Digital Digest January 2008

December 2007-January 2008

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FROM THE EDITOR

Hello everyone! I hope you are all having a wonderful holiday
season.

After four years in Japan, my family and I are going to be moving
back to the US at the end of February. There are so many things
I am going to miss. I will miss the drink machines with abundant
choices (and hot drinks in the winter!), the soft diapers (so much
better than american diapers), the wonderful customer service,
the sound of "kawaii" as we walk by with our son, using the little
bit of japanese that I know with strangers, the clean, efficient
and on time train system, feeling safe at night, the fun of reading
hiragana on signs and packaging to figure out what they say, the
engrish, and most of all, our japanese friends we have made while
we were here. I'm sure I've forgotten other things I could add to
the list.

I'm so happy I've been able to live in and experience Japan. I
appreciate being a part of Digital Eve Japan. I haven't been able
to get into town for many of the Meet the DEvas, but I thoroughly
enjoyed meeting some of the members at the workshops I presented.

I also enjoyed the hiking trip to Okutama that Misa coordinated
a couple of years ago. Digital Eve has led me to new friends and
clients for my design business.

Thank you DEvas!

Jennifer Pack
jenpack@gmail.com

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ROTA LEADER'S MESSAGE And
                          MEMBERSHIP TEAM NEWS

Dear DEvas,

A Happy New Year!

We are all having a busy season so December Newsletter was
combined with January issue. Thank both newsletter editors
for your hard works at the end of year and special thanks
to Jennifer Pack for your help to DEJ!

Four new members joined DEJ in December. Welcome to DEJ!

Total membership was 633 as of December 30th, 2007.

The Meet the DEvas was held on the 2nd December though I cannot believe one month has already passed. The venue, Harrods in Roppongi Hills, was comfortable with good services. The Q&A
continued by each theme with Tatsuya, Hiroshi and Nick who
had participated as an adviser. We walked to Midtown and uttered
an exclamation to the LED illumination like the blue lake in the garden.

Thank all participants for your helps.

In 2007, 284 messages were on our mailing list and 6 events were
held. The SC is planning events in 2008 and welcome your idea
and thought for DEJ activity to be more useful.

Personally, I finished my MA program that took over three years
and will attend the graduation ceremony at Leeds in UK this year.
The challenge made my brain and mind fresh again like I was
a student. On own business, I will continue to design the balance
of comfortable architectural spaces and high technologies.

Wishing you all the best for 2008. Thank you.

Misao Kajiro
Membership Coordinator

membership@digitalevejapan.org
(Leader for January & February)

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TECH TEAM NEWS

Smita Deshpande
<tech@digitalevejapan.org>

Dear Devas,

I am writing to you after such a long break as I was in India
for past few months. It was really nice to be at homeland!

The news from technical side is, our web hosting server
(at HighSpeedRail.com) has been migrated and located
in Dallas now. It doesn't affect to our website anyways!

It was a pleasure to meet some of our members at
MeetTheDevas event last month on 2nd Dec. We had
discussions on several topics. I really look forward to
meet more and more of our members at upcoming
DEJ events!

I would like to wish all of you and your family a very happy
and prosperious new year. Its a time to celebration..So enjoy
with your friends, family and loved ones! May all happiness
and success come to your way in this new year!

Smita Deshpande,
Tech-team Coordinator.

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INTERVIEW WITH A DEva

This month we interviewed Tatsuya Ikeda.

1) If you are not from Tokyo, where are you from originally
and when and why did you relocate to Tokyo?

I am from Kobe in Japan. I came to Tokyo 10 years ago to work
(also because many friends of mine was living in Tokyo at that time)

2) How long have you been a member of DigitalEve Japan?

About 3 months.

3) How did you find out about DigitalEve Japan and why did
you decide to join?

When I was searching the organization for foreigners in Japan and
I am interested in what the foreign people need or think.

4) If you are a volunteer, please tell us of your activities
and why you decided to help DEJ.

I am not a volunteer. I am running the service called Tokyo Foreigner

Support. It offers computer / translation support for foreigners in Tokyo.

I thought I could help DEJ when they need help on computer/translation.

I am also planning to launch the website for sharing and voting World's Common Sense. But I do not know when I can do .

5) Are there any activities and resources you would like to see
offered by DigitalEve Japan?

More casual meeting.

6) What are your interests in digital technology?

How the technology can/will reform people's thinking and being.

7) What kind of computer do you use?

Dell Laptop(windows xp and windows 2000),
Customized Desktop (windows 2000 server),
Toshiba laptop(windows me), mac book.

8) Are you a member of any other technology-related groups
and if so, which ones?

I am in the mailing list of yahoo mailgroup "SmallBizJapan".

9) Please tell me a little bit about where you work and what
your responsibilities are.

I am running the service called Tokyo Foreigner Support.
It offers computer / website / translation support for foreigners
in Tokyo. I am the chief manager and engineer.

10) Do you have any favorite software programs? If so, why?

igoogle. I can manage my webmail/calendar/news/maps/dictionary.

11) What is your favorite computer-related activity? (for
example, games, email, surfing the net, etc.) Do you have
any other hobbies?

Email and surfing the net. I am addicted to reading novels and watching films.

12) What is your favorite website and why?

Brand New J and VH1.com for Internet Radio
Basically I surf the net for searching the information.

13) Name three things you will always find near your computer.

Cigarette, Ashtray, and Angriness being with computer