Check out the new Tokyo-based blog KoKoRo. “P2P, i-mode, mobile gadget and game biz in Japan.”
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Jean, do you know anything about the person behind kokoro? I couldn’t find any personal information on the site. It’s not critical, but it’s important to know a bit about the person’s professional background when reading posts about emerging issues such as p2p, games, mobile services and the like.
He comes recommended from boingboing.net’s Cory Doctorow, which is where I found the link. Here’s what Cory wrote:
“My friend Yuichi Kawasaki, the founder of the Japanese P2P group Jnutella, has started a blog devoted to “P2P, i-mode, mobile gadget and game biz in Japan.” Fascinating to get a Tokyo perspective on this stuff.”
Jean and Joao
I’m yuichi behind KoKoRo;)
Umm, my background?
If you understand Japanese or there is mashine translation available, please check my blog in japanese “yublog”’s profile.
http://netry.no-ip.com/yuichi/
Yuichi, nice of you to drop in, and thanks for the link.