Posted in Just for Fun, Promotions on Jul 30th, 2008 10 Comments »
My buddy Derek tipped me off about Michael Kwan’s Photoshop-John-Chow-and-Make-Me-Laugh Contest (not the officially deemed title) yesterday, so I figured I’d throw something together. If you don’t know, the image is a reference to my Canon vs. Nikon post from a few months back. Just click on it to see the image at full size.
I […]
Posted in PPC Related on Jul 29th, 2008 9 Comments »
I mean this in the most literal sense. After reading the book Web Design for ROI, I wanted to impress upon my readers the importance of creating a web site that converts positively before spending exorbitant amounts of money driving gobs of paid traffic which may or may not return the advertising investment. First and […]
Posted in Travel on Jul 24th, 2008 19 Comments »
Here are a few funny pictures I snapped while on the road and out shopping. I love how entertaining driving or walking around can be in Japan!
Who loves drugs…?!
Get your Starbucks Frappucciono with coffee jelly. (Not a far cry from some of the interesting boba drink combinations!)
Bee-ru! Gotta love Kirin beer just because they’ve created […]
Posted in Thoughts on Jul 23rd, 2008 10 Comments »
This is Sharp’s commercial slogan in Japan — referring to how solar energy can and will provide all the energy needed for consumer daily life. I was immediately intrigued by the sound and visuals of the commercial’s ominous yet inspiring tone, my first reaction being, Do we need saving?
As someone who’s not a Sharp enthusiast, […]
Posted in Internet Related, Reviews on Jul 22nd, 2008 9 Comments »
I’ve just finished reading Web Design for ROI which was recommended to me by a colleague I’m assisting in restructuring an ecommerce site. While it’s an easy read and pretty intuitive to active marketers, it does serve as a checklist of sorts — although it claims not to be one — for anyone interested in […]
Posted in Food on Jul 18th, 2008 11 Comments »
Kit Kat bar!
Kit Kat seems to be marketing all kinds of variations of their classic candy bar around Japan, which makes me wonder what goodies they’re distributing in other countries. Here are a few of the versions I came across in my travels.
Kit Kat Little
These were interesting. They were a little smaller than malt balls, […]
Posted in Announcements on Jul 17th, 2008 7 Comments »
While I was away I received a few emails congratulating me on making it on two lists of “top female bloggers.” I wanted to say “Thank you!” to those who’ve taken the time to name me and for acknowledging my little space in this blogosphere. Please visit these lists to see which female bloggers are […]
Posted in Travel, Food on Jul 16th, 2008 7 Comments »
The obvious question here is, Why would you want to do Tokyo in one day!? I went to Japan on a family summer tour of a number of cities. The schedule was rapid-paced, covering numerous cities in the span of only seven days. Tokyo happened to be city number one. We didn’t plan to arrive […]
Posted in Travel on Jul 15th, 2008 14 Comments »
One my first impressions in Japan was on the highway from Narita airport to the Hotel Pacific in Tokyo. Dog-tired, I looked out my window and to my right was a little blue car that looked very familiar — a Volkswagen R32. Whaaaaaaat…! That really boosted my excitement level. Immediately I looked around the road […]
Posted in Travel on Jul 14th, 2008 15 Comments »
I’ve been home for nearly two whole days now and one thing I’ve realized is I miss eating Japanese food everyday. Two weeks may not be enough time to get supremely home sick, but every time my belly tells me it’s time to eat, I find myself longing for rice and umeboshi (pickled apricot), onigiri […]
