Last week, I discovered the Sony Xperia X Compact after a Japanese designer showed me one at Google I/O…
Only recently did I realize that the wasabi (わさび) I had all my life was a lie. Most wasabi served in restaurants are not from the wasabi plant, but simulated wasabi made from mustard and horseradish. You can see this by looking at the main ingredients of popular “wasabi” products.
I discovered a delicious fish in Japan I had never had before.
The first time I came across it, I only knew of it as the “Red Fish” at Ezo Seafoods in Hirafu, Niseko. We had it delicious steamed in soy sauce and it was so delicious.
Amazon opens up their own internal tools and services, not to make money, but to use of the market to test whether their internal tools are as good as they can be.
If no one outside would pay for it, it could mean it is solving a problem that doesn’t exist.
I am currently obsessed with communication efficiency.
For example, I could say “the efficiency of communication” or “communication efficiency”. They both mean the same thing but one has twice as many words. The best emails are the ones where it is not possible to remove a single word.
I am reluctant to throw a party on my birthday to avoid people from knowing.
I do it to avoid drawing attention, to avoid inconveniencing others, to avoid unreasonable expectation.
Inevitably, my closest friends, my loved ones, my family, my friends at work…
Reading Richard Branson’s Goodbye to Virgin America after Alaska Airlines announced after buying the airline they will retire the brand.
I fly almost exclusively on Virgin America for the last four years, only twice flew JetBlue and United to destinations that they didn’t…
