I am a freelance web producer (programmer-designer-marketer) and live in Chuo-ku, Tokyo. I specialise in usability, web standards, multi-lingual and social platforms. I have a passion for semantic HTML, clean and maintainable CSS, beautiful MVC-based code and emerging technologies.
I work with Japanese companies and foreign companies in Japan, to help them get the most out of their online strategy - from improving user experience, to increasing conversions and revenue, assisting companies reach new markets, to building online applications to solve a business or communication problem. My client list includes Kakaku.com, Dentsu Avenue A Razorfish and Japan Today.
In addition to my client work, I design and build a variety of web-based destination sites and products that reflect my personal interests.
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Open Source Food is a social network for food lovers, and is the result of two of my great passions combined - food and the web. In OSF, I have created a clear, simple platform for people to share recipes with each other in a social context. -
Sweetcron is free and open source lifestream software that you self-host and end up with a site like mine; one that grabs your activity from all over the web (e.g. photos you upload to flickr) and posts them on your site automatically. -
GUM is a simple behavioural analytics package that helps you find out who are the most engaged users on your site and what they like, helping you tailor your site to its most important audience. GUM will launch in July 2008. -
httpAsia helps me keep up to date with the industry that I work in. It is a social news site about startups, business activity and news items from the Asia internet industry including Japan, China, Singapore, Korea and more. -
My Music Album!. A while back I was dabbling in music and put together a few tracks to form an “album”. It’s mostly instrumental electronic, with orchestral influences and some live violin - it’s all free to download at Last.fm.
