Is it said that building a bicultural family is a challenge that lasts a lifetime. I believe that raising young kids in a bilingual environment can be an incredibly rewarding experience that doubles the fun with each new word learned or spoken. It’s far from easy though when
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Currently Hooked On
I’ve updated the Hooked On section.
For previous Hooked On selections, check aka.me’s Hooked On page.
Posted by admin on March 2, 2012
http://blog.aka.me/updated-hooked-on-7/
Ri Xing, The Last Type Foundry in Taiwan
It all started with the background image for an exhibition poster in Taipei during our week-long trip there early December with Tomomi and Naoki. The detailed photo of a lead type foundry shelf struck a cord in all of us and no one could resist adding such singular destination to the masterfully planned visit of the island prepared by our friend Leonard. This single photo sent us on a multi-day quest which ended at Ri Xing Typography (日星鑄字行), the last type foundry in Taiwan.
Posted by admin on December 28, 2011
http://blog.aka.me/ri-xing-the-last-type-foundry-in-taiwan/
Updated – Hooked On
I’ve updated the Hooked On section. For the 3 new ones, check aka.me‘s top page. The previous Hooked On section: Music > Tokumaru Shugo Anime > No.6 App > Tweetbot
Posted by admin on November 26, 2011
http://blog.aka.me/updated-hooked-on-6/
Things I’ll never build – Part MCLIV – WordPress Instagram Liked Plugin
This idea was inspired by one of my favorite Instagram features: see what pics have been Liked by my friends. Although there are already a number of Instagram related WP plugins, all of them are about displaying galleries of my own pics on my blog. This one would, once a given span, post to my [...]
Posted by admin on October 23, 2011
http://blog.aka.me/things-i%e2%80%99ll-never-build-%e2%80%93-part-mcliv-%e2%80%93-wordpress-instagram-liked-plugin/
2 days at the Nakanojo Biennale of Art
Welcome to a lovely corner of Gunma Prefecture for the Nakanojo Biennale (Nakabi). In its 3rd edition, the festival can be compared to the Echigo-Tsumari Triennale, Japan’s oldest and largest countryside art festival, for it borrows the same recipe: find a seldom visited corner of Japan, reopen long closed primary schools, old breweries, former factory [...]
Posted by admin on October 17, 2011
http://blog.aka.me/nakanojo-biennale/
Moving from Posterous to WordPress
Sounds like the easiest thing in the world? Well, much like when I migrated from Movable Type to Posterous via WordPress, it took some work. Since the Posterous Importer plugin for self-hosted WordPress wouldn’t stop coughing on my Posterous site, I first signed up to WordPress.com (for free) and used their native and better maintained [...]
Posted by admin on October 11, 2011
http://blog.aka.me/moving-from-posterous-to-wordpress/
Flickr Maps
If, like me, you have been tagging your pics with location data for a while (a practice called Geotagging), then you will be happy to learn that Flickr recently released a new geotagging feature allowing you to place all your pics onto a world map. However, the location data of my pics is embedded in [...]
Posted by admin on October 5, 2006
http://blog.aka.me/flickr-maps/
Nendo’s new mobile phone design for DoCoMo’s N702iS
Another playful project by Nendo. Sounds like he had carte blanche and he made full use of it to push the metaphore of the glass until he drowned in it! This mobile phone handset was a collaboration with NTT DoCoMo and NEC. We wanted a product that felt accessible and close to home, so we [...]
Posted by admin on October 2, 2006
http://blog.aka.me/nendos-new-mobile-phone-design-for-docomos-n702is/