January 24, 2007

 Jan 2007 Newsletter: Toshi's Monthly Note

It has already turned into 2007 while I have been keeping myself busy with system development, preparation for the new branch in Mie prefecture and server maintenance in December.

I spent New Year's at home in Gifu eating rice-cakes (mochi) which Japanese people eat at this time of year. I knew they would lead me to metabolic syndrome (*This is a sort of common trend word in Japan to alert health condition from thirty's) but I couldn't stop eating them as it was so good. I was running around Tokyo> Kyoto> Osaka> Kyoto> Mie> Tokyo in the beginning ten days of this year. Starting the year with lots of business trips, I feel like I worked hard. I would like to reflect my work and achieve a result effectively.

In 2007, our R&D team aims to improve communication system utilizing Webcam, to systematize a Pangaea staff's community, and to enrich PangaeaNet contents. At the same time, I would like to write a lot about Pangaea in the form of research papers more than the last year. Also, I am going to consolidate intellectual property, for example, by adopting a license form called Creative Commons to some content. Today, I had a meeting with Pangaea core staffs and talked that we should also accelerate overseas operations.

Where there's a will, there's a way. My goal of this year is to go further into Pangaea's mission.
Thank you for your continuous support to Pangaea and best wishes for your New Year!

Toshiyuki Takasaki

Posted by: kumakinoko | 3. Newsletter