Let go and let god

by | Jan 16, 2013 | Post

I believe god exists, but in the form of natural laws, such as gravity. Galileo, Newton, Einstein weren’t enthusiastic because they observed physical laws. They touched the truth—god. God is gravity. Thus we are part of god and god is part of us, because gravity...

Simple life is about getting real, not about reducing stuff.

by | Nov 20, 2012 | Post

I have been dealing with the big questions for years: Who am I? What is important? How should I live? I never found one right answer, so decided to rid of the wrong ones first. (Don’t we all do this when picking our significant others?) Who am I not? What is not...

From underemployed to overemployed to underemployed

by | Oct 25, 2012 | Post

The 21st century looked so bright when I was a kid, busy devouring into retro-futuristic juvenile science fiction books. Young couples enjoyed honey–literally–moon trips, everybody was healthy and young, and nobody worked. Robots and computers took care of...

求められる「コミュニケーション能力」とは何か

by | Oct 4, 2012 | Japanese, Post

日本企業が入社してくる若者に求める第一のスキルはコミュニケーション能力であるそうです。なにごとにつけてもあやふやな昨今の企業事情において、この点は数少なく、揺るぎないポリシーになっているようです。 一見、もっともらしい主張のように思えます。どんな企業であれ、人が集まってできあがった組織ですから、仕事の基本は他人との意思疎通（コミュニケーション）になります。その意味では、「コミュニケーション能力」が重要なのは確かにそうでしょう。...

Koboの初期動作不良から見える箱庭モノ作り文化

by | Oct 2, 2012 | Japanese, Post

少し前の楽天Koboが「動かない」と炎上した件は考えさせられました。ことあるごとに、「説明書が役に立たない」と書かれています。説明書を作ることを生業としている人間として、これは本当に説明書担当が気の毒になります。...

[ Essay ] D is for DamnIAmStuckWithYouButThatsOK

by | Sep 24, 2012 | Post

This is a summary of an email message I exchanged with a dear friend when I was struggling with depression a while ago. ———————————— The latest D incident has finally woken me up to the fact that...