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2026 Seoul Trip Recommendations
Here is a few of my recommendations for your upcoming trip to Seoul based on an actual list of recommendations
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Count down timer for events, panel discussion, conference
A professional, browser-based stage timer for panel discussions, presentations, and live events
Built for event organizers who need clean,
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A shirt that doesn’t fit
I came home after a busy day.
No time for lunch. Straight through meetings until 2. A customer event from
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B2B Sales, how to guide for Events in Japan
Fifteen events so far this year — some ours, some our customers'.
Good time to write down what I'
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Eyes on the person, not the screen
Ten events so far this year.
Six of them hosted by our team.
Events and forums are a new part
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Why I Like Being the Bartender
Yesterday my wife and I hosted our own Midyear Review at home — the private version, with friends and a few
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Omiyage: The Gift That Comes Back
It was 5pm on a Friday, and I was hesitating over whether to call a customer for a follow-up.
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That moment I realized I was in debt to her
“That moment I realized I was in debt to her.”
My brother said it quietly, almost to himself, as he
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What My Mentor's Decade-Old Shoes Taught Me
Today, I got my pair of shoes back from a repair shop after waiting for a month.
To my surprise,
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Beyond Words: Why Learning a Language is a Radical Act of Kindness
It was a rainy Friday afternoon. I was in a rather grumpy mood after spending 20 minutes tearing through my
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Foreign Residents in Japan 2026
Living in Tokyo, meeting foreigners at cafés, restaurants, and on the street has become part of daily life. One third
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Tokenized Deposit and Deposit Token are not the same
Recent Lesson for myself:
"Deposit token" and "tokenized deposit" get used like synonyms. They're
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Beyond the Bravery Gene How Project Hail Mary Inspires Us to Live and Connect
Just came back from the cinema after watching it for the third time and my eyes still get watery at
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The FSB just told us cross-border payments in Asia-Pacific are barely improving. FSB annual report (published March 24, 2026)
The FSB 2025 Annual Report dropped March 24, 2026.
I pulled the key data from three connected FSB reports on
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Japan just quietly dropped a blueprint to overhaul its 50-year-old payment infrastructure by 2030
Japan just announced it's replacing the backbone of its entire banking system.
The Zengin System has been running
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Health comes first, after ER experience in Korea
I landed in Korea on a Friday afternoon.
By 8pm, I was in the ER.
Two days before arrival, severe
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An Empty Room and Zero Friends: My First Night in Japan
March 7th, 2020.
This photo was taken on the first night at my new home in Japan. It was in
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The 2026 Kickoff: Why We Traded a Dinner Party for Slide Decks
On 31st January, my wife and I hosted a small group of friends at our home. It wasn’t just
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