Tool #52: Evoticon: Japanese emoticons
tokyokevinIcons in your email, or SMS, or mobile mail, can indicate your emotions much more quickly than words. With programmable phones these days, you can set longer ones to memory…
Tool #51: Google Mobile Books
Amazon just came out with a new version of their eBook reader, the Kindle. It looks very nice. I wish they were available here in Japan (my guess, they will…
Tool #50: TokyoMango: Blog
Lisa Katayama is a successful young writer for tech magazines like Wired. In her blog she shows interesting sides of Japan with unusual products. If I ever need something interesting…
Tool #49: Web Polls
This poll took me about 45 seconds to make, including the time I needed to sign up for an account at Micropoll. This simple little tool is often called a…
Tool #48: Hot Tub Girl: Interactive Video
YouTube has upgraded its service and now you can put comments on videos, and link them to other videos. Someone has made a kind of branching coversational hypermedia conversation with…