Reflections, and Thoughts from a Creative Technologist Living in Japan
When the world feels like it's going crazy, art and music bring beauty inside the storm.
As always, your mileage may vary, so use what’s helpful. Discard the rest.✌️
#philosophy #creativity #thinkingoutloud
Written by a creative technologist, photographer, and AI advocate living in Japan.
Sharing my reflections and thoughts on photography, philosophy, and technology.
AIREC (AI-Driven Robot for Embrace and Care) is a 150-kg AI-driven humanoid robot designed to assist in elderly care in Japan by 2030 at an estimated cost of ¥10,000.
AIREC can already perform tasks such as repositioning patients—a critical function for preventing bedsores and diaper changes. It Can also assists with daily activities like cooking and laundry.
Learn more about AIREC in the video below
As always, your mileage may vary, so use what’s helpful. Discard the rest.✌️
#ai #healthcare #japan #robotics #technology
Written by a creative technologist, photographer, and AI advocate living in Japan.
Sharing my reflections and thoughts on photography, philosophy, and technology.
When my daughter was little, I'd say, “Nothing's impossible—just stuff we haven't figured out yet.”
“Impossible” is just fear talking. We get scared of what we don't know. Life isn't split into possible and impossible; it's more about what we know and what we're still learning.
As Arthur C. Clarke wisely said:
“The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.”
So when I’m thinking about all the things in life that seem impossible, I remind myself: we’ll get there—we just haven’t figured it out yet.
As always, your mileage may vary, so use what’s helpful. Discard the rest. ✌️
Written by a creative technologist, photographer, and AI advocate living in Japan.
Sharing my reflections and thoughts on photography, philosophy, and technology.
History is a cycle of chaos and progress—which side you feel you're on depends on your perspective… or which news headline you’re reading.
A reminder to myself not to get too wrapped up in the news and to focus on what I can control.
As always, your mileage may vary, so use what’s helpful. Discard the rest. ✌️
Written by a creative technologist, photographer, and AI advocate living in Japan.
Sharing my reflections and thoughts on photography, philosophy, and technology.
My attention has been mostly on my new Leica D-Lux 8 lately, but I still pick up my Fujifilm X100V occasionally. Each time I do, I’m reminded of how much I love the way it feels in hand. It also takes pretty decent photos too. ;)
Click here to view more Okinawa sunrise shots in my Snap Okinawa Sunrises gallery
As always, if it speaks to you, great—just sharing what I see. ✌️
#photography #fujifilmx100v #japan #okinawa
Written by a creative technologist, photographer, and AI advocate living in Japan.
Sharing my reflections and thoughts on photography, philosophy, and technology.
In this TED Talk, Will AI Make Us the Last Generation to Read and Write?, Caleb Everett presents a thought-provoking discussion on what I believe is an inevitable shift in our society.
As someone who has always been more visual, I don't personally find this evolution uncomfortable, but I recognize that many might. Paradoxically, Everett touches on a feeling I can relate to—guilt over not picking up a traditional book and instead consuming content via audio or video.
While I don’t believe reading and writing will disappear entirely, I do think they may become skills reserved for a small percentage of society, much like how literacy was once limited to the elite.
As always, your mileage may vary, so use what’s helpful. Discard the rest. ✌️
#ai #thinkingoutloud #technology
Written by a creative technologist, photographer, and AI advocate living in Japan.
Sharing my reflections and thoughts on photography, philosophy, and technology.
"Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control." — Epictetus
Your priorities, when clear and thoughtfully managed, become your freedom.
As always, your mileage may vary, so use what’s helpful. Discard the rest. ✌️
Written by a creative technologist, photographer, and AI advocate living in Japan.
Sharing my reflections and thoughts on photography, philosophy, and technology.
A common debate in AI adoption is whether strong use cases drive adoption or if widespread adoption leads to the discovery of meaningful use cases. While it’s probably a bit of both, many use-cases emerge from an open-minded approach to adoption. I've seen firsthand how resistance to new technology—whether due to skepticism, fear, or habit, can prevent these potential applications from surfacing in the first place.
Bottom line: Waiting for the “perfect” use case before engaging with AI will leave you playing catch-up when your epiphany moment finally happens.
As always, your mileage may vary, so use what’s helpful. Discard the rest. ✌️
#ai #technology #thinkingoutloud
Written by a creative technologist, photographer, and AI advocate living in Japan.
Sharing my reflections and thoughts on photography, philosophy, and technology.
Leica just dropped an interesting new accessory to pair with their Leica Lux app—a MagSafe Bluetooth grip for iPhones, with half-press to focus and function shortcut buttons.
As functional as it looks, I have to wonder: how many people will shell out $329 for it, even with the included one-year Lux app subscription?
If it was a universal grip that I could use with my iPhone and my Android, maybe I would consider it more, but then again, I care a regular camera with me everywhere I go, so it’s probably not for me.
I still love that Leica and others are releasing modern accessories like these.
As always, your mileage may vary, so use what’s helpful. Discard the rest. ✌️
#leica, #iphone, #photography, #mobile #technology
Written by a creative technologist, photographer, and AI advocate living in Japan.
Sharing my reflections and thoughts on photography, philosophy, and technology.
Common night scenes in Okinawa.
I love how this parking machine anchors the shot, with a bar (izakaya) in the background. Highlight-weighted metering makes shots like this effortless.
This spot used to be packed with popular clubs back in the day.
View more in the Okinawa at Night Gallery →
📷 Nikon Zf • 40mm f/2
As always, if it speaks to you, great—just sharing what I see. ✌️
#photography #japan #okinawa #nikonzf
Written by a creative technologist, photographer, and AI advocate living in Japan.
Sharing my reflections and thoughts on photography, philosophy, and technology.