There were several big changes to my life in 2012, so without further ado here are the top 3 in chronological order. Transportation For a number of years my wife has been bringing up the topic of a car. But I always dismissed the topic as something that might be "nice to have" not a "need to have" item. The train systems in Japan are some of the best, safest, cleanest, and most timely in the world. We take the trains to work each week day, and even take the Shinkansen Bullet Train when visiting the in-laws in Iwate. So... Continue reading

A bit over 4 Months ago my second son was born. I shared the news and first photos via a variety of social networks that I use. However what I noticed this time that was different than 3 years ago when my first son was born, was the amount of engagement from the different networks. When my first son was born 3 years ago, I received the most congratulations and replies via Twitter. In the past 3 years the amount of users and friends on Twitter has continued to grow, so I expected the same amount or more replies via... Continue reading

I7m happy with yesterday's election results. =) I voted by absentee ballot from Japan with the help of Overseas Vote foundation. Closing polls from Newsday. Continue reading

I was listening to the Write For Your Life Podcast on How We Read Now talking about RSS Feeds and Twitter, and it prompted me to put my thoughts down in a blog post. Information Overload is not a new occurrence Over saturation of information with RSS feeds, twitter, etc. is not a new occurrence. Lets go back to the pre-Internet days, now lets go back a bit further to the pre-TV days, at that time newspapers and magazines were the primary news sources for the majority of people. This was before Newspapers were printed daily, they were published weekly.... Continue reading