Samples of my work
China Internet Penetration Map 2012 | Penn Olson
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So, you may have noticed that we like maps and charts and stuff… And after CNNIC released its recent report on internet use in China, one of the key datasets that I was eager to look at was internet penetration by province. I thought I’d put it on a map and see how it looked
The State of the Internet in Asia [MAP]
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Data taken from Akamai's State of the Internet report about internet speeds in Asia, mapped and charted with Google Fusion Tables and the Google Charts API
Japanese Population by Prefecture, Male vs Female [MAP]
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A population map of Japan, divided by prefecture, including the male/female breakdown in each area. This was my first experiment with shape files, as well as the Google Charts API (used to auto-generate the pink and blue graphs). Good fun.
New toys for retro gamers and wannabe rockers | The Japan Times
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Nostalgic gaming fans old enough to remember "Space Invaders" no doubt look back on it as one of the most memorable video games of years gone by. Japan's Taito Corporation created the arcade game back in 1978, and it has been a classic ever since.
3/11 Video Map: Archiving YouTube Clips of the Japan Quake and Tsunami
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Some of you may recall the Newfoundland Hurricane video map I made back last September. I was a little fed up at the time with what I thought was primarily story-based disaster reporting from local news orgs, when there was an enormous amount of user-generated YouTube clips of the storm that were not being taken advantage of. I took a modest stab at mapping them using Google Fusion tables (frequently used by the more progressive/digital newsrooms), because viewing them by location seemed most logical.
Tokyo Game Show: Interview with Taisei Yoshida of GREE | Penn Olson
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I spoke with GREE's senior vice president of media business development at the 2011 Tokyo Game Show. Here is the video. Be sure to turn on the captions for the Japanese portion.
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Panasonic and Sharp betting that, in Japan, 7 inches is enough | Japan Times
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It's obvious that tablet computers are making their mark on the electronics world, with Hewlett Packard this past week citing "the tablet effect" as a reason to consider a spinoff of its PC business. That's big. Especially as the company also said that it will cease production of its own tablet, the TouchPad, less than two months after it hit the shelves — effectively throwing in the towel in the battle with the iPad.
12 Pitches From Start-up Weekend Tokyo at Mixi | Penn Olson
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This weekend saw 2011’s second Start-up Weekend in Tokyo, this time at Mixi HQ in Shibuya.
Asia’s Internet By the Numbers | Penn Olson
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We had a little bit of free time this afternoon to dive into some figures about Asia’s internet that we’ve been meaning to crunch for a while. Internet World Stats updated its Asia figures a few weeks back, and so we jumped in to try to make some sense of it.
Keep cool with a cold beverage and a strategically placed fan | The Japan Times
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There's no shortage of fun gadgets dedicated to helping you endure hot summer days. Here are just a couple of examples that will work particularly well for anyone battling rising temperatures in the workplace.
