This is an article I wrote for participants in my Internship Program who are about to start the job-hunting process. I noticed that many of them have no awareness of how they are presenting themselves online and the impression they are making on prospective employers. [...]

Dropbox is a file hosting service operated by Dropbox, Inc. that offers cloud storage, file synchronization, and client software. One major concern people have about Dropbox and cloud services in general is security. Dropbox can be thought of in four layers, each of which contribute to the total security of [...]

Cloud services are marketed as a convenient way to store data which can be accessed from any internet connected computer, anywhere in the world. This means that you don’t have to remember to take any memory sticks or portable media with you. However, this also means that you are no [...]

This is the third installment of a three-part series, which I put together to help participants in my Internship Program, about finding bilingual jobs in Tokyo. Here in Part 3, we take a look at how to actually go about hunting for your dream job. [...]

This is the second installment of a three-part series, which I put together to help participants of my Internship Program, for bilingual people about finding jobs in Tokyo. Here in Part 2, we explore different ways of building an online presence. [...]

This is the first installment of a three-part series, which I put together to help participants of my Internship Program, for bilingual people about finding jobs in Tokyo. When I say “bilingual,” I am referring to native fluency in either English or Japanese and at least business-level proficiency in the [...]

Generally speaking, Japan-focused social media monitoring tools and services are less developed than those used in the English-speaking market. With most local Japanese services, there will be a considerable amount of manual consultation provided as part of the package, as the software tools themselves are still relatively primitive. [...]

Due to factors like the language barrier and preference of most users to access the Internet via mobile phone handsets unique to Japan (referred to as Galapagos phones), domestic social media network operators, such as Mixi, Gree, and Mobage Town, dominated the social media market until recently. During the past [...]

Today, I spoke about “Creating an Online Community Around Your Brand” at the ACCJ Information, Communications and Technology (ICT) Committee Meeting on November 2, 2011. [...]

It is a common mistake for small business owners to collect business cards at various networking events or social functions and add those people to their email lists. [...]