A Digital Eccentric

Kamata-san wrote a book on the lives of "Digital Eccentrics" in the US IT Industry. His premise being that working a bit more on the edge of non-conformity would be good for Japan… we would say, "thinking out of the box". I think that was his premise, anyway. Not speaking or reading Japanese, I haven't the foggiest notion of what he said about me, but it took him 27 pages to say it.

I understand that the chapter title is something on the order of "Hippie Architect". OK. My hair was a tad longer then [picture from the book is included below], and at this OMG meeting I was sporting a particularly dandy shirt, but "hippie"?!!

If you can read Japanese, here's the Amazon Page for the book, The Lives of Digital Eccentrics in the US IT Industry, Hiroki Kamata, ISBN 4-14-080560-9