An introduction to M. Kanzaki

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Name

Masahide Kanzaki ( or masaka in some IRC)

Nearest airport and neighbor

Haneda, Tokyo International Airport, Japan Haneda, Tokyo, Japan ( neighbors , with accuracy of 10km square)

Born

Suzuka, Mie, Japan ( neighbors , with accuracy of 1km square) 1960

Used to live

New York (1987-1989) ; Yokohama (1982-1987) ; Kyoto (1978-1982) ;

Schools

• Columbia Business School
• Kyoto University, Faculty of Letters

Profession

• Knowledge sharing and communication design
• Lecturer at Universities

Online Account

• masaka at Flickr
• _masaka at twitter
• masaka at plurk
• masaka at identi.ca
• mkanzaki at Google+
• M.Kanzaki at ORCiD

Interests

• Sir Roger Norrington - A great conductor
• W3C Universal Access
• RDFWeb: semantic web vapourware for the masses

Current projects

• Metadata design for digital archives
• Database on major symphonies and their perfomances
• Promotion of accessible web design
• Geo metadata and its applications
• Image metadata and description
• FoaF i18n and intorducing it to Japan

Past projects

• RDF Calendar
• Japanese web ontology
• Experiments with Hypercard
• Conducting and playing saxophone at a school concert band
• A day-dream online publishing project -- honya

Publications

• Semantic HTML/XHTML
• An Introduction to RDF/OWL
• Universal HTML/XHTML
• E-Mail Expert Manual
• A list of articles contributed to magazines

Personality

ENTJ according to online pseudo MBTI test

This profile is taken from The Web KANZAKI最新情報. Last-updated: .

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you write your name in Japanese ?

My name in Japanese (Kanji) is:

Meaning and pronunciation (betw. //) of each character, from left to right, is:

• God; /kan/
• cape; /zaki/ (where the gods descend)
• right or justice; /masa/
• hero or wisdom; /hide/ (same as Hideo Nomo's hide)

Because my ancestor served God in Ise-Jingu, the Japan's most prestigious shrine, the first character of my name represents the profession. First two consist my family name Kanzaki, and rest my given name Masahide. Sounds good name, dosen't it?

Where did you live in New York ?

215 West 94th Street Apt #1414, NY, NY 10025. It was a crowded district. My apartment "West Side Studios" (Yes, it's still there! -- June '97) was an old building, standing along Broadway. It was about 30 minutes on foot from Columbia University (usually I took subway #1 or #9).

Which computer do you use ?

As of May 2001, PowerMac G4 450 and Dell Dimension C (750 MHz), Casio FIVA MPC 206, and a note PC with Vine Linux as a test environment. iMac and Panasonic Let's Note still help.

I started my computer experience with IBM P/S-2 model 50 in 1987 (No, actually, I used an 8-bit PC by NEC before that). Then I bought NEC's PowerMate (it's an IBM-PC compatible in the U.S., not a PC-9800 series), Toshiba's Dynabook J-3100SS (the first notebook computer in Japan). As a Macintosh user, I've owned Classic II, then LC-630. In 1996, I purchased Panasonic PronoteMini, a sub-note Windows95 machine with DX4 75MHz microprocessor, which is still working as a print server.

I've used several PDAs or hand held computers. NEC's Mobile Gear (MC-MK12) was the first of such tools, joined at the end of 1996. It was a really handy (550g) machine with full-size keyboard. Since I needed much smaller data organizer, I got an IBM ChipCard, and then, Citizen's DataSlim -- a Japanese viersion of Rex. Good. And HP's Jornada 680 (Windows CE), then Toshiba's GENIO e550GX (PocketPC) were the successor of the Mobile Gear.

Now I don't bring any PDA with me. Rather, I use my cell phone as web browser, mail reader, scheduler as well as GPS equipped digital camera.

Will you tell me more about Japan if I send you an e-mail ?

Well, if I have enough time, and have appropriate knowledge or information about your inquiry, it's my pleasure to help you. However, this is not a commercial service to provide Japanese information. Sometimes I can find only partial answer, or no answer at all. And, quite often, I'm too busy to write back, unfotunately. So, please do not expect too much from me. See site policy page.