The BABTA Holiday Gala is always one of my favorite events of the year. It is when the majority of the Bay Area business travel community get together and let loose. This year it was at the Hotel Kabuki in Japantown which was extra special for me given my relationship with Japan. I met up… Continue reading BABTA Holiday Gala 2017
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Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival
World Oyama Karate put on a demonstration at the 2017 Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival. I’ve always enjoyed the festival but have never actually participated myself except for the preparation of the Japan Airlines float many years ago. My demonstration was called ‘kihon sono 4’ and we made BaySpo, (2017年4月14日) the Japanese language newspaper in… Continue reading Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival
Salesforce
I visited Salesforce today; there was a DJ in the lobby and were passing out cookies. I originally thought it might have been for our event but no, it was because they were putting the final beam on Salesforce Tower – San Francisco’s tallest building.
Visit to Salesforce East
Visited the new Salesforce East building in San Francisco today. Salesforce continues its exploding growth as well as takeover of a lot of real estate in San Francisco. Walking in one sees a massive screen that shows beautiful ever-changing designs based on real time Twitter data. Data and science turned into art! The design of… Continue reading Visit to Salesforce East
BABTA Gala – Union Square
I attended the Bay Area Business Travel Association’s annual holiday Gala on Thursday. When there is an event late at night in the city I like to get into town a few hours early and walk through the neighborhood. I lived close to Union Square for about five years and the gala being close-by I… Continue reading BABTA Gala – Union Square
Visit to Twitter today
In the lobby of Twitter HQ they have a computer set up where you can take your picture (with props) and tweet your visit. It will then show up on twitter.com/twisitor.
LinkedIn Sales Connect 2014
Attended the LinkedIn Sales Connect 2014 conference, September 17th at the Palace Hotel. Link: https://business.linkedin.com/events/sales-connect/san-francisco/highlights