6332732173/" title="EXP Hackathon by fumi, on Flickr"><img alt="EXP Hackathon" height="375" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6051/6332732173_270d69b814.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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<span style="color: lime;"><b>Example3: html5j</b></span><br />
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html5j, the largest HTML5 community in Japan started as "HTML5 developers JP" community. Last year, they felt the need to open the doors to the designers and collaborate with them. They changed the community name to "HTML5 developers and designers JP" which is too long so shortened it to "html5j", they organized a conference called "Chrome+HTML5 Conference" which had a developer track as well as designer track, and secured seats for designers (there were 1000+ registration for 200 seats, so this was important).<br />
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<span style="color: lime;"><b>Example4: Designers to learn xml</b></span><br />
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Chihiro Akiba, Asami Yamamoto and Adamrocker started a series of events for Android app designers to learn xml so that they can increase what they can do with their app design, and to ensure that what they designed will not be wasted when it is implemented by the developers. "In the past, the role of developers and designers were separated, and designers were frustrated because their proposals for better design would not be implemented by the lack of understanding about the importance of design on the developers' side- and the developers were frustrated because designers would propose designs that were pretty but wasn't functional as the developers expect." says Chihiro. "If Android app designers learn xml, designers will be able to realize what they wanted the design to be, and the developers will be happy since you are decreasing their burden." In fact, some developers who joined the event told me they learned a lot from her lecture too. "I actually didn't know we can do such design work with xml."<br />
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Her first lecture was about 9-patch.<br />
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<strong> <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/toooommmmmmmmy/1androidtips" target="_blank" title="【第1回】デザイナーがコードから読み解く、Androidアプリのデザインの幅を広げるコツとTips">【第1回】デザイナーがコードから読み解く、Androidアプリのデザインの幅を広げるコツとTips</a> </strong> from <strong><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/toooommmmmmmmy" target="_blank">Chihiro Akiba</a></strong> </div>
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At her second lecture she further explained what designers can do using xml.<br />
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<strong> <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/toooommmmmmmmy/2androidtips" target="_blank" title="【第2回】デザイナーがコードから読み解く、Androidアプリのデザインの幅を広げるコツとTips">【第2回】デザイナーがコードから読み解く、Androidアプリのデザインの幅を広げるコツとTips</a> </strong> from <strong><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/toooommmmmmmmy" target="_blank">Chihiro Akiba</a></strong> </div>
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The third lecture will be about Custom UI.<br />
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<span style="color: lime;"><b>Example5: Design Terrorism</b></span><br />
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"How can developers and designers better collaborate?" is a common question nowadays. Designer Teppei Machida proposed something called "Design Terrorism".<br />
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"Use of Github is very common among developers- they can create, publish, share, add to other people's code, and collaborate. It's awesome. Designers should be allowed to join too! But you need to be able to use that scary green screen..."<br />
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"So I made a service called <a href="http://kuroigamen.com/works"><b>Kuroigamen</b></a>(black screen) to enable designers to post their designs to github without using terminal. Developers will be surprised if they received a design on Github."<br />
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@machida saw this website<br />
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...and sent this design.<br />
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Saw this website<br />
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and sent this design.<br />
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The reason why it's a "terrorism" is because developers aren't expecting those designs to arrive, but I think it is the best terrorism in the world... ever ;)<br />
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<strong> <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/machidanohimitsu/ss-6678537" target="_blank" title="エンジニアとデザイナーのコラボレーションの新しいカタチ">エンジニアとデザイナーのコラボレーションの新しいカタチ</a> </strong> from <strong><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/machidanohimitsu" target="_blank">哲平 町田</a></strong> </div>
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BTW, the terminal being black might have been the scarecrow for designers. In Chihiro's lectures, she mentions "don't be afraid of the black screen"<br />
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"Make it white and it's not scary any more."<br />
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"You even can make it brown. Don't be scared!"<br />
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Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are my own, and do not reflect those of my employer. -<a href="https://plus.google.com/116755662228900061089?%20%20%20rel=author">Fumi Yamazaki</a></div>
Fumihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09574203651696573162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783737669888968599.post-39928775594380665522012-09-30T21:45:00.001+09:002012-09-30T22:54:07.888+09:00Android developer communities in Japan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I wrote a blog post that <a href="http://fumijp.blogspot.jp/2012/09/it-study-events-in-japan-massive.html">there are so many tech events in Japan</a>, thought it might be good to write another post about Android developer communities.<br />
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<span style="color: lime;"><b>Japan Android Group</b></span><br />
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There are various Android communities in Japan, the largest one is "<a href="http://www.android-group.jp/">Japan Android Group</a>[ja]" with <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=ja&fromgroups#!members/android-group-japan">21,501 members in Google Groups</a>[ja], 70% of which are developers. There are <span style="color: red;">78 members in the <a href="http://www.android-group.jp/index.php?%A5%B9%A5%BF%A5%C3%A5%D5">organizing committee</a></span>[ja], led by Makoto Anjo.<br />
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They have<span style="color: red;"><b> 36 regional groups all around Japan</b></span>, from Hokkaido to Okinawa.<br />
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Hokkaido 2008/11/29- Tohoku 2009/10/29- Aomori 2012/03/23-<br />
Akita 2011/10/28- Aizu 2011/03/04- Ibaragi 2011/07/10-<br />
Gunma 2010/07/10- Saitama 2010/08/28- Chiba 2011/04/29-<br />
Tama 2010/06/29- Machida 2010/09/18- Akihabara 2012/02/10-<br />
Yokohama 2010/07/04- Yokohama Business 2011/04/20-<br />
Yokosuka 2012/02/21- Niigata 2010/07/15- Kanazawa 2009/04/25-<br />
Fukui 2010/03/07- Yamanashi 2011/04/22- Tokai 2009/10/24-<br />
Hamamatsu 2011/03/12- Kanasai 2009/02/21- Kyoto 2010/12/19-<br />
Sakai 2011/06/10- Kobe 2010/07/31- Chugoku 2009/05/16-<br />
Oakayama 2009/07/18- Shikoku 2009/06/26- Fukuoka 2009/09/26-<br />
Saga 2010/02/20- Nagasaki 2010/07/12- Kumamoto 2010/06/28-<br />
Oita 2010/02/06- Miyazaki 2010/08/01- Kagoshima 2010/02/10-<br />
Okinawa 2009/10/17-<br />
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They have a bunch of <b><span style="color: red;">working groups</span></b>:<br />
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HandsOn sessions working group, Android-SDK working group<br />
Mashup working group, Contents working group<br />
Embedded working group, PF working group<br />
DalvikVM working group, Market Place working group<br />
Business working group<br />
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They organize various <b><a href="http://www.android-group.jp/index.php?%A5%A4%A5%D9%A5%F3%A5%C8"><span style="color: red;">events</span></a></b>[ja], once a month in Tokyo with 300 participants, and more all around Japan. Total number of the events hosted by Japan Android Group counts nearly <b><span style="color: red;">500 events</span></b>.<br />
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This is a screenshot of the recent ones:<br />
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They also organize the largest Android conference in Japan called "<b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.android-group.jp/conference/abc2012s/conference/"><span style="color: red;">Android Bazaar and Conference</span></a> </span></b>[ja]", twice a year. Some of this conference counted more than 3,000 attendees, and the planning and execution is done 100% by the community members and volunteer staffs. The recent one was held in March 2012, with 11 simultaneous tracks. Time table, slides and videos can be seen from <a href="http://www.android-group.jp/conference/abc2012s/conference/">here</a> [ja].<br />
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Translations of the session:<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Keynote</b></span><br />
- Changing Web - Impact of Cloud and Cloud Devices by Fujio Maruyama (Japan Android User Group)<br />
- Cloud 2.0 - Building Information Platform by Yasuhiko Taniwaki (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Developer Sessions </b></span><br />
-Docomo Developers Program & Building Contents for Docomo Devices (NTT Docomo)<br />
-Human-centric technology on Fujitsu's Smartphone (Fujitsu)<br />
-Introducing technologies included in "2011 Autumn Spring Model"including battery power conserving technology, and proposals for developers (Sharp)<br />
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-Full Picture of Android / Intel R Architecture (Intel)</div>
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-Sensing new World: KDDI's AR brand "SATCH" (KDDI Research Engineer) & (Toyama University Lecturer)</div>
-Introducing the "Cotton Candy" cStick (FXI Technologies)<br />
-Long Journey to End User Computing (Sharp Business Computer Software)<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Design Sessions</span></b><br />
-Proposal of Android front-end designs/ beautiful UI designs from a Designer's Perspective<br />
-How to use "Android Design" for Designers (UX Designer)<br />
-How Android Developers & Designers Can Efficiently Work Together (Tonchi Dot) & (Redo)<br />
-A popular Android Game- "Nameko (Mushroom detective growing)" (Bee Works) (Baidu)<br />
-Extreme Fragment UI Programming (uPhyCa)<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Games </span></b><br />
-Developing Android Applications with Better Java (Gree)<br />
-Strategy to Maximize Smartphone contents of Bandai Namco Games (Bandai Namco Games)<br />
-Square Enix Market ~Proprietary Market Strategy ~ (Square Enix Mobile)<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Web Sessions</span></b><br />
-Graphics Software used to Design Logos and Designs<br />
-Human Friendly Game Design<br />
-Microsoft's Mobile Web Strategy through Windows Phone (Microsoft)<br />
-Building Smartphone sites, Android Tips & techniques (H2O Space)<br />
-Latest Trend on Native Application with HTML5 & JavaScript (Lexus)<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Middleware Sessions </span></b><br />
-Next Generation Mobile Game Development Workflow using Unity (Unity Technology Japan)<br />
- Scaling Titanium Mobile (qnyp)<br />
-Developing Smartphone Applications with Object Oriented Script Programming language Ruby using "Rhodes" (KoubouM)<br />
-Introducing "Arctic.js"- Game Development Framework for Smartphone Browser Games (DeNA)<br />
-Designing Android Application UX with PhoneGap & jQueryMobile (GMO Internet)<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Business Sessions </span></b><br />
-New Strategy for Smartphone Ads (Google Online Partnership Group)<br />
-Get Rich Quickly with Android. Global Cloud Service by Dentsu (Dentsu)<br />
-Advertising through SSP, Case Study (ngi Group, Media Platform)<br />
-Monetizing with Affiliate Marketing Based Content Distribution Platform (Cayto)<br />
-Android Monetization In-App Billing & Reward Advertising (Contents One)<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Users Session </span></b><br />
-Analyzing User Application Usage Patterns from User Statistics Data (Voyage Group)<br />
-Introducing Parcoroid (Parco)<br />
-Android Security: Using Android safely (Tao Software)<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Media Sessions</span></b><br />
-Android Writers Summit<br />
-Analyzing Popular Android Articles (Nikkei BP) / Analyzing Android Trend from access analysis of Ascii PLUS (Ascii Media Works)<br />
-Differences between Free Online Media & Paper Media. Profitability & Ads, Can we trust online Media while they are dependent solely on ads? (ITMedia Alternative blog)<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Extended Sessions </span></b><br />
-Confirmation of User Permission When Smartphone Apps Access Personal Data (The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)<br />
-Android Girls Problem as seen from the eyes of Media & Services / Attractive Android Application<br />
-Talk Session among Engineers of Social Services (GREE / DeNA / mixi)<br />
-Programmer Robocon- Making developers stars and change programming to contents<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Specialist Sessions </span></b><br />
-Live Coding: Building Your Own Twitter Log Service in 40 Minutes (Techbooster)<br />
-ABC 2012 Spring Robot Summit<br />
-"BumpRadar" - Application to Detect the Land Level Differences (SmartDrive Meter)<br />
-Smartphone for Social Welfare and Medical Care (Android Social Care Group)<br />
-Tips for Developing Android Application for Android 2.x/3.x/4.x<br />
-Android User Acceptance Test Guideline (Android Test & Evolution Club)<br />
-Live Coding: Corona SDK - Code Less Play More (Japan Corona Group)<br />
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-Using OpenNI on Android: NUI application "TreasureHunter" (SIProp Project) </div>
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-mbed & Android </div>
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-Android related Development with Linaro by (Linaro.org) </div>
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-Android UI Story and Techniques</div>
-Designing local Android<br />
-Android Debug Bridge (adb) (Kyoto Micro Computer)<br />
-Verifying Android with SEAndroid (Android Security Group)<br />
-Authoring tools to create Home Application (YSCI International)<br />
-Possibility of Open Source Hardware with ADK (Tori Ningen)<br />
-Androbook Sales Negotiations and One more thing (Crazy Works)<br />
-Supporting Android x86 Architecture- Present and Future<br />
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-App Inventor is Not the End (Japan App Inventor User Group) </div>
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-Let's Become Cupids of Android (Android Female Club) </div>
-Applications to Support the Communications of Handicapped People (TechFirm)<br />
-Introducing Tokyo System House's Efforts on Security & Encryption API (Tokyo System House)<br />
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They also had Bazaar portion with <b><a href="http://www.android-group.jp/conference/abc2012s/bazaar/"><span style="color: red;">65 demo booths</span></a><span style="color: red;"> </span></b>[ja].<br />
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They had support from Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Gold Sponsors were the 2 major mobile carriers in Japan, and many silver and media sponsors.<br />
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OH and they were wearing costumes ;)<br />
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Their next ABC conference is planned to be held on <b><span style="color: red;">October 20th, 2012 in Sendai</span></b>, and will be called "<b><span style="color: red;">ICT ERA + ABC 2012</span></b>" ICT meaning Information Communication Technology, ERA meaning Earthquake Reconstruction Aid, and will be discussing how IT can contribute to reconstruction after the disaster from 311. If you are interested, the website is <a href="http://www.android-group.jp/conference/ictera-abc/">here</a>[ja]:<br />
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<b style="color: lime;">Android DEvelopers' cluB (deb)</b><br />
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<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/androiddevelopersclub/">Deb</a> is a group focused on developers who seriously wants to build high quality Android apps, whereas Japan Android Group welcomes anyone who is interested in Android. They require members to have built and published at least one Android app on Android Market, or have knowledge on devices, or UI design.<br />
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Deb currently has around <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1q-xM5o0KWd30lmjODZ8IBy6pDZZLo0i4BhYCeujRTk0">130 members</a>[ja], and organizes monthly meeting to do programming or sessions. Leaders are Takashi Egawa and Masahiko Adachi, both of whom are developers.<br />
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<b style="color: lime;">Android Female Club</b><br />
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<a href="http://jag-andronjo.blogspot.jp/">Android Female Club</a>[ja]or Andronjo is literally a women only Android community, with 635 members, and led by Rin Yano, who is a designer. Some of them are developers, some are designer, some are users. They host various women only events on Android.<br />
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There are many more including <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/android-security-japan">Android Security Club</a>[ja] (which was founded by a 17 year old developer who was concerned about Android's security), <a href="http://lab-nfc.com/">NFC Lab</a>[ja], and a whole bunch of other communities.<br />
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Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are my own, and do not reflect those of my employer. -<a href="https://plus.google.com/116755662228900061089?%20%20%20rel=author">Fumi Yamazaki</a></div>
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It's actually amazing how Japanese developers hosts so many study groups and study meetups and conferences. This is a screenshot of <a href="https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=fvijvohm91uifvd9hratehf65k%40group.calendar.google.com">IT Study group calendar</a>.<br />
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If you look closely at the number of meetups during the weekends, there are 36 events on 2/4, 41 on 2/11, 56 on 2/18, 60 on 2/25....<br />
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This is the schedule for today- 9/29. There's just so many options, so many events, and this is tech/IT event only. There's actually <span style="color: red;">50 in just one day</span>.<br />
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It's just so hard to see what's happening just looking at this summary since there's way too many tech events in just one day, so I opened it up as follows. Among the 50 events in just one day today, of which half is Tokyo/Kanto area. I won't translate the whole thing, but translated parts of it so that you know what technology it is about (like Android, Perl, Ruby event etc).<br />
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Saturday, September 29</div>
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Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are my own, and do not reflect those of my employer. -<a href="https://plus.google.com/116755662228900061089?%20%20%20rel=author">Fumi Yamazaki</a></div>
Fumihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09574203651696573162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783737669888968599.post-61073223424341857432012-09-28T12:31:00.000+09:002012-09-28T12:34:03.117+09:00Japan's strength comes from the "users"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I joined <a href="https://jpevent.atomico.com/">Atomico Open Office in Tokyo</a> recently where Niklas Zennström, co-founder of Skype, and CEO and founding partner of Atomico joined as speaker. When asked what he likes about Japan, his answer was <span style="color: red;"><b>love for technology and innovation, seeks for high quality</b></span>. "Japan was the leading the world on broadband, and I knew the world will be following Japan. I saw that in mobile too." He continued though, that "making a good product is much more important than the technology itself." Make good products, make good UIs that are easy for the users to use.<br />
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At <a href="http://ncc.garage.co.jp/?lang=en">The New Context Conference</a>, Joichi Ito, director of MIT Media Lab spoke about how <span style="color: red;"><b>China is strong at hardware manufacturing, US is strong in software development, and Japan has strong users</b></span>. Which sort of resembles what Niklas mentioned- the Japanese users loves interesting and innovative stuff, cool stuff, demands high quality, and Japanese developers and makers are all exposed to this strong demand and desire for quality which pushed Japanese production to high quality.<br />
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At <a href="http://www.google.com/entrepreneurs/initiatives/gfe-week.html">Google For Entrepreneurs Week</a> in Tokyo, Kentaro Tokusei, product management lead at Google Japan says "<b><span style="color: red;">If you are able to satisfy Japanese users, you have a chance to be successful globally</span></b>"and pushed the audience (entrepreneurs) forward by telling them "If you wish to do so, you can change the world."<br />
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Go go > Japanese developers!<br />
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Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are my own, and do not reflect those of my employer. -<a href="https://plus.google.com/116755662228900061089?%20%20%20rel=author">Fumi Yamazaki</a>
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On 9/8, I went to join the Festival of Web developers in Japan- <a href="http://events.html5j.org/conference/2012/09/index.html"><b>HTML5 Conference 2012</b></a> [ja].<br />
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Back in August 2011, html5j community and Google Japan co-hosted <a href="http://events.html5j.org/conference/2011/08/">Chrome+HTML5 Conference</a>[ja] at Google Japan office, but despite there were more than 1,000 registrants our office was only able to host 200- we needed to do a lottery and reject 800 registrants from participating...sad. <a href="http://twitter.com/komasshu">@komasshu</a> (Kensaku Komatsu) - the conference leader this year was very eager to fix that, and this year the conference was hosted by the html5j community, held in Keio University Hiyoshi Campus, with the capacity of 1,000- and decided to do it first-come first server rather than doing a lottery. What happened was that there was <span style="color: red;"><b>over 1,000 registration in less than 30 hours</b></span>, and we needed to close the registration quickly...<br />
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Expectation towards HTML5 technology in Japan is huge, and we were able to learn that directly from those situation as well as from the excited crowd at the conference venue :D<br />
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HTML5 developer/designer community "<a href="http://www.html5j.org/">html5j</a>[ja]" is also growing rapidly -<a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=ja#!forum/html5-developers-jp">Google Groups</a>[ja] surpassed <b><span style="color: red;">5,000 members and growing</span></b>.<br />
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<span style="color: lime;"><b>Keynote</b></span><br />
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Keynote by <a href="http://twitter.com/takoratta">@takoratta</a> (Takuya Oikawa) and <a href="http://twitter.com/shumpei">@shumpei</a> (Shunpei Shiraishi)- talking about the past, present and future of HTML5. <a href="https://docs.google.com/a/google.com/presentation/d/1b7IvKTqA0jAijBA27Eb8Dy71VJwdqFsdpOseqG2lYvs/edit#slide=id.g1c1bf25f_0_87">Slides</a>[ja] and <a href="http://youtu.be/X93YhuYR3OE">video</a> [ja]<br />
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<b><span style="color: lime;">Sessions</span></b><br />
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Time table and all of the session slides and videos can be seen <a href="http://events.html5j.org/conference/2012/09/program.html">here</a>[ja]- although all of them are in Japanese.<br />
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If you are interested in what Japanese developers are interested in now, the top 3 was <b><span style="color: red;">WebIntents, WebGL/Three.js, and WebRTC</span>.</b><br />
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"<b>The next generation web led by WebIntents"</b> by @komasshu<br />
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<strong><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/KensakuKOMATSU/8th-sep2012-html5conf2012webintents" target="_blank" title="WebIntentsにより拓かれる次のWeb">WebIntentsにより拓かれる次のWeb</a> </strong>from <strong><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/KensakuKOMATSU" target="_blank">Kensaku Komatsu</a></strong></div>
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"<b>WebGL and Three.js"</b> by <a href="http://twitter.com/yomotsu">@yomotsu</a>. Twitter was abuzz (including those who weren't at the venue) with his <a href="http://yomotsu.github.com/threejs-examples/load_converted_MMD_models/">demo</a> controling MikuMikuDance using Three.js. He introduced many other cool stuff- including <a href="http://fhtr.org/JSARToolKit/">JSARToolKit</a> - note that Japanese developers loves AR (augmented reality).<br />
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<strong><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/yomotsu/webgl-and-threejs" target="_blank" title="WebGL and Three.js">WebGL and Three.js</a> </strong>from <strong><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/yomotsu" target="_blank">yomotsu</a></strong></div>
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<b>"Let's learn about WebRTC"</b> by <a href="http://twitter.com/technohippy">@technohippy</a> and his <a href="https://docs.google.com/a/google.com/presentation/d/1MkvmX6Gvb1cRATdwF4RFBtol8NgdnblwlwikDnFhT10/present#slide=id.g1be87b6d_0_9">slides</a><br />
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Sidenote: <a href="http://www.webrtc.org/">WebRTC</a> was used in "<b><a href="http://www.movikantirevo.com/">Movi.Kanti.Revo</a></b>" - <a href="http://blog.chromium.org/2012/09/announcing-movikantirevo-new-chrome.html">Chrome Experiment by Circue du Soleil</a>. If there is anyone who has not seen it, you should turn on your camera on your computer and give it a try from here > <b><a href="http://www.movikantirevo.com/">http://www.movikantirevo.com/</a></b> </blockquote>
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If you are interested in how this was created, check out the articles in <b>HTML5 Rocks:</b><a href="http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/webrtc/basics"><b>Getting Started With WebRTC</b></a><b><a href="http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/casestudies/movikantirevo/">Movi Kanti Revo - Part 1: Building The 3D World</a> </b> </blockquote>
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and watch this video "<a href="http://youtu.be/OXQsZSWBDDM">Chrome Office Hours: Movi Kanti Revo—Behind the Divs</a>"</blockquote>
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<b><span style="color: lime;">[Hall]</span></b><br />
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The programs in the hall started with the keynote, continued by a session by <a href="http://twitter.com/myakura">@myakura</a> entitled "<b>HTML, CSS and APIs" - </b><a href="http://myakura.github.com/pachystachys/slides.html#1.0">slides</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeZ8RiyzE-Y&feature=youtu.be">video</a>, then there was the session <b>"Web design in the HTML5 era"</b>.<br />
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Then, some panel discussions continued including <b>"<a href="http://youtu.be/IqUNU5UcBC4">The viewpoint of the experts in the state of the art Web</a>"</b>, and 2 hour long panel covering <b>"The game developers who tackle the next generation Web technologies" </b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuvCH_b-Zbk&feature=channel&list=UL">first half</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JpFaxB9la8&feature=channel&list=UL">second half</a>, followed by the <b>special sessions</b> and <b>Lightning Talks</b>.<br />
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Some of the sessions from developer track includes <b>"The forefront of tough mobile development using HTML5"</b> by <a href="http://twitter.com/tkihira">@tkihira</a>. <a href="http://youtu.be/BojW3dCUjN0">Video here</a>- quote "the forefront of mobile HTML5 is how to use Canvas / CSS3 and make the speed faster". Mobile web is super important in Japan, so this session seemed to be very popular. Others included "<b>What's new in Chrome Apps / Extensions?" </b>by <a href="http://twitter.com/agektmr">@agektmr</a> (<a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1WGX0QtqOCM36N2Ok-CpogdO_IivBh-eQ6R9mUPUhW0w/preview?sle=true#slide=id.p">slides</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncbst3g5gD4&feature=channel&list=UL">video</a>), <b> "Customizing jQuery Mobile"</b> by <a href="http://twitter.com/yoshikawa_t">@yoshikawa_t</a> (<a href="http://www.slideshare.net/yoshikawa_t/jquery-mobile-14229544">slides</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2Folc8F0Cw&feature=youtu.be">video</a>), <b>"HTML5 and IE10 and Windows8"</b> by <a href="http://twitter.com/ykasugai">@ykasugai</a>, <b>"How to make lightweight web applications"</b> by <a href="http://twitter.com/os0x">@os0x</a> (<a href="http://ss-o.net/event/20120908/#Page0">slides</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2ZvU5weqSQ&feature=youtu.be">video</a>).<br />
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<b><span style="color: lime;">[Designer Track]</span></b><br />
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When you look at the source of various famous websites, you start seeing odd stuff that you as developer would rather learn not to do... <a href="http://twitter.com/futomi">@futomi</a> did a session called <b>"Collection of weird HTML5 markups"</b>- <a href="http://youtu.be/v6xvdxCzq3s">video</a> and <a href="http://slideshare.net/futomihatano/html5-html5-conference-2012">slides</a>.<br />
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Other sessions from designer track included <b>"Sass"</b>, <b>"Evolution of CSS and new web tool"</b>, <b>"User Interface Design Pattern With CSS3"</b> and <b>"Technical artists in gree that supports the smartphone games geared toward the world"</b>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: lime;">[Advanced Track]</span></b><br />
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Apart from the WebIntents, WebGL and Three.js, WebRTC sessions mentioned above, this track included <b>"How to create parallax and responsive website using jQueryMobile"</b> by @shumpei (<a href="http://slideshare.net/shumpei/j-query-mobile-14227660">slides</a> and <a href="http://youtu.be/9FvdFC8ZZJ8">video</a>), and <b>"HTML Web Platform"</b> session.<br />
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<b><span style="color: lime;">Sponsors</span></b><br />
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Last year's conference was co-hosted by html5j community and Google Japan- this year, in the spirit of the community "<b><span style="color: red;">Connect, learn, and get excited</span></b>", the community reached out to a broader web world. Platinum sponsors includes <b>Google Japan, NTT Communications, Microsoft, Adobe, CA Mobile, gree and DeNA</b>, and many more gold/silver/special/media sponsors. Thanks to all the sponsors for making the event happen!<br />
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I don't know why... but the Japanese developers loves to wear costumes ;)<br />
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HTML5 paper tattoo and github stocking.<br />
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HTML5 cake and CSS3 cake.<br />
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Lunch in school cafeteria- not something you can experience everyday!<br />
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With all the staffs, volunteers, speakers and sponsors:<br />
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<a href="http://events.html5j.org/conference/2012/09/articles.html">Press</a> article list and summary of tweets.<br />
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<span class="s1">tweets with <a href="http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23html5j">#html5j</a></span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">(</span><span class="s2">all</span><span class="s3">)<a href="http://togetter.com/li/369827"><span class="s4">http://togetter.com/li/369827</span></a></span></div>
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<span class="s1">tweets with <a href="http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23html5j_h">#html5j_h</a></span><span class="s3">(</span><span class="s2">hall</span><span class="s3">)<a href="http://togetter.com/li/369833"><span class="s4">http://togetter.com/li/369833</span></a></span></div>
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<span class="s1">tweets with <a href="http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23html5j_a">#html5j_a</a></span><span class="s3">(</span><span class="s2">designer track</span><span class="s3">)<a href="http://togetter.com/li/369834"><span class="s4">http://togetter.com/li/369834</span></a></span></div>
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<span class="s1">tweets with <a href="http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23html5j_b">#html5j_b</a></span><span class="s5">(</span><span class="s6">developer track</span><span class="s5">)<a href="http://togetter.com/li/369836"><span class="s7">http://togetter.com/li/369836</span></a></span></div>
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<span class="s1">tweets with <a href="http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23html5j_c">#html5j_c</a></span><span class="s5">(</span><span class="s6">advanced track</span><span class="s5">)<span class="s7"><a href="http://togetter.com/li/369837">http://togetter.com/li/369837</a></span></span></div>
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<span class="s5"><a href="https://plus.google.com/events/ccp3piflrm71nj7toc3n0e0lgag">Google+ Event page</a></span></div>
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This blog post is full of illustrations and cute! <a href="http://4mimimizu2012.hatenablog.com/entry/2012/09/16/220446"><b>HTML5 Conference 2012.report</b></a><br />
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It was great to see the HTML5 community in Japan to expand, and the Conference to be supported by so many developers, companies and participants - the developer ecosystem. Thanks again to all the staffs, volunteers, speakers, sponsors and participants for making such a wonderful and successful conference!!<br />
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Appendix:<br />
"html5j" is the community that organized this conference- in addition to that, they have been hosting monthly study groups solely on HTML5 with average 100 participants per session. Every. Single. Month. Amazing.<br />
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Topics covered includes:<br />
0 Webkit/HTML5 study group<br />
1 Webkit/HTML5 study group<br />
2 Webkit & Opera/HTML5 study group<br />
3 Webkit/HTML5 study group<br />
4 HTML5 study group (Chrome extensions, Web Sockets)<br />
5 HTML5 study group (Web Platform, HTML5 & API & IE9, HTML5 visual API)<br />
6 HTML5 study group (HTML5 from video site, Lunascape6 and HTML5)<br />
HTML5 study group techtalk special (W3C widget, physicSketch, xhr2 streaming, closure library etc)<br />
7 HTML5 study group (Google I/O 2010 update, Audio Data API, WebSocket, etc)<br />
8 HTML5 study group (IE9, Epub/CSS and Japanese layout and ebooks, DaVinciPad, WebSocket)<br />
9 HTML5 study group (WebSocket, SVG, Geolocation, WebSRT, etc)<br />
10 HTML5 study group (smartphone dev framework- jQTouch, jQuery Mobile, Phone Gap, Sencha Touch)<br />
11 HTML5 study group (HTML5 and smartphone browser- HTML5& Android/iPhone, mobile browser)<br />
12 HTML5 study group (Web Directions East guesttalk- state of HTML5, jQuery Mobile, etc)<br />
13 HTML5 study group (NicoNicoDouga and HTML5, ShareCast, FileAPI, WebSocketRemote for iOS)<br />
14 HTML5 study group (Titanium Mobile, Google Chrome OS/WebStore)<br />
15 HTML5 study group (HTML5 for non-developers- jQuery Mobile, HTML5+OpenSocial+Raptor, etc)<br />
16 HTML5 study group (What should we consider when developing web services that anyone can use?)<br />
17 HTML5 study group (editors and authoring tool in HTML5 era- Dreamweaver CS5.5, Visual Web Developer Express, Vim)<br />
18 HTML5 study group (Google I/O 2011 report, Closure Library)<br />
19 HTML5 study group (Best practices- PJAX, Box2DJS, responsive web design, develop for TV)<br />
20 = Chrome+HTML5 Conference<br />
21 HTML5 study group (Game application development for smartphones by mobage, gree, ameba)<br />
22 HTML5 study group (Graphics related APIs- processing.js, SVG, WebGL )<br />
23 HTML5 study group (Device APIs- Stream API, GeoHex&GeoLocation API)<br />
24 HTML5 study group (Omnibus)<br />
25 HTML5 study group (Web and consumer electronics)<br />
26 HTML5 study group (Web and e-publishing)<br />
27 HTML5 study group (Designing rich clients)<br />
28 HTML5 study group (HTML5 Businesses)<br />
29 HTML5 study group (JavaScript Mobile frameworks)<br />
30 HTML5 study group (Mobile UI frameworks)<br />
31 HTML5 study group (JavaScript MVC frameworks)<br />
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Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are my own, and do not reflect those of my employer. -<a href="https://plus.google.com/116755662228900061089?%20%20%20rel=author">Fumi Yamazaki</a></div>
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"<a href="https://www.google.com/intl/en/events/bigtent2012/agenda.html">Big Tent</a>: The Role of Technology in Disaster Preparedness and Relief" was held in Sendai in July, and the videos are made public.<br />
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<a href="http://japandailypress.com/google-asks-governments-like-japans-to-share-information-on-disasters-035795"><b>Google asks governments like Japan’s to share information on disasters</b></a><br />
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Speaking in Sendai, Japan on Monday, officials from Google requested that <span style="color: red;">governments be more forthcoming when it comes to releasing information to the public during natural disasters</span>, as it would allow people to use the internet more effectively. At Google’s first “Big Tent” conference in Asia, Rachel Whetstone, who oversees the company’s public policy and communications division, said that <span style="color: red;">if countries are slow to release disaster information, citizens aren’t able to create new services that benefit everybody</span>. She commented that the improvements to Google’s maps service are credited to the sharing of information.</blockquote>
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"One of the challenges we have discovered in Katrina remains today, which is <span style="color: red;">open data and being able to get it and deploy it and lay it on top of other data</span>. It is what really makes a difference," </blockquote>
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Experts at the conference also stressed the <span style="color: red;">importance of keeping a free flow of information on the Internet</span>, even if it risked possible distribution of false information. Meanwhile,<span style="color: red;"> consumers of information must also be educated to maximise the benefit of IT in disasters</span>, said Wahlstrom of the United Nations. "There is enormous work to do with the users -- communities, individuals, organisations, local governments -- about how to apply this data, and what to do with the knowledge actually at their fingertips today," she said.<br />
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<b><span style="color: lime;">Introductions :
Rachel Whetstone - Senior Vice President of Public Policy and Communications, Google Inc </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: lime;">Introductions : Brian McClendon - Vice President of Engineering, Google Inc</span> </b><br />
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<b><span style="color: lime;">Introductions : Kan Suzuki - House of Councillors, Government of Japan </span></b><br />
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What are people really looking for in a crisis, and what is most useful for them to know? Using search analysis to illustrate their points, this panel of experts will offer historical points of reference to share observations about how, where and when certain information becomes critical to those facing the brunt of natural disasters. They will also share recommendations of how to put this information to use.<br />
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Speakers:<br />
Gwi-Yeop Son - Director of Corporate Programs, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs<br />
Lou August - Co-Leader of Information and Communication Technology for Development, World Vision<br />
Will Rogers - Global Coordinator Beneficiary Communication, IFRC<br />
Jun Murai - Dean and Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University<br />
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<b><span style="color: lime;">Citizen mapping: impact of crowdsourced contributions on local population</span></b><br />
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Participatory mapping can play a significant role in disaster relief -- particularly in places where available maps are inadequate. Web-based mapping technologies, powered by the open Internet, give volunteers around the world the ability to crowdsource information and make some of the most complete maps of roads, events and resources ever. Discover how two Pakistani citizens helped their countrymen navigate the 20% of land underwater following floods in August 2010 and why the Haitian Diaspora has been credited with making the most complete map of Haiti's roads ever.<br />
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Speakers:<br />
Omer Sheikh and Jabran Rafique, Pakistani Super Mappers<br />
Wansoo Im - Assistant Professor at the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Meharry Medical College and President, VERTICES, LLC<br />
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Margareta Wahlström - UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction </b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: lime;">From the web to the real world: coordinating logistics of relief and recovery</span> </b><br />
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It's one thing to build technology so that it can be deployed in a crisis -- and it's another to make sure it's effectively used on the ground. In a best case scenario, responders can even anticipate needs and allocate resources to meet them well ahead of time. Find out how responders utilize the knowledge they gain from tech platform to coordinate food trucks, organize volunteers, develop targeted relief plans, conduct wide-scale damage assessments, and raise worldwide awareness of disasters.<br />
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Speakers:<br />
Jarrod Goentzel - Founder and Director, MIT Humanitarian Response Lab<br />
Hiroyoshi Watanabe - Director and Head of Public Policy Japan, Amazon<br />
Sam Johnson - Young New Zealander of the Year and Founder of the Christchurch Student Army<br />
Yorimasa Tanaka - General Manager of Division of Information Systems, Yamato Transport CO LTD<br />
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Ishii Hiroshi, Associate Director, MIT Media Lab<br />
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<b><span style="color: lime;">Managing the crowd: benefits and challenges of social media in a disaster </span></b><br />
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People are increasingly using social networks to communicate and receive information in real-time, and it's no different in an emergency. Government agencies can adopt these social tools to rapidly inform the public during a crisis by building a subscriber base well ahead of time. Updating social media pages regularly helps people get used to relying on these sources for certain types and quality of information, but managing the upkeep and keeping users engaged isn't always that easy. But while crowdsourced intelligence and social networks can be critical sources of information in a crisis, they can also become detrimental rumor mills in an already panicked atmosphere. Managing and dispelling rumors while maximizing rights to free expression can be difficult for governments and organizations to do. How do we balance the value with the drawbacks?<br />
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Speakers:<br />
James Kondo - President, Twitter Japan<br />
Heather Leson - Director of Community Engagement, Ushahidi<br />
Hiroyasu Ichikawa - President and Social Media Consultant, SocialCompany, Inc.<br />
Mark Harvey - Executive Director, Internews Europe
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Jeremy Wagstaff, Reuters, Technology editor, Asia Pacific<br />
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<b><span style="color: lime;">Video Message from Motohisa Furukawa, Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: lime;">The next generation of emergency alerting: using every day technologies to communicate effectively </span></b><br />
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Emergency broadcast systems have historically incorporated television networks, radio channels, and most recently even SMS as platforms for disseminating critical information in times of crisis. With more and more people going online for emergency information, how can we leverage the power of the Web to target and reach affected populations where they already are? Better alerting systems that are implemented in an open and interoperable fashion can allow others to interact with government systems to display alerts tailored to geography, vulnerability, and situation in an open manner so that more people can use or build on it.<br />
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Speakers:<br />
Bill Ho - Manager Information Technology and Communication Unit, Asian Disaster Preparedness Center<br />
Nigel Snoad - Product Manager, Google.org<br />
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<b><span style="color: lime;">Making use of an archive of disaster data</span> </b><br />
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With all the information gathered from each disaster we face, there are infinite amounts of discoveries to be made as processes can be observed and assessed to become more efficient. How can the data be preserved for optimal use, what's the particular use of maintaining these archives for the future, and who should have access to them?<br />
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Speakers:<br />
Jake Porway - Founder, DataKind<br />
Wei-Sen Li - Director, Taiwan National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction<br />
Fumihiko Imamura - Professor, Tohoku University<br />
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Ishii Hiroshi, Associate Director, MIT Media Lab<br />
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<b><span style="color: lime;">Building Internet networks for resilience </span></b><br />
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Without guarantees that a network will stay up when physical infrastructure might be impacted, it’s impossible to leverage any Internet existing Internet tools or create new ones to address different emergencies. When building infrastructure, governments should consider facilitating the deployment of decentralized, diverse networks that are built for resilience. And to fully harness the power of the Web in a crisis, governments should ensure that citizens have speedy access to broadband and mobile networks at a cost they can afford. The reach and impact of access to emergency information online and effective, timely communication depend on these two factors.<br />
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Speakers:<br />
Takashi Shimozato - Interconnection Promotion Department Senior Manager, Interconnection Business Section NTT East<br />
Kei Irie - NTT Docomo<br />
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Norio Murakami, President of Norio Murakami Office Co., Ltd<br />
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<b><span style="color: lime;">How government data can save lives: open data and instant information sharing </span></b><br />
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The ability of the Internet to capitalize on its potential of assisting in crises depends on both companies and governments improving how they share information. Using divergent standards slows collaboration and response time. But speedy and open access, powering the ability of users to share and communicate information, accelerates relief efforts. Translating emergency information from government websites in arcane formats on personal computers and into open standards is critical, and should happen in advance of a disaster rather than in the middle of a crisis. Onerous licensing requirements and closed formats can make it difficult for responders and local populations alike to gain access. How can we make information that's critical to an emergency easy for the average individual without expert experience to access and share quickly and effectively?<br />
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Speakers:<br />
Gisli Olafsson - Emergency Response Director at NetHope<br />
Ian Gomez - Surveillance in Post Extreme Emergencies and Disasters (SPEED), World Health Organization Philippines<br />
Klaikong Vaidhyakarn - General Manager, ChangeFusion<br />
Michelle L. Chang - Program Officer, Governance and Law and Co-Chair, Technology Working Group, The Asia Foundation<br />
Kenji Hiramoto, Executive Advisor for CIO, Ministry of Economy,trade and Industry (METI)<br />
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Norio Murakami, President of Norio Murakami Office Co., Ltd<br />
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Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are my own, and do not reflect those of my employer. -<a href="https://plus.google.com/116755662228900061089?%20%20%20rel=author">Fumi Yamazaki</a></div>
Fumihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09574203651696573162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783737669888968599.post-43194208754892320082012-08-17T00:08:00.001+09:002015-05-28T16:45:42.919+09:00GTUG Girls in Japan #gtuggirls<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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"<b>GTUG Girls</b>" stands for <b><span style="color: red;">G</span></b>oogle <b><span style="color: red;">T</span></b>echnology <b><span style="color: red;">U</span></b>ser <b><span style="color: red;">G</span></b>roup for Girls. When I started working for Developer Relations team at Google, I realized there are so few female developers in Japan, and much fewer of them comes to developer events. When I asked some of them why this is the case, one of the reasons they mentioned was that when they go to developer events, it is full of men and they are often the only female there, feel lonely and don't want to go any more.<br />
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There had to be a developer community for women here. So the 4 of us- Yuki Anzai, Rin Yano, Miwako Ichijo and I started GTUG Girls back in June, 2011.<br />
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Our activity policy was 1) <b>Meet people</b> 2) <b>Teach each other</b> 3) <b>Cross platform</b> and 4) <b>Create something.</b><br />
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<b>1) Ice breaker and friendly atmosphere</b><br />
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At GTUG Girls, we start the event with mingling time, accompanied with light meal. In general, women wants to make friends rather than feel lonely during the whole event not knowing anybody else and go home lonely. So we have them bring their own snacks or light meal to share, and <b>mingle at the beginning of the event</b> so that they have companies throughout. Also, we encourage participants to teach your neighbor - even if you are not an expert, if someone sitting next to you can't do what you just did, help them out. Having ice breaker at the beginning of the event is important to make this happen.<br />
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<b>2) Opportunity to learn various technologies</b><br />
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Various girls' developer club exists, such as Android Girls' Group, Python Girls etc. At GTUG Girls, we cover various technologies, which enables participants to come and teach each other different skills and always learn new things- they can <b>try and learn technologies that they would otherwise would not have tried</b>. For example we have done <b>codelabs of Android, HTML5, Google Apps Script, Chrome Extensions, Google App Engine, etc</b>.<br />
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<b>3) Always HandsOn, go home with “something that works, coded by yourself” </b><br />
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Many of the female newbie programmer faces issues when they try to do programming on their own. They try it, but end up unable to make it work by themselves. Therefore, at GTUG Girls, we don’t do “lecture only, listen only” style events, which you have many opportunities already elsewhere. We focus on <b>handson codelabs</b>, and ensure that participants go home with “<b>something that works</b>” even if they are beginners, with the help of tutors. At GTUG Girls, we always have more tutor to participant ratio than usual events, so that participants don’t need to hesitate to ask the tutors. Being a beginner should not be a barrier- every single expert was a beginner at some point!<br />
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<b>4) Many staffs, growing more potential organizers </b><br />
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The problem that many communities faces is that the organizers have a lot of burden on themselves, and eventually burn out. At GTUG Girls, we welcomed anyone who wants to contribute to our community to join as staff. As a result, we have almost 20 staffs organizing GTUG Girls among 200+ members. As a result, we are able to distribute the tasks organizing events, and get more involvement from the community, more people feeling the event to be their own event, rather than just a participant. This also gave staffs <b>experience to organize events that they have never tried</b>- those who were just “participants” has gradually grown to “organizers” over the last year.<br />
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<b>5) Venue</b><br />
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When you do events in the same venue all the time, the organizer of the venue will feel the burden. At GTUG Girls, <b>we travel around offices of different tech companies</b>. We have held events in various companies including Google, mixi, Nifty, Kayak, Loftwork, CookPad, GMO and Goga. Visiting various offices is fun. This is a photo of GTUG Girls we did at CookPad- they even had chocolate fondue machine in their office that they let us use :D<br />
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<b>6) Feedback cycle</b><br />
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At the end of each event, we make a dedicated time for the participants to reply to survey, so that they can give feedback on what they felt, what they want to see in the future events. This gives us ideas on what we can do better to make GTUG Girls a better community.<br />
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<b>7) Have fun</b><br />
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Since we’re using our spare time after work or during the weekends, community activities should be something fun for those involved.<br />
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We did a field trip to Kamakura once, visitng a tech company listening to a techtalk about HTML5(SVG), visiting FabLab and playing with their laser printer, visiting temples and shrines, etc. This is the photo of FabLab Kamakura, me holding a piece of wood we printed "GTUG" with a laser printer.<br />
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Basically, “GTUG Girls” is a place where women who has something they want to learn / realize to gather and make it happen with the help of each other. It’s a place where we are able to propose what we want to learn and organize events, rather than waiting for someone to hold one. We also make sure participants don’t go home just listening, nor end up giving up with something that doesn’t work - it’s super important that they go home with something that works, that is coded with their own hands.
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And I'm happy to tell you that we see much more women at our developer events now :D<br />
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Some blog posts I wrote in Japanese about the GTUG Girls events in the past in Japanese:<br />
<a href="http://fumit.blogspot.jp/2012/02/5-gtug-girls.html">Chrome Extensions codelab at Cookpad office</a><br />
<a href="http://fumit.blogspot.jp/2012/05/gtuggirls.html">Learn about HTML5 (SVG) in Kayak@Kamakura and play with laser printer at FabLab</a><br />
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<a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=ja&fromgroups#!forum/gtug-girls">GTUG Girls</a> is currently held in Japan only, in Japanese language only, but feel free to start one in your country/language!<br />
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Pre-GTUG Girls- Android / HTML5 Girls' Only Codelab/Hackathon<br />
Pre-GTUG Girls- Google App Engine Girls' Only Codelab/Hackathon<br />
GTUG Girls #1 - Google Apps Script Codelab<br />
GTUG Girls #2 - HTML5 Canvas Codelab<br />
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GTUG Girls #3 - Mini sessions<br />
GTUG Girls #4 - Android widget Codelab (step1)<br />
GTUG Girls #5 - Chrome Extensions Codelab <a href="http://fumit.blogspot.jp/2012/02/5-gtug-girls.html">blog post</a> [ja]<br />
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GTUG Girls mini - What programmers should learn before programming <a href="http://fumit.blogspot.jp/2012/05/learn-to-code-python-gtuggirls.html">blog post</a> [ja]<br />
GTUG Girls field trip - HTML5 SVG and FabLab visit <a href="http://fumit.blogspot.jp/2012/05/gtuggirls.html">blog post</a> [ja]</div>
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GTUG Girls #5.5 - Learn about HTML5 offline functions <a href="http://fumit.blogspot.jp/2012/05/html5-web-gtuggirls.html">blog post</a> [ja]</div>
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GTUG Girls #6 - Android widget design Codelab (step2)</div>
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GTUG Girls #7 - Google App Engine Codelab<br />
GTUG Girls #8 Google+ History API Codelab<br />
GTUG Girls #9 - Web Intents Codelab <a href="http://fumit.blogspot.jp/2012/10/9-gtuggirls-web-intents.html">blog post</a> [ja]</div>
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GTUG Girls #10 - WebGL & Three.js Codelab <a href="http://fumit.blogspot.jp/2013/01/10-gtuggirls-webglthreejs.html">blog post</a> [ja]<br />
GTUG Girls #11 - Web Socket Codelab <a href="http://fumit.blogspot.jp/2013/06/websocket-gtuggirls.html">blog post</a> [ja]</div>
GTUG Girls #12 - Mobile Backend Starter Codelab<br />
GTUG Girls #13 - Go Lang Codelab <a href="http://togetter.com/li/563035">tweets</a> [ja]<br />
GTUG Girls #14 - How to use Git<br />
GTUG Girls #15 - How to use Google Maps<br />
GTUG Girls #16 - Test Driven Development<br />
GTUG Girls #17 - Google Apps Script Codelab #2<br />
GTUG Girls #18 - How to use D3.js<br />
GTUG Girls #19 - How to use Web Audio<br />
GTUG Girls #20 - Let's try using Docker<br />
GTUG Girls #21 - Angular.js hands-on for beginners<br />
GTUG Girls #22 - Yeoman for beginners<br />
GTUG Girls #23 - Design Sprint in Hokkaido<br />
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Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are my own, and do not reflect those of my employer. -<a href="https://plus.google.com/116755662228900061089?%20%20%20rel=author">Fumi Yamazaki</a></div>
Fumihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09574203651696573162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783737669888968599.post-45815478785196458032012-02-23T19:35:00.002+09:002012-02-29T22:31:56.397+09:00Kesennuma- 11 months after 311<div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">On 3/11, the city of Kesennuma was struck by earthquake, tsunami and fire.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=%E6%B0%97%E4%BB%99%E6%B2%BC&aq=&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=45.467317,53.349609&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Kesennuma,+Miyagi+Prefecture,+Japan&t=m&ll=38.908078,141.569992&spn=22.41505,26.674805&z=5&output=embed"></iframe></div><small><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=%E6%B0%97%E4%BB%99%E6%B2%BC&aq=&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=45.467317,53.349609&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Kesennuma,+Miyagi+Prefecture,+Japan&t=m&ll=38.908078,141.569992&spn=22.41505,26.674805&z=5" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); ">View Larger Map</a></div></small></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "> This is how the town looked on 3/11, 2011.</div><div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bdmvCydsjC4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; ">Casualties and unfound victims of the town <a href="http://dailynews.yahoo.co.jp/fc%2Flocal%2Fkesennuma_tsunami%2F#backToPagetop">counts</a> 1,373 people, and it is said that 80% of the local business were affected by the disaster.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; ">11 months have passed since 311, and you may be wondering how bad it still is- or how well the town has recovered. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; "><span style="font-size: 100%; "><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; "><span style="font-size: 100%; ">On 2/15, I visited Kesennuma, and here are some photos from that trip.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; "><span style="font-size: 100%; "><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; "><span style="font-size: 100%; ">Some areas of the town are burnt and still empty.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; "><span style="font-size: 100%; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6879763131/" title="気仙沼 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7183/6879763131_f579127b7d.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="気仙沼" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6879761853/" title="気仙沼 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7199/6879761853_241f5fc297.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="気仙沼" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6879753835/" title="気仙沼 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7066/6879753835_7593fd13ea.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="気仙沼" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span style="font-size: 100%; "><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6879714463/" title="気仙沼 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7058/6879714463_8a32442c52.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="気仙沼" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6879714923/" title="気仙沼 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7042/6879714923_841d831b34.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="気仙沼" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; 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font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6879719943/" title="気仙沼 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7182/6879719943_1d23712ed3.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="気仙沼" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span>Broken bus...</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6879718775/" title="気仙沼 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7045/6879718775_762f4d5e47.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="気仙沼" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span>Broken houses</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6879721145/" title="気仙沼 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7065/6879721145_efc854dcda.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="気仙沼" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6879721527/" title="気仙沼 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7048/6879721527_8a342ce9de.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="気仙沼" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6879722401/" title="気仙沼 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7191/6879722401_56350b719a.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="気仙沼" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span>Broken businesses</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span><br /></span></div><div><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6879751705/" title="気仙沼 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7176/6879751705_8d0ffd54d5.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="気仙沼" /></a></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6879722781/" title="気仙沼 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7194/6879722781_1f71fffee1.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="気仙沼" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span><br /></span></div><div><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6879764371/" title="気仙沼 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7054/6879764371_0887bf0412.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="気仙沼" /></a></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6879723579/" title="気仙沼 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7183/6879723579_71d7cbe14f.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="気仙沼" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span><br /></span></div><div><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6879753067/" title="気仙沼 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7197/6879753067_563584c9a5.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="気仙沼" /></a></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6879767193/" title="気仙沼 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7042/6879767193_3801255e95.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="気仙沼" /></a></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span>There still are loads to clean up</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6879728097/" title="気仙沼 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7053/6879728097_c9dcde9d82.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="気仙沼" /></a></span></div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6879728589/" title="気仙沼 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7042/6879728589_1192c23e76.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="気仙沼" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6879725411/" title="気仙沼 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7041/6879725411_7178d2f7b2.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="気仙沼" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6879737663/" title="気仙沼 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7181/6879737663_c4f692836c.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="気仙沼" /></a></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6879738507/" title="気仙沼 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7043/6879738507_17bc56ddea.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="気仙沼" /></a></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Boats in the middle of the town.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6879750263/" title="気仙沼 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7063/6879750263_e1d7dd05a0.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="気仙沼" /></a></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6879762707/" title="気仙沼 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7188/6879762707_2389bb9b4a.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="気仙沼" /></a></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6879754351/" title="気仙沼 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7194/6879754351_ae5d06d52d.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="気仙沼" /></a></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6879754765/" title="気仙沼 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7057/6879754765_58f736e5cb.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="気仙沼" /></a></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6879750717/" title="気仙沼 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7201/6879750717_f99d7fa7f3.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="気仙沼" /></a></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6879751145/" title="気仙沼 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7197/6879751145_211895f216.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="気仙沼" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6879740987/" title="気仙沼 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7177/6879740987_7167aa08f1.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="気仙沼" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6879719219/" title="気仙沼 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7178/6879719219_8d5b75c1bb.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="気仙沼" /></a></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>The businesses trying to rebuild.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6879733221/" title="気仙沼 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7207/6879733221_fbd08c78a7.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="気仙沼" /></a></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6879743179/" title="気仙沼 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7204/6879743179_dcaeafe9a2.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="気仙沼" /></a></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6879746707/" title="気仙沼 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7190/6879746707_cde573d42d.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="気仙沼" /></a></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>The black things getting dried are shark fins.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6879734645/" title="気仙沼 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7049/6879734645_d347b26029.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="気仙沼" /></a></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>"We will not say we can't do that. Kesennuma City"</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6879772939/" title="気仙沼 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7184/6879772939_5c8544e5c0.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="気仙沼" /></a></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">One year has passed, but there are still lots to do to get back to pre-311 situation. We are trying to seek what we can do to help the area and recover the businesses there. According to the volunteer center, <a href="http://msv3151.c-bosai.jp/group.php?gid=10247">more than 50,000 people came</a> to help the city as volunteers.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div>Here are some videos I shot in Kesennuma. I'm sorry the quality of the video is low (primarily due to the fact that I was shooting still photos in my right hand and videos in my left hand)<br /><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; "><br /></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; ">2012/2/15: Near Bentencho in Kesennuma</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; "><br /></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; "><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6Y2IJrZkqzQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; "><br /></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; ">2012/2/15: Near Uohamacho in Kesennuma</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; "><br /></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; "><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/VtxnHjQfJZ0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; "><br /></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; ">2012/2/15: Near Asahicho in Kesennuma</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; "><br /></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; "><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/NNjyxBJYua8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "><span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span style="font-size: 100%;">Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are my own, and do not reflect those of my employer.</span></span></span></div>Fumihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09574203651696573162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783737669888968599.post-43960513345688952792012-01-11T20:38:00.008+09:002012-01-25T23:57:24.937+09:00Social Games in Japan<div>I had multiple non-Japanese people asking me about social games in Japan, so I'd like to summarize some of the stuff I saw recently.</div><div><br /></div><div>2011 was the year of social games in the Japanese game industry. According to this article on Diamond "<a href="http://diamond.jp/articles/-/15573">Why Nintendo will not do social games</a>(JP)", many game companies such as Square Enix, Bandai Namco and Konami were "rescued" by the rise of social games that were operated by mobile social network/game platform companies like <a href="http://dena.jp/">DeNA</a>(JP) and <a href="http://gree.jp/">GREE</a>(JP). On the other hand, there are companies like Nintendo that is not entering the social game business. Nintendo's CEO Mr. Iwata says "charging users by changing some number parameters and making them open some key or making something advantageous is not charging for creative efforts" and that "you might get short term revenue but cannot build long term relationships with customers" and that "Nintendo should not do such thing". On the other hand, it is true that companies like DeNA and GREE are making a successful business- if you compare Zynga and GREE, active user (used the service at least once a month) of Zynga is 227 million whereas GREE's registered user is only has 10% of that- 27 million users (update: GREE does not publicize number of active users but apparently less than 27 million- thank you for the info, <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/serkantoto">@serkantoto</a>!), but the net operating profit of Zynga 2011 was 630 million USD whereas GREE's prediction for 2011 June-2012 June is 900 million USD according to <a href="http://www.sankeibiz.jp/business/news/120116/bsd1201160504002-n3.htm">Sankei Biz</a>. Also, their business success is not only for themselves but for various companies and industries surrounding them, and many people advises Nintendo to enter social game business as well.</div><div><br /></div><div>For example, GREE sees its operating profits rise 300% to hit a <a href="http://thenextweb.com/asia/2012/01/06/japanese-gaming-firm-gree-reportedly-set-for-record-910m-profits/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=share%2Bbutton&utm_campaign=social%2Bmedia">record <b>$910 million profits</b></a>, and their sales for the final quarter of 2011 alone may be $520 million. GREE invested in a startup that creates social games called "Gumi" and has 20% stake of the company. <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/04/gumi-raises-26-million/">Gumi Raised $26 million</a>, and sold more than $50 million worth of virtual in-game coins last year. Those revenue are split with partners including carriers and platform providers like GREE- so that's how the business ecosystem works.</div><div><br /></div><div>This is a diagram explained in Diamond's article above- left is social game business model which circulates revenue to mobile carriers and content providers (blue arrows) whereas package game business model does not have.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_2Pv4cLRqG6pZlHtL_Ci5y-nb7BvcAW0857PUZnFfkLjgKcddqkCmLtTbb9B3bVC4M2EqxhPwIIOmjd2_0IeGpFqss8sbziKzhG4oxTYDzGc9X-JFquc5iqSROppPLyhQ_WtfNjEMyvw/s1600/social+games.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_2Pv4cLRqG6pZlHtL_Ci5y-nb7BvcAW0857PUZnFfkLjgKcddqkCmLtTbb9B3bVC4M2EqxhPwIIOmjd2_0IeGpFqss8sbziKzhG4oxTYDzGc9X-JFquc5iqSROppPLyhQ_WtfNjEMyvw/s320/social+games.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696376223801295346" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 241px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">(source: Diamond "<a href="http://diamond.jp/articles/-/15573">Why Nintendo will not do social games</a>(JP)")</div><div><br /></div><div>It is also true that we are starting to see <a href="http://www.zakzak.co.jp/society/domestic/news/20120106/dms1201061539015-n1.htm">troubles in online games and Consumer Affairs Agency is investigating the expensive bills</a>(JP). Consumer Affairs Agency's <a href="http://www.caa.go.jp/representation/pdf/111028premiums_1_1.pdf">press release on this issue can be found here</a>(JP). Criticisms toward Online game companies is that they attracts users saying their games are "free", and charges later on the items. Children gets heated up by those services, some reports in the article above includes "My son who is elementary school student bought 300yen (4USD) lottery 100 times" and "My child is 5 years old, and bought an item for 100,000yen (1,300USD)", asking the platform providers to pay back the bills.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://diamond.jp/articles/-/15594">According to another article, </a>one of the game manufacturers says 80% of the users play social games for free, and less than 20% pays. Within those who pay, some pay more than 2million yen (26k USD). Of course that doesn't happen in a day. They start by paying 50 yen, 100 yen, 500... and whey you pay 1,000yen you have no trouble paying 2,000. You might want to ask "what are they paying for?". According to Prof. Miho Nojima, "They are paying for their existence in the in-game community, to keep their friends there." The article introduces a jobless man living on social welfare, but is paying around 20,000 yen per month (2.6kUSD) to stay in this in-game community. "Not everyone can be successful or admired in the real world. Human beings wants to be admired, and are willing to pay to be admired. In the 1980's during the bubble economy, people paid for expensive brand bags to satisfy their pride. Now, that is happening inside social games." When you don't receive the word "Thank you" from anyone in the real world, they go out and "help" someone by a "click", and you get admiration, gratitude and are able to satisfy their pride, even if it means paying some money. You don't get that in package games, this only happens in social games.</div><div><br /></div><div>See also TechCrunch's article: <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/02/how-zynga-stacks-up-to-gree/">How Zynga Stacks Up To Japan’s Social Gaming Giant, GREE (Hint: It Is Less Profitable)</a></div><div><br /></div>Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are my own, and do not reflect those of my employer.Fumihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09574203651696573162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783737669888968599.post-56111991928875336822011-11-27T20:51:00.015+09:002012-01-03T00:24:07.148+09:00Hatsune Miku Recap 2011 (+recap of my Ignite talk)Update:<div><br /></div><div>This video created by Google Japan to promote Chrome is an excellent representation of the value of Hatsune Miku- I love their phrase "Everyone, Creator". (Disclaimer: I work for Google)</div><div><br /></div><div><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/MGt25mv4-2Q" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>I have been posting and speaking a lot about Hatsune Miku in various places including <a href="http://joilabs.ito.com/blog/2008/02/hatsunemiku.html">this blog</a>(2008), <a href="http://fumijp.blogspot.com/2010/06/hatsune-miku-recap.html">this blog</a> (2010) and did Ignite at LeWeb'10.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWuKYaQnhTC0f6H-UyDeluUqiexs06N1nKSTayExW6CyFiMrmi9cW0fcvGfK-TGg4VNPpgpMjFI0WRPUlcvIRFsesDqZjxrad46ND9vEngyxJ50d-kZ-kfuCstRBnaRXhr1YLq1cHYnIs/s1600/miku1.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWuKYaQnhTC0f6H-UyDeluUqiexs06N1nKSTayExW6CyFiMrmi9cW0fcvGfK-TGg4VNPpgpMjFI0WRPUlcvIRFsesDqZjxrad46ND9vEngyxJ50d-kZ-kfuCstRBnaRXhr1YLq1cHYnIs/s320/miku1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679643428581792626" /></a><br /><br />Hatsune Miku is a Desk Top Music software and a character- it started with the "voice" and "picture" created by a company called Crypton Future Media, which generated a huge movement of DIY music, video and art phenomenon. It is one of the series of softwares called "Vocaloid".<br /><br />I think the highlight of Hatsune Miku for 2011 was that it has gone international :) <div><br /></div><div>Recently Hatsune Miku had been attracting attention from various countries.<br /><br /></div><div>LA Weekly "<a href="http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2011/11/hatsune_miku_top_5_videos.php">Hatsune Miku: Her Best Fan-Generated Videos</a>"<br /><br />Miku has also have made a very successful concert in Los Angeles- you can see the highlight video here:<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/WzYssX-CcSY" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe><br /><br />Also, Vocaloid series is constantly evolving- the newest version "Vocaloid 3" which has a much human-like sound- can be listened from the link below.<br /><br /><a href="http://soundcloud.com/1stplace/ver-ia?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=blogger&utm_content=http://soundcloud.com/1stplace/ver-ia">鳥の詩( Ver.IA(β) )</a><br /><br /><br /><br />Following is a recap of my Ignite speech which was one year ago (didn't have time to post this for a year...)<br /><br />I started my speech by introducing Miku's concert that happened in Japan. At that time, people around the world were interested that Japanese people actually gathers to watch a virtual character to sing- this year, we have seen this happen in Los Angeles and I heard that as many as <a href="http://vocaloid.blog120.fc2.com/blog-entry-9002.html">5,000 people</a> came to the event ;)<br /><br />Video of the concert<br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/DTXO7KGHtjI" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe><br /><br />Press articles of media around the world surprised about a concert of a virtual idol.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7YRkTNPNssF6KPtfOUdopmsb4y8nkPQuOIOpbvBuOzE5pvbNoIpvT1gBVZrz20K6pqzJwlQklAlS-XzNF1mfiX0gP0_RcEecpdUYkzbsKxfUrqtQPMtXf9zSg1gMH6FPyg8rOPgmdt_M/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-11-27+at+8.50.01+PM.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 243px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7YRkTNPNssF6KPtfOUdopmsb4y8nkPQuOIOpbvBuOzE5pvbNoIpvT1gBVZrz20K6pqzJwlQklAlS-XzNF1mfiX0gP0_RcEecpdUYkzbsKxfUrqtQPMtXf9zSg1gMH6FPyg8rOPgmdt_M/s320/Screen+shot+2011-11-27+at+8.50.01+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679642563002322754" /></a><br /><br />The most interesting thing about Hatsune Miku is how it spurred enormous amount of creativity by the users- music, pictures, animations, software, etc.<br /><br />Users can upload music to various sites such as <a href="http://piapro.jp/">Piapro</a>:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFBhj3j6c4JqGK0uiKe2U5Lq-vjFYwJm1ApOC37ByGZGealeTo39fx4vXkBPZB2IaZiL4pW_bjd3QZ3woX1twc32tXGvr3oIZnVI5xNMOvVyxYacBM03P38zrLFKn4ce6J2iB0b9e4BA0/s1600/piapro.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 206px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFBhj3j6c4JqGK0uiKe2U5Lq-vjFYwJm1ApOC37ByGZGealeTo39fx4vXkBPZB2IaZiL4pW_bjd3QZ3woX1twc32tXGvr3oIZnVI5xNMOvVyxYacBM03P38zrLFKn4ce6J2iB0b9e4BA0/s320/piapro.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679644427096317490" /></a><br /><br />And some of those user generated songs won #1 of the Japanese weekly CD Sales ranking, and Vocaloid series won #2,4,6,7, 8, 10,11, 15,18 of Karaoke ranking last year.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzl49ljPM98wt7NZCeBtYlvF8Qtt8oK3ugRE6PVCfvwYAqrl3dMqbNMNKiqfcFdvXdQdp4I4n5kJH-k4Gp24-RWsyEmwbnps-oVjWlaQrepVARe4uaUg82H3RQ-_M9mFxtWnSY9vujW2k/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-11-27+at+9.00.40+PM.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzl49ljPM98wt7NZCeBtYlvF8Qtt8oK3ugRE6PVCfvwYAqrl3dMqbNMNKiqfcFdvXdQdp4I4n5kJH-k4Gp24-RWsyEmwbnps-oVjWlaQrepVARe4uaUg82H3RQ-_M9mFxtWnSY9vujW2k/s320/Screen+shot+2011-11-27+at+9.00.40+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679645490620165122" /></a><br /><br />I was looking at the data this year, and for example the <a href="http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/bd/w/2011-11-28/">Oricon Blu-ray ranking as of 2011/11/28</a> (data from 2011/11/14-2011/11/20) #5 was Hatsune Miku. (#1,2,4 are all Harry Potter, #3 is Pirates of the Caribbean)<br /><br />Much less in <a href="http://joysound.com/ex/ranking/index.htm">Karaoke ranking</a> compared to last year, but still #3, #19 and #21 were Hatsune Miku songs.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8g_16Ay2n720cKE2pmOo7fhvGNnYJScqsfozmy2OlF8HQdBlnpgnSX0MZgMdDTBTNDFWq8_IIFxCMD5PJrhUPVvGeXIBgD3WK3AT93HdIO27WiCAQfrULfTi8jhahMXkt4zb1vE_iMK4/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-11-27+at+9.12.48+PM.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8g_16Ay2n720cKE2pmOo7fhvGNnYJScqsfozmy2OlF8HQdBlnpgnSX0MZgMdDTBTNDFWq8_IIFxCMD5PJrhUPVvGeXIBgD3WK3AT93HdIO27WiCAQfrULfTi8jhahMXkt4zb1vE_iMK4/s320/Screen+shot+2011-11-27+at+9.12.48+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679648807964728466" /></a><br /><br />I played one of the most popular songs at LeWeb last year- "Miku Miku Ni Shite Ageru"<br /><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://ext.nicovideo.jp/thumb_watch/sm1097445"></script><noscript>&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm1097445"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;【ニコニコ動画】【初音ミク】みくみくにしてあげる♪【してやんよ】&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;</noscript><br /><br />This song was remixed by many people, and the dots on this chart shows all the remixes- it actually looks like universe!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD9DtaB9J5_lOCyaG1IEdI4_7E4c7u332xn2t_X9yLnZMwSbMsby6aOKO7JRm1uYbG4F9Kx-t7mbk5-ZCZddgnwU8EZ1WgL_9rLCZuNS9hs_69RhnEr7pU79xOrIUdpvEHcG-E9z49LY4/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-11-27+at+9.19.03+PM.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD9DtaB9J5_lOCyaG1IEdI4_7E4c7u332xn2t_X9yLnZMwSbMsby6aOKO7JRm1uYbG4F9Kx-t7mbk5-ZCZddgnwU8EZ1WgL_9rLCZuNS9hs_69RhnEr7pU79xOrIUdpvEHcG-E9z49LY4/s320/Screen+shot+2011-11-27+at+9.19.03+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679649682640328434" /></a><br /><br />Many people started drawing illustrations -many of which you can see on <a href="http://piapro.jp/">Piapro</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh31ACvTcXSxGEoaF_p-yHm-MZinLJxw-M1gqXhSIv4E3UFtA0v88vy9c3KPRLuHsDllyPSUuY4Lkv75uih2bfhYUOrVFUq_NacHq9riFJUAukDjeITgq2irRl25nNVHY2_tiHmXCZ0PqA/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-11-27+at+9.21.02+PM.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh31ACvTcXSxGEoaF_p-yHm-MZinLJxw-M1gqXhSIv4E3UFtA0v88vy9c3KPRLuHsDllyPSUuY4Lkv75uih2bfhYUOrVFUq_NacHq9riFJUAukDjeITgq2irRl25nNVHY2_tiHmXCZ0PqA/s320/Screen+shot+2011-11-27+at+9.21.02+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679650021944340242" /></a><br /><br />And of course various 2D animations and 3D animations.<br /><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://ext.nicovideo.jp/thumb_watch/sm12392042?w=490&h=307"></script><noscript>&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm12392042"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;【ニコニコ動画】初音ミク - Sweet Devil MMDPV&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;</noscript><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://ext.nicovideo.jp/thumb_watch/sm2053548"></script><noscript>&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm2053548"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;【ニコニコ動画】【初音ミク】 サイハテ 【アニメ風PV・オリジナル曲】&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;</noscript><br /><br />People started creating software too- <a href="http://www.geocities.jp/higuchuu4/index_e.htm">MikuMikuDance</a> is the most popular one- user generated 3D animation creation software.<br /><br /><object width="640" height="360"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Jx1qLlbtCQI&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Jx1qLlbtCQI&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="640" height="360"></embed></object><br /><br />Originally it only had one character (Miku) but the different versions allowed users to add different characters, objects and backgrounds, and different models as you can see in the following videos:<br /><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://ext.nicovideo.jp/thumb_watch/sm9667292?w=490&h=307"></script><noscript>&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm9667292"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;【ニコニコ動画】【第4回MMD杯本選】Dear Friends&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;</noscript><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://ext.nicovideo.jp/thumb_watch/sm9692478?w=490&h=307"></script><noscript>&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm9692478"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;【ニコニコ動画】【第4回MMD杯本選】Chaining Intention【PV】&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;</noscript><br /><br />MMD started to carry physical engine, and the users can control objects’ weight, friction, spinning speed, speed decay, repulsion, etc. MMD development by the original creator- Yu Higuchi has ended as of October 2011, and MMD's further development is now in the hands of the MMD community.<br /><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://ext.nicovideo.jp/thumb_watch/sm7528981"></script><noscript>&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm7528981"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;【ニコニコ動画】【MikuMikuDance】物理演算実験集【おバカ】&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;</noscript><br /><br />Then there's the 3D animation and hardware hacking part. This video of "Innocence" started the movement.<br /><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://ext.nicovideo.jp/thumb_watch/sm5480792"></script><noscript>&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm5480792"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;【ニコニコ動画】【初音ミク】Innocence【3DPV】&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;</noscript><br /><br />You can see this imaginary musical instrument- which stimulated the geeks around Japan to actually create it.<br /><br />Awesome wall paper made by <a href="http://www.tripshots.net/">tripshots</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZCf9Qv2dcE5aeuHy8COchyU8cBRQZyr2YPS320QHM5sIgFB83yKlbtC5Nywt3de56Qk7Q6i6BNVGZrkMxb_AAjrgtc1fQgCsUGIE_a3Vn_gBvDALzlMliB3QnK_y1vIp5AgEI8o4MFf8/s1600/ano.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZCf9Qv2dcE5aeuHy8COchyU8cBRQZyr2YPS320QHM5sIgFB83yKlbtC5Nywt3de56Qk7Q6i6BNVGZrkMxb_AAjrgtc1fQgCsUGIE_a3Vn_gBvDALzlMliB3QnK_y1vIp5AgEI8o4MFf8/s320/ano.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679669819826932882" /></a><br /><br />Created that instrument with 3$ display:<br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://ext.nicovideo.jp/thumb_watch/sm6222951"></script><noscript>&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm6222951"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;【ニコニコ動画】秋月300円液晶「あの楽器」を演奏できるようにしてみた&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;</noscript><br /><br />Nintendo DS version:<br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://ext.nicovideo.jp/thumb_watch/sm5743829"></script><noscript>&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm5743829"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;【ニコニコ動画】DS版「あの楽器」で和音が鳴りました&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;</noscript><br /><br />Wii remote version:<br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://ext.nicovideo.jp/thumb_watch/sm6256010"></script><noscript>&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm6256010"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;【ニコニコ動画】WiimoteWhiteboardと液晶TVであの楽器&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;</noscript><br /><br />Augmented Reality version:<br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://ext.nicovideo.jp/thumb_watch/sm6055808"></script><noscript>&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm6055808"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;【ニコニコ動画】タブレットとARToolKitであの楽器(表示だけ)&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;</noscript><br /><br />As you can imagine, there are Android app version such as <a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.sickhack.anogakki">this one</a> and <a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=rkobo.android.innoceroid">this one</a> :)<br /><br />At Digital Contents Expo, a bunch of creators gathered to show off their instruments and did a mini live.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/5094193342/" title="デジタルコンテンツエキスポ2010 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4106/5094193342_b4c376323e.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="デジタルコンテンツエキスポ2010" /></a><br /><br />I believe the key to the success of Hatsune Miku was its openness- Crypton Future Media could've claimed their rights and prohibited the use of the characters- as many of the contents industry companies does- instead they decided to open up the use of the character Miku, and invited various creators to share, reuse and remix their creativity- which led to a viral effect not just by consumers, but creators, and also made consumers to become creators.<br /><br />What I really like about the Hatsune Miku community is that they have love and respect with each other, they like other people's work, praise, and build on top of them for the next great thing - and the following was my final slide ;)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC0L5OLcBK3qRcOwQ8zbXYjHu49xpdxwETgX7F17fcU6IjYC6_oe24DEdqhxTg-ExGXGRUlm343yYS9BQfDQdmp9ho9LihfVJ277BOdKJLL3Wo_Ioe7Fx5KLO2YDQoKvzob3KoEVnhF3E/s1600/love.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC0L5OLcBK3qRcOwQ8zbXYjHu49xpdxwETgX7F17fcU6IjYC6_oe24DEdqhxTg-ExGXGRUlm343yYS9BQfDQdmp9ho9LihfVJ277BOdKJLL3Wo_Ioe7Fx5KLO2YDQoKvzob3KoEVnhF3E/s320/love.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679675299814512610" /></a><br /><br />Photo CC by Shanissinha_<br /><br />For those of you who wants to see newer vid, looks like this one is in the ranking now :)<br /><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://ext.nicovideo.jp/thumb_watch/sm15630734?w=490&h=307"></script><noscript>&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm15630734"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;【ニコニコ動画】『初音ミク』千本桜『オリジナル曲PV』&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;</noscript><br /><br /><br /><br />Disclaimer- This blog is a personal blog of Fumi Yamazaki. What I write here reflects my personal opinion, and has nothing to do with my employer.</div></div>Fumihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09574203651696573162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783737669888968599.post-5374509913384842162011-09-18T01:16:00.002+09:002011-09-18T14:49:47.022+09:00Half a year after 311Half a year has passed since the 311 incident. There was a Magnitude 9.0 earthquake, which led to tsunami, fire, landslide, and nuclear power plant accident.<br /><br />311 was a chance for the media to change their attitudes- for example, NHK (National TV station of Japan) allowed a junior highschool student to livestream their news contents on Ustream, and they ended up livestreaming themselves, too. They also officially uploaded some of the video clips on YouTube which you can see here:<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rWgvX1FGK4I" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3xiT4baxDk4" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bdmvCydsjC4" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe><br /><br />Many citizens shot videos of the tsunami as well- to keep these lessons in mind for the future, I will post some of those clips here:<br /><br />Tsunami in Oirase<br /><br /><object height="390" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ct9GEaWAmJg&rel=0&hl=ja_JP&feature=player_embedded&version=3"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ct9GEaWAmJg&rel=0&hl=ja_JP&feature=player_embedded&version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="390" width="640"></embed></object><br /><br />Kesennuma<br /><br /><object height="390" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5CXLUMWJN78&rel=0&hl=ja_JP&feature=player_embedded&version=3"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5CXLUMWJN78&rel=0&hl=ja_JP&feature=player_embedded&version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="390" width="640"></embed></object><br /><br />Otsuchi<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ovGtbp9upz0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe><br /><br />Minami Sanriku<br /><br /><object height="390" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8vZR0Rq1Rfw&rel=0&hl=ja_JP&feature=player_embedded&version=3"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8vZR0Rq1Rfw&rel=0&hl=ja_JP&feature=player_embedded&version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="390" width="640"></embed></object><br /><br /><object height="390" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UVl6T0SitoU&rel=0&hl=ja_JP&feature=player_embedded&version=3"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UVl6T0SitoU&rel=0&hl=ja_JP&feature=player_embedded&version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="390" width="640"></embed></object><br /><br />Kamaishi<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/YziDjIOf_18" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Cys8581RSXE" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"></iframe><br /><br />Sendai Airport<br /><br /><object height="390" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/p_6iDBoOvb0&rel=0&hl=ja_JP&feature=player_embedded&version=3"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/p_6iDBoOvb0&rel=0&hl=ja_JP&feature=player_embedded&version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="390" width="640"></embed></object><br /><br />A ship of Maritime Safety Agency crossing the tsunami<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4-mkzcxnJS8" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe><br /><br />Fukushima Power Plant explosion<br /><br /><object height="390" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OiZmLqWnjgc&rel=0&hl=ja_JP&feature=player_embedded&version=3"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OiZmLqWnjgc&rel=0&hl=ja_JP&feature=player_embedded&version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="390" width="640"></embed></object><br /><br />Fukushima nuclear power plant after explosion<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/n4WybfJHQbU" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"></iframe><br /><br />There still are people working IN that power plant to cool down and terminate the reactor... video message from them.<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/svUNJboN9SI" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"></iframe><br /><br /><br />Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are my own, and do not reflect those of my employer.Fumihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09574203651696573162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783737669888968599.post-57338633692266527362011-08-10T02:05:00.004+09:002011-08-10T07:37:13.797+09:00Climbing Mt.FujiLast weekend I went to climb Mt.Fuji- the highest mountain in Japan for the first time in my life.
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<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tanaka_juuyoh/3122960289/" title="Mt. Fuji / 富士山(ふじさん) by TANAKA Juuyoh (田中十洋), on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3103/3122960289_c10205b9b0.jpg" alt="Mt. Fuji / 富士山(ふじさん)" height="281" width="500" /></a>
<br />Photo CC-BY <span id="yui_3_3_0_3_13129130290981580" class="name"><strong class="username"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tanaka_juuyoh/">TANAKA Juuyoh (田中十洋)</a></strong></span>
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<br />It was an event called "<span style="font-weight:bold;">IT Fuji</span>". The event started around 10 years ago with a bunch of researchers with geeky gears climbing Mt.Fuji with lots of sensors and GPS, etc trying to learn how they can utilize IT in the mountains. They played on the mountain with those gadgets so much that recently they've become pretty normal mountain climbers- at least that's what I heard ;) Here are some tips from our trip:
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<br />How to get to Mt.Fuji:
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<br />Take the "<a href="http://bus.fujikyu.co.jp/highw/jikokuhyo/12.html">Fujikyu Bus</a>" from Shinjuku station - it takes you directly to Mt.Fuji's 3rd station (3goume) and 5th station (5 goume). Reserve your seat well in advance for early morning buses.
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<br />Climbing schedule:
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<br />Typically you leave Tokyo in the morning and arrive at 5th station, have lunch and climb up to 8th station where there are lots of lodges and huts. You can eat dinner, take a nap and leave 8th station around 23-1AM to head to the top of the mountain and watch the sunrise. Sunrise from Mt. Fuji is considered very precious and is called Goraikou(御来光) meaning honorable delivery of light. After you reach the top and watch the sunrise, you can either wander at the top - this walk is called Ohachimeguri (お鉢巡り), or you can head back down. Visiting the hot spring -Onsen (温泉) after the climb is highly recommended :D
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<br />What to bring:
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<br />-backpack, make sure you have waterproof cover (to avoid rain and dust)
<br />-trekking shoes
<br /><div id=":1l2">-warm clothes for the top (it's freezing cold up there even during hot summer)
<br />-light clothes for the bottom (it's hot during summer)
<br />-heat tech T-shirts (clothes that will dry quick is desirable)
<br />-gloves
<br />-climbing stick
<br />-raincoat (umbrellas won't work)
<br />-headlamp (flashlights won't work)
<br />-money (to buy drinks/snacks and pay for the toilets, coins are better)
<br />-mobile phone (to communicate with your team mates. It fairly works!)
<br />-snacks and drinks (don't bring too much since they will be heavy)
<br />-hat/cap (to avoid sunburn)
<br />-sunscreen (to avoid sunburn)
<br />-medical mask (to avoid the dust)
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<br />might be good to have
<br />-Oxygen (I didn't use it at all so I don't know if it's effective but saw lots of people using it)
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<br />It was foggy/rainy when we started climbing, but didn't rain that hard.
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<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6022037696/" title="富士山 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6145/6022037696_67dffa93be.jpg" alt="富士山" height="375" width="500" /></a>
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<br />It was actually raining really hard when we were taking a nap at 8th station, but the sky cleared up when we started climbing at 1AM... we were lucky!
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<br />This is a typical lodge. They have sleeping bags that you can take a short nap before heading to the top.
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<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6022045018/" title="富士山 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6142/6022045018_10c1191b02.jpg" alt="富士山" height="375" width="500" /></a>
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<br />Just before the sunrise, it became so cloudy that we almost thought we'll miss the Goraikou (sunrise)...
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<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6021506987/" title="富士山 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6148/6021506987_c39c8726bb.jpg" alt="富士山" height="375" width="500" /></a>
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<br />Then the sky started to clear up
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<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6022063594/" title="富士山 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6150/6022063594_ee8e3fccc5.jpg" alt="富士山" height="375" width="500" /></a>
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<br />Sunrise! 御来光!
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<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6021512047/" title="富士山 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6140/6021512047_2c330541a7.jpg" alt="富士山" height="375" width="500" /></a>
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<br />I think it was rather good that we had some clouds since the reflections were so beautiful :D
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<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6025914450/" title="富士山 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6121/6025914450_1f609ecea0.jpg" alt="富士山" height="375" width="500" /></a>
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<br />You can see the clouds down below. The red object is Torii (鳥居) .
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<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6025359337/" title="富士山 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6125/6025359337_8ffe42511b.jpg" alt="富士山" height="375" width="500" /></a>
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<br />Appendix: One of my colleagues asked me to bring Android figure with me to Mt.Fuji and here is the evidence!
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<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/6022065212/" title="富士山 by fumi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6133/6022065212_b2131fc912.jpg" alt="富士山" height="375" width="500" /></a>
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<br />Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are my own, and do not reflect those of my employer.Fumihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09574203651696573162noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783737669888968599.post-12787132179811927652011-06-19T21:50:00.004+09:002011-06-19T22:11:45.438+09:00What can you do with your brain wave?There's a lot of visualization and applications recently using brain waves.<br /><br />One of the most popular ones was this one by Ariel Garten, CEO of <a href="http://www.interaxon.ca/">Interaxon</a> presented at LeWeb2010. You can watch her speech <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Thought Controlled Computing" </span>here:<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZoARsLx4er0" allowfullscreen="" width="560" frameborder="0" height="349"></iframe><br /><br />Yes, we were sitting there in the audience watching her brain wave while she talks ;)<br /><br />What about the Japanese usage of brain waves? There's a bunch of interesting installations, but I'll introduce a cute one here - "Necomimi" by <a href="http://neurowear.net/">Neurowear</a> project. You wear cat's ear shaped device which would lay down if you are relaxed, stick up if you are concentrated.<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/w06zvM2x_lw" allowfullscreen="" width="560" frameborder="0" height="349"></iframe><br /><br />Looks like I was concentrated when I tried it this time ;)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8A9MN_8QKRpNPSJMST21huDdX-impNdv51zwJR-BVAWWhY4mwDxQFYEKA9Uz-AE7Twv1Oj0x7b227GOayFXXf4hQ4SFCZgENUpkY-hjwUiqOLh8EnIcKGpT9EOVD4FbIOHFN7IMrofog/s1600/%25E5%2586%2599%25E7%259C%259F.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8A9MN_8QKRpNPSJMST21huDdX-impNdv51zwJR-BVAWWhY4mwDxQFYEKA9Uz-AE7Twv1Oj0x7b227GOayFXXf4hQ4SFCZgENUpkY-hjwUiqOLh8EnIcKGpT9EOVD4FbIOHFN7IMrofog/s320/%25E5%2586%2599%25E7%259C%259F.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619915646640903714" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are my own, and do not reflect those of my employer.Fumihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09574203651696573162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783737669888968599.post-52747423313661396922010-11-03T16:27:00.008+09:002010-11-03T20:17:43.483+09:00Flat rate international roaming packet servicesFor the Japanese folks, this info is a bit old. But I realized talking with non-Japanese folks that many of them didn't know this so I thought I'd write this post.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">** The Problem **</span><br /><br />Global roaming fee had been a headache for most travelers... the options were, we either:<br /><br />1) give up and try to hop through wifi spots or go to internet cafes<br />... this was what I usually did when I was a traveler. Before that, I thought if I lose internet I might not be able to survive. Internet connection was like oxygen to me. I was totally Internet addicted, Twitter addicted. Actually I learned how to survive- I had no internet connection at all for 4 whole days trekking in Machu Picchu :)<br /><br />2) get a local SIM<br />... I sometimes do this in U.S. when my stay is long. But it is annoying to do this in each country you go, you don't know the language and you don't know the pricing models in that country, you don't know which career is good etc... it is painful.<br /><br />Update 11/3:<br /> <a href="http://twitter.com/miyagawa">@miyagawa</a> taught me an awesome wiki "<a href="http://paygsimwithdata.wikia.com/wiki/Pay_as_you_go_sim_with_data_Wiki">Pay as you go sim with data Wiki</a>"<br /> See also his blog post "<a href="http://bulknews.typepad.com/blog/2010/10/hacking-japanese-mobile-plans-for-geeks-or-travelers.html">Hacking Japanese mobile plans for geeks (or travelers)</a>"<br /> Thank you for the info Miyagawa-san!<br /><br />3) use the SIM from the country of origin and "behave" not to use too much packets<br />... this is what people usually does.<br /><br />4) use the SIM from the country of origin and use it as you want to.<br />... this is called "パケ死 (packet death)"<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">** The Solution **</span><br /><br />In order to solve this problem, Japanese mobile carriers - Softbank and NTT docomo started to provide <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">flat rate international roaming packet services</span> several months ago.<br /><br />Info in English for <a href="http://mb.softbank.jp/en/global_services/global_roaming/global_roaming_packet_flat_rate.html">Softbank's service</a> for iPhone/iPad<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5swVEr8PSN5N2OvVKJjUNaxT2z9IdzKssGKcxHgqReTJg5t0HM16ae44S1DKops9nOF0cKcCx6d2YIjIYMRVz4H1Kzst7sG0VRQf04-CUsDXUFGVofmQ3liKUYAikHweYeS_pUUmRDQ8/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-11-03+at+4.59.41+AM.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 293px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5swVEr8PSN5N2OvVKJjUNaxT2z9IdzKssGKcxHgqReTJg5t0HM16ae44S1DKops9nOF0cKcCx6d2YIjIYMRVz4H1Kzst7sG0VRQf04-CUsDXUFGVofmQ3liKUYAikHweYeS_pUUmRDQ8/s400/Screen+shot+2010-11-03+at+4.59.41+AM.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535230715298521378" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Info in English for <a href="http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/service/world/roaming/outline/content/kaigai_pake_hodai/index.html">NTT docomo's service</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXeO2EQFcS2wstdj6wOdoFY0TzEOHEi7rcGSMDlSta5C2NcXbQUywbP1dSUu2uf0MMMWCq5lRwnkbBBc4mmDfah_7y61oaSh3zS14z7H-Zfkm35CjWyXOCGwYxFSXlOSv7bF24DiIxpPw/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-11-03+at+5.01.24+AM.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 358px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXeO2EQFcS2wstdj6wOdoFY0TzEOHEi7rcGSMDlSta5C2NcXbQUywbP1dSUu2uf0MMMWCq5lRwnkbBBc4mmDfah_7y61oaSh3zS14z7H-Zfkm35CjWyXOCGwYxFSXlOSv7bF24DiIxpPw/s400/Screen+shot+2010-11-03+at+5.01.24+AM.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535230838069060994" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">** How did this happen? **</span><br /><br />Masayoshi Son, CEO of mobile carrier Softbank received a mention to his Twitter account (<a href="http://twitter.com/masason">@masason</a>) in April to request flat rate international roaming packet service. Maybe he already had some kind of plan already before replying, but his reply was " Let's consider that". A month later, he comes back with the tweet that Softbank will actually start that service from July. Some of the tweets from the conversation:<br /><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/masason/status/12644484545">2010-04-23</a><br /><br /><blockquote>User: Can't you do anything about the <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ridiculously expensive international roaming cost</span>?<br /><br />Son-san: <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Let's consider providing flat rate international roaming packet service</span> from countries that are possible.<br /><br />出来る国から海外パケホーダイを検討してみましょう。RT @OKAMOTOAtusi: 海外ローミングの法外な価格設定だけはなんとかなりませんか。<br /></blockquote><br /><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/masason/status/12812489142">2010-04-25</a><br /><br /><blockquote>User: Son-sama, if you can make the packets I tweet overseas a flat rate, I will run to Softbank shop and switch to Softbank now!<br /><br />Son-san: Will consider providing it from countries that are possible.<br /><br />出来る国から検討します。RT @chisato_mzn: @masason 孫さま、海外でツイした分も一定料金にしていただけたら、今すぐショップに走ってソフトバンクに乗り換えます!<br /></blockquote><br /><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/masason/status/13817856902">2010-05-12</a><br /><br /><blockquote>User: Even if iPad is SIM locked, it would not be a problem if global roaming fee is fixed price.<br /><br />Son-san: <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Let's do it</span>. From major countries. Flat rate international roaming packet service.<br /><br />User: Please do it with iPhone too.<br /><br />Son-san: Yes.<br /><br />はい。RT @eisuke0312: iPhoneでもお願いします。 RT @masasonやりましょう。主要国から。海外パケ定額。RT @hayatomo0711: iPadがSIMロックされていても、普通なら問題ないと思うんです。海外ローミングの料金さえなんとかしてしてくれたら…<br /></blockquote><br /><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/masason/status/13979022875">2010-05-14</a><br /><br /><blockquote>User: I can't use (data) outside Japan with current price setting!<br /><br />Son-san: Fixed. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">We will start flat rate international roaming packet service from late July in major countries</span>. Details to follow.<br /><br />決定しました。海外パケ定額7月下旬に主要国開始。詳細は後日。RT @hemolelelilia: @masason 今の料金設定では海外で使えません‼<br /></blockquote><br /><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/masason/status/17241406806">2010-06-28</a><br /><br /><blockquote>Son-san: We're ready. Starting flat rate international roaming packet service from 7/21. Countries fixed. You will be released from several 10,000 yen packet costs. http://bit.ly/bHrive<br /><br />出来ました。7/21から海外パケ定開始。対象国も確定。数万円のパケット代から解放。http://bit.ly/bHrive<br /></blockquote><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">** But wait... is this really feasible? **</span><br /><br />Softbank needs to pay other carriers - is it really possible to do flat rate?<br /><blockquote>User: <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Uh, are you going to be OK? lol</span><br /><br />Son-san: <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">If you use too much, we will be in the red. Please don't be too hard on us.</span><br /><br />皆さんが、ガンガン使うと当方かなり赤字。お手柔らかに。RT @terrysaito だ、<br />大丈夫なのか? w RT 出来ました。7/21から海外パケ定開始。対象国も確定。<br />数万円のパケット代から解放。http://bit.ly/bHrive<br /></blockquote><br /><br />Disclaimer:<br /><br />The opinions expressed herein are my own and do not represent my employer’s views in any way. Nothing posted here should be considered official or sanctioned by my employer or any other organization I’m affiliated with.Fumihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09574203651696573162noreply@blogger.com1