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Nov 29, 2023: I see the traditional Christmas Kurage have been set out 🎄🎅🏽🪼
Nov 27, 2023: Istanbul — Look around, feel history Istanbul, Constantinople, Nova Roma — the city at the crossroads of the world — is a city of layers. First settled 6000 years ago each new community …
Nov 27, 2023: Today is a working day of planning and reading. The perfect day to walk-to-think, periodically stopping at cafes to read/write. I am wandering through …
Nov 26, 2023: Uploaded a bunch of photos/vids from Istanbul. You can check out the collection. I will follow up with a blog post later this week. 📸 …
Nov 25, 2023: Early Sunday morning, everyone in the household asleep 😴 I sit on the balcony in the cool autumn weather 🍂 with a cup of steaming coffee ☕️ bathing in …
Nov 25, 2023: In this in-depth Syllabus interview with Evgeny Morozov, William Davies presents a handy periodization of neoliberalism, including how their thought …
Nov 24, 2023: Takes me back to when I was working in Nagoya port as a bunker agent one season and boarded about 120 ships. Fun to learn how to read infrastructure …
Nov 24, 2023: Enjoying“How Infrastructure Works” by Deb Chachra with a nice mocha and donut at my new local coffee joint, a funky hipster place that is also an art …
Nov 24, 2023: Currently reading: How Infrastructure Works by Deb Chachra 📚 I was looking forward to start this book, but chapter 1 has me really excited. I will do …
Nov 24, 2023: A nice little video walkthrough of Embark, featured in the latest Ink & Switch essay on dynamic documents: www.youtube.com/watch
Nov 21, 2023: After 24 hours of 🚕🛩️🚌🛩️🚌🚕 I am back in Osaka 🇯🇵 Perfect blue sky and 17°C. Gorgeous! Kids will be home soon and it will be Turkish Delight for …
Nov 20, 2023: Wheels up! See you in Japan!
Nov 20, 2023: Last view of the sunset coming up over the Asian side of Istanbul, across the Bosphorus Strait. Soon I will be getting in a taxi to the airport, and …
Nov 19, 2023: Appreciate this deep dive on the costs to provide secure and private chat from an org I whole-heartedly support: Signal. They even dig into some of …
Nov 19, 2023: Istanbul is the city of cats. I am at Kahve Dunyasi, a sort of Turkish Starbucks. It is pouring rain outside, so the cats take refuge inside the cafe!
Nov 18, 2023: Only a couple days left in Istanbul. Went back to the Hagia Sophia. Just amazing to think of this being built in the 6th century, and added to and …
Nov 14, 2023: Rooftop breakfast overlooking the Bosphorus as the sun rises over Asia
Nov 12, 2023: More scenes from Istanbul: the Galata Tower, symbol of the old 13th Genoese colony at the Fenerbahçe stadium in Kadikoy on the Asian side of Istanbul …
Nov 10, 2023: Some scenes from Istanbul: the Hagia Sophia inside the Hagia Sophia sun rises over the Bosporus from Asia the walls of Theodocius II, built in the …
Nov 9, 2023: The roar of the chanting fans in the Besiktas stadium beside my hotel MIGHT keep me up for another 50mins for the second half of their Europa Conf …
Nov 9, 2023: Welcome to Istanbul!
Nov 8, 2023: Whoa! The route is through Russian airspace! No polar route or southern bend for me this time. Turns out Turkish Air is one of the 55 that still fly …
Nov 8, 2023: The last time I was at T3 Haneda was before the border opened last year. It was a total ghost town, not one restaurant open and I had to eat at 7-11. …
Nov 8, 2023: Almost time for wheels up! (Osaka Itami Airport)
Nov 8, 2023: Just left the house. It is now 🚎🚌✈️✈️ Osaka → Haneda → Istanbul
Nov 5, 2023: Attending the Internet Governance Forum - Stakeholders (This is a post in a series about attending the Internet Governance Forum 2023 in Kyoto.) To describe where the Internet Governance Forum fits in …
Nov 5, 2023: Today, November 5th in the year of our lord Buddha 2567, the weather was 28 flippin’ degrees celcius here in Osaka 🥵 #ClimateCrisis
Nov 4, 2023: Took the new bike for a ride down the river this afternoon. Hit the old Sakuranomiya Public Hall, which used to be the entrance of the Japan Mint; …
Nov 4, 2023: Been prepping for my trip to Istanbul next week. Getting excited! So much to see so I have to be choosy. If you have recommendations please share! 🛫🇹🇷
Nov 2, 2023: “Some thoughts are come in to your head to die… but if brain is sick enough?” Genius 👏👏👏 ⌨️ #mechanicalkeyboard …
Nov 2, 2023: And now for a little specialty coffee. This is an Ethiopian bean from Tamiru’s Sky Project. You can learn more here …
Nov 2, 2023: Found a nice little restaurant in the Asahi Newspaper buildings in downtown Osaka for lunch with my wife. I used to come to these buildings 20 years …
Nov 2, 2023: Attending the Internet Governance Forum - Experience (This is a post in a series about attending the Internet Governance Forum 2023 in Kyoto.) The Kyoto International Conference Center is a sprawling …
Oct 31, 2023: Monthly Newsletter is out! buttondown.email/chadkoh/a…
Oct 31, 2023: IETF got backronym game 👏👏👏 SIP Best-practice Recommendations Against Network Dangers to privacY (sipbrandy) DANE Authentication for Network Clients …
Oct 30, 2023: Attending the Internet Governance Forum - An intro The Internet Governance Forum is a multistakeholder forum established by the United Nations and held annually around the world since 2006. The 18th …
Oct 29, 2023: Another of Japan’s charming manhole covers
Oct 29, 2023: Took the train up to Kyoto to the old apartment to pick up some things and see how the real estate agency interior designer staged the place with all …
Oct 23, 2023: Under the bridge art in Osaka
Oct 22, 2023: Well, we made it. Moved to Osaka successfully. Still some unpacking to do, but we made good progress. Really helps being minimalist 😅 Today at lunch …
Oct 21, 2023: Went to Osaka to pick up keys to the new apartment. Popped into the neighbouring Tenjinbashisuji shopping arcade, which is said to be Japan’s longest …
Oct 21, 2023: Look what arrived the day before we move out! It is the pre-order I made forever ago of Jocelyne Allen’s translation of Susumi Higa’s award-winning …
Oct 19, 2023: Goodnight Kyoto (from my balcony of the past 18 years)
Oct 19, 2023: Since I moved my standing desk, monitor, and everything out of the coworking space in preparation for our move to Osaka, this has been my standing …
Oct 18, 2023: On my way to get a latte ☕️ and maybe a slice of cake 🍰 just walking past a 13th C temple ☸️… as you do in #EverydayKyoto (only 4 more days left until …
Oct 18, 2023: Forget that man baby manifesto, I recommend this one 🌱 www.sustainablewebmanifesto.com
Oct 17, 2023: GOLD: an acronym for sustainable web design principles = Green, Open, Lean, Distributed. 🌱Read more at branch.climateaction.tech/issues/is…
Oct 17, 2023: Stopping flying considerations 🔗 Should I stop Flying — Outside Online Appreciate the discussion in this piece. It is something I have thought about for years, and actually one of …
Oct 17, 2023: Good morning, clear blue sky. ☸️ 📸
Oct 16, 2023: Got a Covid booster in one arm, and a flu shot in the other 😵💫
Oct 15, 2023: 🐡 Fugu skin hot sake 🍶
Oct 12, 2023: 🌅 Sun has set on the final day of the #IGF2023. I attended 21 sessions, only about 5% of what was on offer. I had many interesting hallway discussions …
Oct 11, 2023: Gorgeous day for day 4 of #IGF2023 at the Kyoto International Conference Center. Today we discussed how the nature of the internet has changed and how …
Oct 9, 2023: Day 3 of #IGF2023. Starting the morning off with a Tor session. The weather has finally brightened up so we can get a nicer view of the Kyoto …
Oct 9, 2023: Official greetings at the opening ceremony for the #IGF2023 conference. Lots of messaging around keeping a SINGLE internet, and “global …
Oct 8, 2023: A few snaps from Day 0 of the #IGF2023 (Descriptions in the alt tags)
Oct 8, 2023: Been in #IGF2023 sessions all morning. Doing booths and hallway track in the afternoon. Just had Taro Kono and Maria Ressa walk by.
Oct 7, 2023: Just finished Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy by Henry Farrell, Abraham Newman 📚 (off the cuff review posted on …
Oct 6, 2023: The new Nintendo mural is complete in the Hankyu underground passage between Karasuma and Kawaramachi stations! I popped down early before there were …
Oct 5, 2023: The UN’s #IGF2023 is about to kick off on Sunday. Over 7200 people will be attending here in Kyoto. Already I feel like a ton of people have …
Oct 3, 2023: Opening with a quote from Invisible Cities and celebrating reading to muse on atomization and social capital? This was a nice little read …
Oct 3, 2023: Been waiting for the internet repairman for 2 days, recalling those times on the road with spotty to no internet connection. O! Where art thou …
Oct 2, 2023: Goodnight Kyoto
Oct 2, 2023: Finished The Internet Con by Cory Doctorow 📚 If you want to catch up on 20 years of Cory Doctorow’s advocacy for a better society in just a few …
Oct 2, 2023: Sharing my Mastodon and Bluesky links with the accompanying 🐘 and 🦋 emoji I realize the “Elephant & Butterfly” would make for a cozy …
Oct 2, 2023: First! Hello there! 👋 Thought I would give a quick self introduction. I am a 🇨🇦 in 🇯🇵 interested in tech and society, Buddhism, travel, and more. You can get …