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In early March, nearing the end of the Japanese school year, I was asked to give a farewell message to the students of one of the junior high schools where I am an ALT. Even after living here for a year, my Japanese is quite poor. But I wanted the students to understand my message without it coming across like an English class. So I broke the speech up, saying [...]
Things I Wished I Brought To Japan as an ALT (or any English Teacher)
Things I Wished I Brought To Japan as an ALT (or any English Teacher)
Approaching the 1 year mark of living in Japan and working as an Assistant Language Teacher in 2 Junior High Schools in Toyota city, Aichi prefecture, I’ve started remembering the months leading up to departure from Australia last year. What stuff do I need that I might not be able to find easily in Japan? What things will be useful as a teacher? What don’t I need to bring? Prepare [...]
WordPress, Travelling, Blogging and Product Promotion: An Interview With Me
WordPress, Travelling, Blogging and Product Promotion: An Interview With Me
One of the great things about WordPress is the community… the people are passionate and have a great attribute of sharing freely. Jean from WP Mayor contacted me a while ago after I left a comment on one of his blog posts. It ended up in this interview… enjoy my WordPress super-expert-knowledge and self-promotion abilities! Dean Wormald: Meet a Travelling WordPress Freelancer & Entprepreneur
The ALT experience and living in Japan – my first 6 months
The ALT experience and living in Japan – my first 6 months
Last month marked my first 6 months of working and living in Japan. Since I arrived in Japan, I’ve been living in Toyota city (Aichi prefecture, near Nagoya), working as an Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) at 2 local junior high schools. This post has been in the works for a few weeks now, whenever I have a few minutes down time. If you are thinking about coming to Japan to [...]
How to make websites: a guide for Australians
How to make websites: a guide for Australians
Finally, I’ve done it. From the initial thoughts years ago, to the start of methodical work on it, my venture into selling in the online space has commenced. After a degree in Mutlimedia (marketing major) and 5 years working in some of Australia’s leading interactive agencies and businesses, I wanted to share my knowledge of making successful websites. So I created the PDF eGuide and a companion website and support [...]
WordBeach, Nagoya 2011
WordBeach, Nagoya 2011
I’m posting this to my WordPress blog via the iPhone app, from WordBeach near Nagoya. WordBeach homepage: http://wordbeach.org/ (Japanese). Yokoso News page, including details on the live video cast I was a guest on: http://yokosonews.com/matsuri/wordbeach2011/ (English). Struggling with understanding the language, but it’s interesting to see the WordPress community in Japan. It was a pleasure to meet a few key people involved with translation of WordPress releases and documentation. One [...]
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More awards for Hidden Pizza (Yellow Pages integrated campaign)
More awards for Hidden Pizza (Yellow Pages integrated campaign)
The Yellow Pages Hidden Pizza campaign keeps on picking up awards… Adding to the long list of awards already won! This time at the Asian Marketing Effectiveness Awards the campaign won: Platinum Award – Best of Show Best integrated marketing campaign – Gold Most effective use of advertising – Silver Most effective use of interactive marketing – Silver Most innovative use of media – Gold Best marketing campaign for national [...]
Get out of the big city and go see historic Japan
Get out of the big city and go see historic Japan
Most people when they come to Japan will see Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto… and little else. In Kyoto you can experience traditional Japan, but it can be a bit crowded… Take a look at Narai-juku which is on the Nakasendo, an old highway from Edo (old Tokyo) and Kyoto. 11 post towns, some preserved as they were 200 years ago. See traditional Japan at Narai-juku.