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Saw this linked from Ted Rheingold's blog, and it's pretty f'ing intense...
Shooting War is a [very] graphic novel about a "vlogger" named Jimmy Burns set in the year 2011 -- we're still in Iraq, McCain is president, and suicide bombers are blowing themselves up at your neighborhood Starbucks.
yikes.
hey, that's sweet... one of my smart-ass remarks made Comment of the Day on Fred Wilson's blog (thx for link love fred :)
certainly appears i'm a lot more popular on other people's blogs than on my own. guess i should do more real blogging instead of posting Flickr photos from family trips & geek events. but i always have more stuff to say riffing on other blogs than about my own original thoughts & big ideas (aka hot air). maybe i should find a partner to blog with... hmm. tandem blogging, interesting.
side note: altho i usually read fred's blog often, i actually came across his post because i was playing around with MyBlogLog at my friend scott rafer's suggestion. seems like a pretty useful service. i must admit i need to spend more time checking out blog / website analytics tools. haven't really dug in hard on stuff like FeedBurner, Google Analytics, etc. guess that's a good topic for our upcoming Search SIG... speaking of which, i better get that lined up soon, yikes! btw, here's a nice summary of analytics tools i came across from Brad Feld (altho i disagree about Feedster, i still use it and Technorati for a lot of my blog & RSS searches quite regularly).
We took Dante to the Sunshine Aquarium in Ikebukuro yesterday. Was able to get a few decent shots.
interesting LinkedIn up-trend i noticed recently -- wonder if that's SEO improvements or real traffic increases...?
while Alexa isn't so reliable for absolute / comparative stats, the directional data is usually on target.
hmmm. worth watching / investigating further.
I'm having a great time relaxing in Tokyo right now with my wife and kid and in-laws, however i've also managed a little time to catchup up with some tech folks while i'm out here as well. On Monday, i got to meet Gen Kanai (pictured at right) based on a suggestion / connection from Niall Kennedy... thanks Niall :)
Gen is a really interesting guy now working for Mozilla Japan. In addition to being a knowledgeable tech geek, he also has a unique perspective on Japan. As a Japanese-American fluent in Nihongo and living in Tokyo, he's got both an insider's & outsider's take on Japanese culture.
We talked a fair bit about how Nihon is changing lately (both for better and worse) re: the local economy, tech startups, demographics & immigration, and Life, the Universe, and Everything. Gen also recommended a book called Dogs & Demons that i just ordered on Amazon.
Gen was also one of the folks involved in setting up a group a few years ago called HapaJapan, a social network of folks in Tokyo of mixed-race origin. Since i'm now father to a 1-year-old who is half-Japanese i also found this intriguing.
After chatting awhile over sushi, we chilled out with some jazz at Saya's gig at Blues Alley. all in all, a great evening... thanks Gen :)
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