Digital Hollywood

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 Posted in interview | No Comments »

This is Tomo Sugiyama, the President of Digital Hollywood University; every inch the Japanese digital guru. I interviewed him last week for a story on digital content (games, TV, cellphone content etc). Sugiyama was at MIT in the 1980s with Nicholas ...

Akihabara tour

Sunday, August 17th, 2008 Posted in my photos | No Comments »

More photos from "otaku Mecca" Akihabara. Last week I took a tour organized by a startup called GI Jane. I was surprised to see so many foreigners on the streets. I'm not sure where these guys were from (maybe Italy?) ...

apologies to Moriyama Daido

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 Posted in my photos | No Comments »

I was back on the otaku trail yesterday, taking photos on an Akihabara tour. (Thank to Jane of GI Jane!) This is a photo my tireless guide leading me down a side-street to a tiny Shinto shrine hidden ...