I chose the name of this site because I'm always looking forward to the future. Whether it's a countdown to a new job, buying a house, getting married or becoming a dad, there's always something coming up.
Originally this was a blog about an English teacher in Japan, but now it's a repository for my general thoughts, photos of our son, various tools for teachers, Google search lessons, SWCMS modules and old Wordpress plugins. I still live in Japan, though.
Englishman, over 10 years in Japan, settled down in Gifu prefecture in my own house with a wife and son. Working from home, running a small network of childhood education websites. Founded social bookmarking site JapanSoc.com and am a full member of the Social Web CMS community. I am also Michael McKinlay's Net Buddy 4 Life!
Keep up with everything on my side of the internet by following my life story online. Everything I add to social media sites such as Twitter, StumbleUpon, Delicious, YouTube, Digg, Flickr, and even this blog gets posted in my "lifestream".
Come and join me, and be sure to follow all the social networking links in the sidebar so you can "friend" me all over the internet! NEW! Built-in Lifestream!
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Big thanks to the kind staff at Kakamigahara Caterpillar for letting two odd looking blokes waltz in off the street and request a demonstration. They even gave us a little digger to attach to my mobile phone. It’s got a movable diggy bit and zooms forward when you [...]
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JapanSoc.com is where I spend most my time, and if you're interested in Japan, you'll probably enjoy it, too. It's just like Digg, but all to do with Japan.
As well as the social bookmarking element, there's JapanSoc.org, a community of bloggers and web enthusiasts like myself who collaborate on all sorts of cool stuff for the J-Web, such as the monthly Japan Blog Matsuri, a blog carnival all about Japan!
VirtualTripping.com is a blog I share with my brother. We both pull out our Space Navigators and travel around the globe using Google Earth. Each blog post is a report about the place we visit or the technology we discover.
Come and take a virtual trip with Mark and I. If you like it what you see, please subscribe to our RSS feed.
OshiboriArt.com was loads of fun to make. I practiced using wet Japanese hand towels to make elephants, rabbits, penguins and even a happy willy, and then compiled video and photo tutorials to show you how I did it!
If you live in Japan and regularly visit restaurants and izakayas, you should leanr some of these tricks to impress your friends!.
