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Jon S. von Tetzchner in Akihabara

Monday, 5. November 2007, 22:47:13

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A little while back, Opera's CEO Jon S. von Tetzchner visited Japan and spent some time in Akihabara, Tokyo's world-famous electronics and otaku hotspot (I talk about Akihabara a little bit in the following article: Infornographic Design).

Mycom ( http://journal.mycom.co.jp/ ) covered that visit, and they just published an article about it (in Japanese): http://journal.mycom.co.jp/articles/2007/11/05/opera/index.html

I'm sure my colleagues at Choose Opera Japan will post an English-language summary of the article shortly, but until then, enjoy the photos of Jon in Akihabara.

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My new Opera-tan poster

Wednesday, 13. June 2007, 19:59:47

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Keiki (my colleague in Japan) recently sent me the Opera-tan poster that was displayed at our office in Tokyo during the epic user event we held a few weekends ago. Opera-tan has a special place in my heart, so I am very proud to have the new poster displayed in my office here in San Diego. It's right in front of me, above ManneS's head (while she is visiting San Diego, we're sharing an office). I'm guessing that Opera-fan TERRAZI printed the poster, so thank you! temp_h also created a new image for the event that you can download here: http://my.opera.com/ma31/blog/2007/05/27/how-about-some-opera-tan-cake (If I get a chance, I'll definitely be making a poster out of that one.)







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Christen Krogh interviewed in Japan

Tuesday, 20. March 2007, 22:14:42

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On Monday, Saito blogged about Christen Krogh, Opera's President of Engineering who was in Japan awhile back and is featured in Nikkei's Digital Arena (in Japanese) with photos.

Being in San Diego, I haven't interacted with Christen much, but I do have one story to share. When I visited Opera HQ last September (with less than a month under my belt as an Opera employee), I decided one morning to head to the office earlier than usual. When I got there, I discovered that my temporary access card wouldn't let me in, so I was stuck with nowhere to go and nothing to do until a guy came by with his access card in hand.

I asked him if he could get into the office, and he said he could. Before letting me in, however, he asked me who I was, what department I work in, where my desk is, etc. After I answered his questions, he let me in and introduced himself as Christen Krogh. I immediately recognized the name and felt really silly, given that I've seen his photo on opera.com plenty of times, not to mention the fact that I just asked one of Opera's execs if he could get into the office. Oops :whistle:

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Opera in Japan featured on Norwegian TV

Wednesday, 17. January 2007, 18:34:25

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Courtesy of my colleague Keiki in Japan, and Saito who blogged about it in English, here's a link to a video (from Norwegian TV) that talks about mobile phone use in Japan, featuring an inside look at Opera Software's Tokyo office, and an interview with Tatsuki Tomita, who runs that office:

http://www1.nrk.no/nett-tv/indeks/83920

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