Digital Digest October 2005

The Monthly Newsletter of DigitalEveJapan. Promoting women's digital lifestyles by offering a supportive community and programs tuned to women using IT in their workplace and in their everyday lives.

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The Monthly Newsletter of DigitalEVE Japan.

Promoting women's digital lifestyles by offering a
supportive community and programs tuned to women using IT in
their workplace and in their everyday lives.

http://www.digitalevejapan.org

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1 October 2005

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This monthly newsletter is a membership benefit of
DigitalEVE Japan and is sent through our mailing list, de-
japan. If you wish to cancel your membership with DigitalEve
Japan, please follow the unsubscribe instructions at the end
of this issue.

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IN THIS ISSUE
-> From the Editor
-> Rota Leader Report
-> Membership Team News
-> Media Team News
-> Upcoming Events

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FROM THE EDITOR

Ailsa Wylie, English Newsletter Editor.
<newsletter@digitalevejapan.org>

It's autumn, when my thoughts turn to hikes among the fall colours,
arranging a plane ticket to visit my family for the holidays, and the
Japanese Language Proficiency Test. Like many other non-Japanese
residents, I'm beginning to dig deeper and deeper into my pile of
textbooks and soon you won't be able to find me at all until the
infamous first Sunday in December has passed.

It's hard for me to imagine what it must have been like to study
Japanese before the invention of the electronic dictionary with Kanji
lookup and "jump" function. I would be lost without mine. But
sometimes, for example when I just want to read a book on the train
as I go out for the evening, I don't want to be carrying such a heavy
thing in my purse. However, there are downloadable dictionaries for
mobile phones and I'm giving some serious thought to that.

On the other hand, some phones come with this function already
conveniently installed. I've seen a model that includes not only a J-
E / E-J dictionary, but also a multilingual travel phrasebook. You
can find out how to say "Where is the toilet?" in Chinese or Korean.
Or rather, since there is no pronunciation guide, you can call it up
on the screen and show it to a local person. The 21st century
equivalent of pointing at a guidebook, I suppose. But what happens if
you can't recharge the battery and you need a toilet?

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NOTES FROM THE STEERING COMMITTEE

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ROTA LEADER

Leader's Report
Misao Kajiro

October: it's a good season to learn new things. It's never
too late to learn, so please join our two workshops this
month. We all have different questions according to level of
skills, but sometimes there is no chance to ask what we
should do. At a DEJ workshop you can ask whatever you want
to know about.

I attended a wedding party recently and my dress was so
tight! My daughter presented me with a DVD, "PERFECTLY FIT"
by Claudia Schiffer. Some of you may know what this means.
I'm a long way from having a perfect body (!).

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MEMBERSHIP TEAM NEWS

Misao Kajiro, Membership Coordinator.
<membership@digitalevejapan.org>

Total membership is 723 as of September 27th, 2005.

We are having two workshops in October. Please check out the
details in this issue. Many thanks to the tutors who are
willingly volunteering to present these DEJ workshops.

Also, Ladawan Lhuangon agreed to help with the Web-contents
team. Thanks to her for her participation.


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MEDIA TEAM NEWS

Chiharu Kawai, Media Coordinator
<media@digitalevejapan.org>

Typhoons, hurricanes and cyclones have swept the surface of
the earth. I hope you have been all safe. There are only
three more months to go before the year's end, and we are
planning to have a few more events to wrap up the year. I am
announcing the following to you now so we can be
well-prepared:

1) First, we are having an Excel & PowerPoint workshop on
Saturday October 22nd. This is described in detail in
another section of this newsletter. Those of you who have
used Excel and PowerPoint but are not familiar with many
interesting features, please come join us!

2) December is the party month of course! For now, we are
tentatively planning to have a holiday party on Saturday,
December 3rd. This year, we are thinking about holding a
talent show in which any one of you with something to
perform in front of us is welcome. You can play music, sing,
dance, perform a comedy or impersonation, do magic tricks,
or anything you can show us. Prizes will be awarded to
excellent talent. Performers, please contact me! I will
start organizing the party pretty soon. Besides the talent
show, we are also thinking about inviting a few musicians
for entertainment. If you have suggestions, please let us
know!

3) For your information, the Tokyo metropolitan government
just launched a convenient portal site for non-Japanese
people. The person in charge directly contacted DEJ about it
because we have a lot of non-Japanese members. This site
allows you to find all kinds of information useful in your
daily lives and business activities in English. The URL is
as follows. Please check it out:

http://www.tokyo-business.jp/

Message from the government office:
"Tokyo Business Entry Point was launched on August 31st by
Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Which is One-stop portal
service for foreign-affiliated firm's various questions and
We provide a multitude of Information through our network of
organizations."

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DETAILS OF UPCOMING EVENTS

[WORKSHOPS]
1)---Excel and PowerPoint Workshop for intermediate---

Tutor: Smita Deshpande
Date: 22nd October (from 18:00 to 21:00)
Venue: Tokyo Women's Plaza / Meeting room 1-B
 5-53-67, Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
 5 minutes from B2 EXIT of Omotesando station
MAP: http://www.tokyo-womens-plaza.metro.tokyo.jp/contents/map.html
Fee: 3000 yen (including beverage)

Contents:
1. Introduction
2. Working on charts
3. Importing Excel files
4. Inserting tables and working on them
5. More brief information about all menus of the latest
 version
6. Q&A

Please send email to: workshops@digitalevejapan.org
Deadline for signup: noon on 20th October

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2) ---Design Basics---

Tutor: Jennifer Shermer Pack
Date: 22nd October (from 13:30 to 17:00)
Venue: Logica Design Office
 #205, 2-2-11, Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
 7 minutes from B1 EXIT of Omotesando station
 10 minutes from Shibuya station
Fee: 3000 yen (including beverage)
Contents: Design basics for print design and web design with
 the concepts of layout.

Please bring your laptop with Photoshop.
 ...Adobe InDesign or Quark if possible.

Signup: send email to: workshops@digitalevejapan.org
Deadline: noon on 20th October
-Capacity is small (5) so please sign up as early as possible.
-Map will be sent to those who registered to this wksp.

***SEEK***
Interpreters (E to J) who can assist at these workshops.
Please send email to workshops@digitalevejapan.or

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The Digital Digest is brought to you by the Newsletter Team:
Lynn Fujino, Noriko Hasegawa, Koko Iwata, Misao Kajiro, Yoko
Kawabe, Louise Mackay, Mayumi Tanimoto, and Ailsa Wylie.

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