http://www.nichiai.com/creative Nichiai Creative Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:20:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 ja The day has finally arrived that I must pack up my things and say farewell. Two and half years have now passed since my time here began. Its been a pleasure working here and being part of something basically putting all of my http://www.nichiai.com/creative/ja/2009/12/its-been-a-blast/ It's been ages since I last dabbled with mobile application development. I can still remember creating various custom applications on a Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC that I used during my university days. How things have changed since then! With the emergence of powerful mobile programming technologies ... http://www.nichiai.com/creative/ja/2009/11/android/ Whether you are using a Apple branded computer, or not, it is true that there will be a moment when your computer will refuse to cooperate. Sometimes it happens early on, sometimes after long years of dutiful service. It can be software- or hardware-problems causing these issues, but - as ... http://www.nichiai.com/creative/ja/2009/11/how-apple-ruled-over-my-files/ The culmination to the recent flurry of design events was the Tokyo Design Week. I managed to spend some time at Midtown's Design Tide and also the larger event space at Gaien Mae, 100%. Both events were full of creative and talented individuals and businesses from various parts of the ... http://www.nichiai.com/creative/ja/2009/11/tokyo-design-week-2009/ Everything that's weird and wonderful in craft and hobbies, cottage industry up to larger enterprise was on exhibit in the Odaiba district at Tokyo Big Sight over the last weekend (24th/25th October 2009). Nearly every form of art and design was on display and available for all to see. A view ... http://www.nichiai.com/creative/ja/2009/10/tokyo-design-festa/ A little later than I had hoped, however after getting some business put to bed I have uploaded this report of my weekend's graphic interests. I also have some short entries into the upcoming creative feast of activities in the run up to Tokyo's Design Week at the end of the ... http://www.nichiai.com/creative/ja/2009/10/holiday-graphic-injection/ I think Rio is an excellent choice for the 2016 Olympics and I'm sure they will be a great host. Although in a purely hypothetical exercise in which the winner was determined by their bid website, I would pick Tokyo. Here's why: - Use of open source technologies: L.A.M.P. with MovableType as their ... http://www.nichiai.com/creative/ja/2009/10/congratulations-rio/ Living in Ebisu is usually a very relaxed and somewhat sedate experience. Having been here for two years now I no find myself wanting to go further afield for my weekend activities. That said when I do decide to wander about I rarely go beyond the places that I've already ... http://www.nichiai.com/creative/ja/2009/10/ebisus-cheeky-underbelly/ So after our release of the site last month we have pushed the boundaries once again with the addition of our blogs! From here on you will find all our musings on our professional and personal lives (I know I have no life so I'm still thinking of something to replace ... http://www.nichiai.com/creative/ja/2009/10/the-blogs-have-arrived/ 1. Evernote (Free) Evernote is, like the name suggests, a memo - and notes kinds of applications that allows you to jot down quick reminders on the go. Recently the ability to retain and sync notes offline has been added. What really sets it apart from others or even the built ... http://www.nichiai.com/creative/ja/2009/09/useful-iphone-ipod-productivity-apps/