Big thanks to everyone who came to the special edition of PauseTalk (Vol. 15) we had this past Monday, to celebration the “Creative GBG in Tokyo” event at the cafe. It was far removed from how things usually go, with a few presentations (special thanks to Jesper, Julia, Martin, and Marxy for participating) and not much conversation, but mixed in with a good amount of socializing and drinking, which I was happy to see and partake in. The next edition — a regular one — will be held December 3.

With all my running around to catch Tokyo Design Week events and then the 3 nights of Radio OK Fred sessions, I haven’t had much of a chance to talk about our “Creative GBG in Tokyo” event for Swedish Style 2007 at the cafe. As you’ll know if you’ve visited the official site, the idea was to promote a collection of 10 creators from the city of Gothenburg, Sweden, with installations at the cafe, as well as the production of a catalog (you can download a PDF version here). You still have a chance to catch the installations since the event runs until November 8, and here’s a Flickr photoset to give you a peak at what it looks like.

When’s the best time to come? That would be this Monday (November 5), which is when we’ll have our party, which includes a special edition of PauseTalk. How will it differ from regular editions? It will be shorter, kicking off at 20:00, and starting with me and Jesper talking about the event, then followed by a couple of Swedish creators talking about some of their works, and then topped with a repeat performance of W. David Marx’s Powerpoint presentation of “The Idealogy of Micro-Idealogy” that was shown this past Friday at our Radio OK Fred session (not to be missed). Doors will open at 19:00, and you’ll be able to pick up a free copy of the Creative GBG catalog. Come one come all!

I just learned from the staff at the cafe that they will be closing earlier on Monday (January 8) because of the holiday — they hadn’t realized that it was a holiday when I told them last month when the next edition would take place. Because of this, I’m going to cancel PauseTalk this month. The next one will be February 5. Apologies for any inconvenience this late announcement may cause.

Last night saw another great turnout for PauseTalk, with me managing to get through it despite my cold (I didn’t have much of a voice by the end though). We discussed the wiki project — the wiki is online, but I haven’t made it public yet, but this should happen soon enough — and also proposed a new project that will see participants making shorts with 8mm cameras, to be shown in a future event (if you are interested in participating, details will appear soon on the wiki). Please note that the next PauseTalk (Vol. 7) will take place January 8. A list of all participants at last night’s edition is now up on the PauseTalk website.

Thank you everyone who came to last night’s PauseTalk. I’ll update the PauseTalk site later today with the list of participants. Next edition happens October 2.

Tonight is this month’s edition of PauseTalk (Vol. 4), but last month I invited participants to share images of their favorite/interesting Tokyo spots, and the image you see here is a collage of a few of them.

Last night we had the third edition of PauseTalk, and it was again a very fun evening. The next edition happens September 4.

I’ve set up a mailing list for PauseTalk through Google Groups, as a way of staying in touch with participants, and to be able to send reminders of upcoming events/themes. You can join by subscribing here. Although the group is public, only members can reply or send messages.

I have just updated the PauseTalk site with a (much requested) complete list of attendees at the edition we had earlier this month (Vol. 2), as well as the proposed theme for next month’s edition (which will be held on the third Monday, August 21). Also, I’m about to launch a PauseTalk mailing list, to keep participants updated on all future PauseTalk happenings.