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Flash? I thought most people have moved on from Flash.

So true and so sad. From the great innovator to the follower. I also realised that the people are quite inflexible and unwilling to change.

The following article explains it so well. Although it's about design/web but it gives you an insight to how Japanese think.

http://randomwire.com/why-japanese-web-design-is-so-differen...

Love the fact that he can poke fun at himself!

I still remember when the iPhone was first available in Japan. They had to change a lot just to accommodate the functions.

For example Japan does not use SMS. Only Softbank uses SMS which is why they are the most popular for foreigners who try to contact overseas. Even then each SMS overseas costs an average of 105yen (US$1) each. Or with AU/KDDI which only allows SMS to same network phones.

Japan uses mobile email which is still widely used and Softbank as a result had to modify iPhone standard systems to allow this.

Saying this my point is that Japan's problem lies with the fact that their technology is in it's own universe and not available outside. Which is a good thing and a bad thing. For example, TVs in Japan cannot be used overseas, their phone systems use WCDMA which cannot be used overseas. When Japan was the centre of the technology world this was good because the world had to try to follow them. Now that they aren't they have to be able to adapt so that their technology legacy will survive the future changes from overseas.

Here's hoping that the turn in people's thinking might help Japan get out of their technology downslide.

Could be a good idea and call it NoGASM. :P

Great Work! Looks real good. Hope he plans to do more :)

This article is really good and it gives a lot of information about how Todd Jackson is a good PM. A lot of what is written can be used in one's own daily experience as a PM and startup owner.

Looking forward to using some of the points mentioned to work. :)

I agree. It's all about the trends. But that's what they came to see. So give the public what they requested.

So true. Reading posts like these makes me believe more and more what I decided to do by leaving a full time job and working for myself and what makes me happy the right decision.

I have only just started and am about to release my first startup so I'm not at that level yet. I'm hoping to get there someday though.

Currently this is the big thing on the Internet. Teaching people how to code.

I really believe "Knowledge empowers the person". So keep up the good work guys! The more learning experiences out there the better knowledgable about the Internet, web technologies for the public.

I've always hated signing off packages because it looks nothing like my signature on the hand held devices. Hopefully this will be used in the future to make signatures look more coherent rather than just some squiggly lines on the touch pad.

It's a simple concept with font smoothing. Wonder why they never thought of implementing it on actual commercial devices.

Good luck to Kim. I really liked his simplicity redesign of the Microsoft brand. Looking forward to more of his stuff in the future!

Already a good idea, beautiful simple to use, now playing the good guy. I think this is something that is worth doing. Hope Distrokid succeeds :)

Calc is the most interesting item here in my opinion and the browser support. http://caniuse.com/calc

I'd kill for the ability to do variables in CSS like LESS and SCSS.

According to this advanced SVG is not supported by Android.

http://caniuse.com/#cats=SVG

Although I agree with Jason's article, his way of thinking of a minority. Most of the people/interviewers see what they have currently and make a split second judgement on the person as to whether they will be able to perform or not.

This is not just for designers but also for coders. Just because someone cannot perform in the interview does not mean they cannot perform in their day jobs.

I hope the hiring mentally changes their image of this.

The 2nd monitor upgrades and fixes really help out a lot. I think as a developer who works mostly with 2 monitors now working in full screen mode both monitors can be properly used.

Really looking forward to upgrading.

This is beautiful!!.... Thanks for creating this. This will be good reading material whilst waiting for the videos.

Wish I was as lucky as you when I was your age. These kind of things just weren't available then. Keep at the good work!

Thanks for sharing. I believe the experiences you have learnt can help me along my way building my own startup.

I totally agree. After years being a lurker online I've decided to change my outlook to be able to get like minded people's ideas and opinions. I totally understand how it is. It's always easier to be alone then to get to know people as you have to make an effort to make first contact.

Would really love to read a journal of his trip and experiences during them.

It probably is for individuals. Some measure success with lots of money, whilst others measure it with possessions (boats, cars, house etc).

For example as long as I can have support my wife and kids without them going hungry I believe I'm successful in what I do.

Thanks for this. Very insightful.

I did a Startup Weekend a few months ago and the biggest lesson I learnt there was "Listen, listen, listen!" as well as "Ask for help, you don't have all the answers".

The peopl are there to help and they are either volunteering their time to do so. Take full advantage of that.

I really don't agree with this Lesson 4: Let Other People Do the Programming.

I agree that you cannot micromanage it but you also have to pass it on to someone who is capable.

"However, keep in mind that the entire Indian subcontinent is learning Java. And that if Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, and Sun products simply worked and worked simply, half of the world's current IT workers would be out of a job."

The above point is true but the quality of code obviously leads to less bugs and security holes. I have had horror stories of my friends hiring coders in India. The work that was given back has been a mess and 90% of the time requires a whole rewrite.

Point - Just because it can be done doesn't mean it should.

I think that's part of the whole idea. There are lots of talks at the moment about hiring the right people for the culture of your company. And obviously I believe that if you are creating a hierarchy-less culture then you should go for those people who show those traits.

I personally believe the whole idea of non-hierarchical society better such as in Western Universities where students call professors, lecturers by their first name. Whereas it is toally opposite in Japan where you have to address them by their titles (Dr or Professor so and so).

This statement really hits a chord with me.

"To put it bluntly, goals are for losers. That's literally true most of the time. For example, if your goal is to lose 10 pounds, you will spend every moment until you reach the goal—if you reach it at all—feeling as if you were short of your goal. In other words, goal-oriented people exist in a state of nearly continuous failure that they hope will be temporary.

If you achieve your goal, you celebrate and feel terrific, but only until you realize that you just lost the thing that gave you purpose and direction. Your options are to feel empty and useless, perhaps enjoying the spoils of your success until they bore you, or to set new goals and re-enter the cycle of permanent presuccess failure."

I've always been taught that there are 3 people in the world:

1) People who live in the past

2) People who have a dream and stop having dreams when they achieve that dream

3) People who have dreams and set new dreams once they achieve their current dream

Opens up the eyes based on another person's perspective. I wonder if that goal oriented purpose of life, getting the bigger house, better car etc. is just part of how society measures success.

Stackoverflow, Twitter, etc. may have all the information but as the writer says the results from long tail search results which are most accurate are still from Google.

Google is still useful in searching if what you need is not just in a 1-2 word search. It's more the ethics of the search company which I think is the problem.

I personally started using Duck Duck Go because of all the targeted ads which Google seems to bombard me with.

I agree with the author. The reading part is only secondary to the doing part. Especially there are so many articles out there and when you read too much, their ideas start conflicting with each other.

As Micael (the author) says "So nowadays I don't read books and articles about entrepreneurship because I think I need the knowledge to succeed, but merely for inspiration or because I sometimes feel curious about some company or person."

This paragraph really resonates with me "The knowledge you need to have for your startup to succeed is in general not written in books or articles. The knowledge you need will be so specific to your particular company, with your particular employees, in your particular industry, in this particular time, with your particular product, with your particular goal and vision – that you need to generate that knowledge yourself by trying stuff out and iterating."

To be in the midst of pioneers which brought the personal computing age to the world. Wow! Wozniak too!

Too bad I'm not able to go because I'm on the other side of the world (Australia).