4K and 4S - Crossing the Chasm

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I went NAB2012 in Las Vegas last week and it was my first time to go to NAB. It is Video & Audio new technologies exhibit for Professional & Prosumer markets.

All of them are leading 3D video but I am wondering how many people really want to watch all TV programs in 3D.  I have the same question on 4K and 4S which seemed to be the hot marketing buzz words this time.

• 4K stands for the next Video specification for 3284 x 2120 pixels resolution which is 4 times more than Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels)

• 4S stands for four display device (Screen); TV, PC, Smartphone and Tablet.

There is a big chasm between the end users' willingness to buy as being said by Crossing the Chasm.  In Japan all TV broadcasts were switched over to the digital TVs which was a kind of the special procurement demand last year.  I do not think majority of them are not ready to change their digital TV for next few years.

Before the higher resolutions TV set, the TV stations have to procure the high-end Camera as well as its infrastructure must be improved such as CATV optical fiber cables to broadcast 4K TV programs and it does not help to watch the old programs if I am correct. When they storage 4K video, it will require a huge storage memory as well.

I feel something is wrong.  We might not appreciate with these technology improvements with such a high pace and anyway these home appliance companies cannot enjoy the reasonable ROI as their business.

I am afraid that they are going into the endless / unnecessary competitions at wrong time without looking at end users' expectation and benefits.  They are just competing each other with their technologies roadmap.

Is it the way how the Japanese companies can survive?  I do not think so... time to change what a competition is in their business.

Time 100

Male : Female = 5 : 3.  And there is no Japanese listed.


I paid my attention to Salman Khan and I believe that we find the world is being changed when we see more people for the educational field, not economy and business fields.

今週発売のTIME紙は、世界で最も影響与えた100名。

ちなみに男女の比率はと数えて途中で分からなくなりましたが、50名（男性）：30名（女性）近似値まで数えました。つまり、女性比率はダントツに上がっています。

ところで100名に日本人はゼロ！

GDP第何位とかいっても意味がないでしょう。当然市場規模は小さいのですから、そんな物差しは捨てて、もっと他に価値を見出さないといけないと思います。

私が知っていたなかで興味があるのはSalman Khan元々姪っ子の算数の手助けで始めたことがここまで広がりました。教育面がもっと注目を浴びると世の中がもっと変わりだしたことになっている指数になるでしょう。

This time, I supported Japan Relief project led by Western Washington University students.  They made these video letters and raised the donation and sent these directly to its local government and communities. I am glad to see a lot of people spread out their relationship.

Facebook Office Expansion in Seattle Area

Seattle Office in Aug. 2010 is the 1st office of  Facebook Silicon Valley offices. Now, they further expanded their office here in Seattle.

Here is King 5 News (Click HERE)

Living in Seattle, I think this area is one of the best for software development business in the world.





 シアトルはますますソフトウエア開発拠点になっています。

マイクロソフトだけでなく、GoogleもFacebookもシアトル地区に開発部隊を移しています。
あとはTwitter？

いやそれ以上に日本のソフトウエア会社がシアトル進出してもいいのでは？
その場合一番の課題はUSA式の会社経営というか人のマネジメントかもしれませんが・・・

任天堂がシアトル・マリナーズでもご存知のとおりここシアトルにいます。
任天堂といえば、我々の世代は「花札」作っている会社のブランドだったのが、今はWiiというゲーム会社で世界的に有名。

だったら本家本元のソフトウエア開発会社が何故ここシアトルに出て来れないのか？

シリコンバレー神話に囚われ過ぎているのかもしれません。

IT - ET - EM

We often refer "IT"  as Information Technology.  This has created the new way of life and business in the world since 1980's PC era.

With Internet society development, this tread seems to be changed from "IN" to "EX".

I mean we collect a lot of information which is In-Formation.  Internet enables us to send OUT = Ex to share information with others; e.g. "ET" for Exformation Technology if I can say so.

I see any business will not be well accepted unless it has any social value.  It is the era from technology to mind; e.g. "EM" Exformation Mind.

We express our mind to understand each other and make mutual benefits to share together; co-existence.

It is time to share = Ex rather than to gain = In.  Internet society such as Blog and Facebook are being accepted because nobody can live alone and they are happy to be cared and to share what they have.  We can expand this trend not only information but also others.

I might be talking about a dream... but it is interesting to have a dream and walk towards to catch it in our hands rather than we do not have any dream in our life.

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