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About Just in Seoul

I moved to Seoul in fall of 2017 with my wife. She’s Korean and I’m Japanese American. We have an adorable family of three kittens, one from the US and two from South Korea. All of our kittens were adopted. I lived abroad in Japan for 6 months during college and thought Korea would be a cinch. I couldn’t have been any more wrong. My wife and I have gone through so much this past year that I’ve decided to begin blogging as a means of “journaling,” as well as a way to share some of learnings with others who might relate. Feel free to share your thoughts, questions, and concerns. I would love to hear from you!

Not just smart… but socially minded too!!! The Grameen Foundation and their GrameenPhone service!

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Just in Seoul

What’s this ad for a new sexy Huawei IDEO phone doing on my TechfoBOP?! No, it isn’t a mistake. I just learned that not only is this phone smart, but it is also socially minded! Since 2001, the Grameen Foundation recognized … Continue reading →

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Real Innovation from Real People… Tech4Bop from where it matters most… our future

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Just in Seoul

Ladies and gentlemen. It doesn’t get any better than this. We have no future if we do not invest in our present… our present future leaders of the world. What amazing innovations from material that most of us (in the … Continue reading →

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How far would you go… for clean water?

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Just in Seoul

For the past few years, I have helped plan an annual benefits concert for UNICEF’s TAP Project in Los Angeles – Tap with A Beat. This concernt brought together teen pop artists and well known actors, such as Orlando Bloom (yes…Legolas from … Continue reading →

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Open Source… Hardware? Open Source Ecology… serving the BOP?

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Just in Seoul

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ERADICATE Blindness? Almost… Forus Health – 3nethra

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Just in Seoul

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~XO~ Hugs and kisses? No. It’s the One Laptop Per Child’s XO!

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Just in Seoul

http://youtu.be/c-M77C2ejTw

One Laptop Per Child

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Liter of Light

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Just in Seoul

http://youtu.be/o-Fpsw_yYPg

If you have not seen this video, you should. It’s simple, smart, and innovative. Most importantly, it’s useful and has helped thousands of people. Who’d have thought such a simple device could alter the lives of so many people on such grand scale? Best of all, people are making MONEY by installing these useful “devices.”

On a tangent, imagine if green Mountain Dew bottles were used instead of clear Coke bottles? Green light has a lot of psychological benefits as well. Perhaps that could be an up sell at time of installation.

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Refrigeration. We take it for granted… but others…

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Just in Seoul

As I sit here, eating my pecan and pralines ice cream that I pulled out from my stainless steel GE Profile refrigerator, I began thinking about my trip to Bangalore, India three-months prior. Through a project coordinated by my MBA program, I … Continue reading →

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