PSPINC CEO Kenichi Uchikura's Blog

Mac OS High Sierra 10.13

Sep

30

High Sierra Upgrade

Mac Photo stopped working with the new photos I took with iPhone (with news iOS). I needed to upgrade the Mac OS to make sure Photos keep working. Now my Mac is running Mac OS 10.13 High Sierra with new version of Photos.

I am seriously thinking about upgrading the hard disking in my Mac Mini to SSDs. The software is starting to run slow even with Core i7 2.3Ghz processor with 16GB RAM. I really think SSD will make a huge difference. But to replace my 2 1TB drive, 2 SSDs will run over $700. I think I need to wait a little or buy two fusion drives.

Company Lunch

Sep

29

Company Lunch today.
Today’s foods are from Thai Kitchen (Bellevue).

#pspinc #valueproposition

Interesting iPhone 7 Plus Pictures

Sep

28

Those pictures above are not standard portrait mode pictures, they were taken using panoramic mode of the iPhone 7 Plus. Instead of taking panoramic picture left to right, they were taking panoramic bottom to up.

It covers more area than a standard portrait picture. Interesting.

#pspinc #valueproposition

Seattle Executives Association Presentation

Sep

27

Mayumi Nakamura presented what PSPinc was at Seattle Executives Association this afternoon in from of 100 business owners and executives. We have shown the video below.

Video Produced by
http://www.rbcontentlab.com

#marketing #pspinc #pspinc30 #pspinc30thanniversary #valueproposition

Learning PHP

Sep

27

I have started to teach myself PHP programming.
I used to program so this is just another high level language.

The hardest thing is to find the environment where I can write PHP and test it.
Lucky, PSPinc can provide me with the fully functional web space where I can test my program.

If you are interested in learning PHP with me, let me know.
You can see my progress at following blog.
http://en.bloguru.com/UchikuraCo/

#learningPHP #pspinc #valueproposition

How do you answer this question?

Sep

27

A man bought a chicken for $8,
and sold it for $9.

Later, he found someone wanted buy a chicken for $11,
so he bought a chicken back for $10 and
sold it for $11.

How much did he make?

#pspinc #uchikuraco #valueproposition

Lunch at John Howie in Bellevue

Sep

26

John Howie Steak

Soup and Salad

I have never been to John Howie Steak in Bellevue.
Very nice.

#valueproposition

We had a visitor this morning and her name is Rainier!

Sep

25

Our friend brought six year young miniature schnauzer called Rainier.
She was greeted by Tiny, Pompom and Nano.

PSPinc is a K9 friendly company. When you come visit PSPinc, bring your dog with you.

#pspinc #pspinc30 #pspinc30thanniversary #valueproposition

American Diner

Sep

24

Typical America diner. This ha snot change for last 40 years.
I still remember when I arrived in L.A. 40 years ago, I stayed at TROPICANA MOTEL on Sunset Blvd..They had a best cafe.

Weekend

Sep

23

I need to groom Pompom this weekend.

iPhone 8

Sep

22

iPhone 8 was released today. One of our managers got iPhone 8 Plus today.

Imported from Japan

Sep

22

$699 in the US

Japanese Online Prices
kakaku.com

Callaway Golf Epic Star Driver (available in Japan) is now being imported back to the US for sale ... $699 ... pice tag. Wow.

http://www.callawaygolf.com/golf-clubs/drivers/drivers-2017-epic-star.html?bloguru.com

Note: You can buy one in Japan for about $450.00

#valueproposition

New Friend

Sep

22

PSPinc is a pet friendly company.

#pspinc #pspinc30 #valueproposition

Golf Today

Sep

21

I played golf today. It rained a little but we manage to finish 18. I shot 94 ... Nothing to proud about but I think that is about my skill level now.

iOS 11 Upgrade

Sep

20

So? Is it a big deal?

2 Hour Street Parking in Seattle ... $8.00

Sep

20

It is becoming very expensive to go downtown Seattle. I was lucky to find street parking.

Pompom's Checkup

Sep

19

Lately Pompom has been "gagging" often. So, I took him to a vet today.
They did not find find anything ... But they gave me a antibiotic medication to give it him.
We will see if it makes any difference.

As soon as I took him to a vet, he remembered the place and start shaking. poor guy. There is no good memory there. But you are here because of the place like that. Pompom is eating fine ... may be little too much.

Homeless in Seattle

Sep

18

Seattle is one of the most growing cities in the US. There are more buildings being contracted than any other places on the planet. Yet, I see more and more people living on the street.

Minimum wages being so high, many of people cannot even get the minimum wage jobs. I am all for people getting paid more but we must remember there are people who have no income what se ever.

Summer is almost over and the temperature is starting to go down. I hate to see people sleeping in the park or street.

Rain is Back in Seattle

Sep

17

It started rain the afternoon. No golf today but it actually feels nice. All the plants look greener today. Of cause, I will miss summer but until today, I missed rain. Little it of rain in good.

#pspinc #pspinc30 #valueproposition

Mayumi is Back from Japan

Sep

16

Mayumi arrived from Japan ... Tiny and Nano went back with her.
My dog sitting duty is over for now.

#marketing #pspinc #pspinc30 #valueproposition

Embed Audio to Your Website

Sep

15

Click it Audio is created by Woodstock Media Group and Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. to allow easy management of audio files and embedding to your web page.

Why Audio?
Please click the headset button to listen to the reason.

Click It Audio

If you are interested in having audio on your web site, please contact me at ken.uchikura@pspinc.com.

#clickitaudio #marketing #pspinc #valueproposition

The New from PSPinc ... ClickItAudio.com

Sep

14

Woodstock Media Group and Pacific Software Publishing have jointly developed a new web service called Click It Audio.

http://www.ClickItAudio.com

This service allows companies to embed audio into their website.

The service is in pre-release and is available for limited customers.

Interested members can contact Woodstock Media Group to create an audio file. Once the audio file is made, PSP, Inc. will take it from there.

Click It Audio

#ClickItAudio #marketing #pspinc #pspinc30 #pspinc30thanniversary #valueproposition

23 Doughnuts and 1 Apple

Sep

13

I brought 2 dozen doughnuts to the company ... I replaced one doughnut with an apple. Guess what happen ... In about an hour, there is only an apple in the boxes.

#marketing #pspinc #pspinc30 #valueproposition

Visiting Fox's Seattle

Sep

13

Zoey Mann
President
https://www.foxsseattle.com

Another Fine Seattle Executives Association
Main Member and Associate Member
https://www.foxsseattle.com

After the Seattle Executives association meeting, instead going directly back to the car and drive back, I visited Fox's Seattle. She asked me whet they need to do to use our web and email service ... It was really nice of Zoey to ask me that.

Don't worry about doing business with PSPinc ... when time comes, you call me.

https://www.foxsseattle.com

#marketing #pspinc #pspinc30 #pspinc30thanniversary #valueproposition

Something New for Your Website

Sep

12

This is a pre-release announce meant of the new service that PSPinc (http://www.pspinc.com) is launching with Woodstock Media Group (http://www.woodstockmediagroup.com).

The service is called ClickItAudio. Instead of us writing about it, just visit the link below and click on the "Headset" button. That will explain what it is.

http://clickitaudio.com

#ClickItAudio #marketing #pspinc #pspinc30 #valueproposition

Apple iPhone X, 8, Watch and TV 4K Announced!!!

Sep

12

Starting $999 ... Really?

Tell me why I need this over iPhone 7 Plus.

So now it can be stand alone ... Hmm

This is interesting.

Apple announced series of products today.

My reaction ... Wow ... So what.

The type of iPhone I buy does not depends on what Apple releases, it depends on what my cellular phone provide can provide at what price. I have iPhone 7 Plus ... It is good enough.

https://www.apple.com

#valueproposition

My Daughter's Birthday

Sep

11

This is her birthday gift from me.

September 11 is my daughter's birthday.
Happy Birthday.

Courteous Reply

Sep

11

I sometime received marketing email using Gmail address ... It is crazy to think any legitimate company using Gmail.

This is one of the reason why corporation of any size should use email using free email domains. I know some people argue that Gmail as a mailer, it is one of the best. Well, you can setup Gmail to access and manage your email too.

And if you receive email from any business using Gmail, you should really question.

#marketing #pspinc #pspinc30 #valueproposition

This week!

Sep

10

We have Mayumi, Mariko and Sumiko all in Japan this week. PSPinc is ruled by Dogs this week ;)

#pspinc #pspinc30 #pspinc30thanniversary #valueproposition

Business Proposition

Sep

9

PSPinc can create any service into a Web Based server side application. If you business can benefit from making your service into a web app., please let me know. We can create a web based business together.

#marketing #pspinc #pspinc30 #valueproposition

Not This Week

Sep

8

Usually I am the last one to leave the office ... but not this week. It is already after 9:30pm and there still a few people working at R&D. Wow.

#pspinc #pspinc30 #pspinc30thanniversary #valueproposition

First Cloudy Day Today

Sep

8

It is cloudy and cool today. I heard it is going to rain tomorrow. I welcome this change.

Thank you Collision Cart Star and Bruce Lingle

Sep

8

It is always good to do business with people you really know. Even it is something like dent repair. My scraped my car at company garage (stupid), so I took it to Collision Car Star this Tuesday. The car was ready and I picked it up today. Only three days. Wow.

Bruce was there to greet me. Thank you.

Seattle Executives Association is the best association.

http://www.seattleexecs.org

#SeattleExecustivesAssociation

International Flight Business Class Amenity Bag

Sep

7

ZERO HALLIBURTON
Japan Airlines Business Class Amenity Bag

Did you know Japan Airlines' international flight amenity bag is by ZERO HALLIBURTON? I thought TUMI bag given by Delta Airlines were cool.

Every business international class flight give you an amenity bag, but I think those two airlines are the best. But I don't know many other. I would like to know what other airlines are giving to their business class flyers.

#valueproposition

Seattle Traffic

Sep

7

I took Mayumi to SEATAC airport at 7:00am ... It took little over 20 minuets to get there from south Bellevue on i405. Coming back, I took the back road because i405 was packed. I should have stayed there. It took me over 90 minutes to get to the office.

Anyway, I cannot imagine people doing this every day. And politicians thinks public transportation is the solution. In my opinion, investing in more road would work better. But that is just my opinion.

Can you guess the year?

Sep

6

This is an advertisement I found in an old magazine.
Can you tell which year by reading the content?

I will give you a little hint.
Above images show the AT&T logos according to the year.

By reading the content of the advertisement, can you guess which year this advertisement came out?

#pspinc #pspinc30 #valueproposition

My Mother

Sep

5

Can you guess how old my mother is?

360 Walk Around PSPinc

Sep

5

September 5, 2017
Due to the wild fires around Western Washington, air is smoky (smoggy) and ashes are flying.

#pspinc #valueproposition

Red Sun

Sep

5

Do you remember the movie "Red Sun"?
The movie was staring Charles Bronson and Toshiro Mifune.

Actually this post has nothing to do with that except the sun looks very red today due to the smoke and ashes from the wild fires around western Washington. Unlike the eclipse, I can take a picture of the sun.

The temperature supposed to go up over 90F today but I don't think it will get there because of this smoke and ashes.

#pspinc

Car Repair at Collision Car Star Bellevue

Sep

5

I scraped right rear on a pillar at the garage. I trusted Subaru's collin avoidance system to stop the car ... but it did not. The collision avoidance only work either inc front or back ... not to the side.

I took my car in today to Collision Car Star in Bellevue this morning. I found out there is another car that belongs to one of our employees are at the same shop. I will try my best not to refer more business to Bruce Lingle, president of Collision Car Star. But it is good to know someone there.

#SeattleExecustivesAssociation

The End of The Universe ... July 1987

Sep

4

1987 July Issue of Discover Magazine
The End of The Universe

I just received a birthday gift from my daughter in NY. It was 1987 July issue of DISCOVER magazine. That is the year and the month I started Pacific Software Publishing, Inc.

The name if the issue is ... THE END OF THE UNIVERSE

This magazine has a compete black cover. When I searched it, I found where my daughter got this magazine. This is a cool gift. Thank you.

#pspinc #pspinc30 #pspinc30thanniversary #valueproposition

Hi-Tech is not always the answer.

Sep

3

It is amazing to see how something are done without hi-tech equipments. Sometime we rely too much on the technologies to do things that we forgot the basics.

This is a inspiring video.

#pspinc #pspinc30 #valueproposition

Gas Price in Seattle

Sep

2

I heard the peak of the gas price in the US is at Labor Day Weekend ... Which is this weekend. I filled my car up today at COSTCO gas station. It is at $2.699/gallon ... It is still a lot cheaper than when George W. Bush was president. Outside COSTCO, most gas stations are charging over $3.00.

I try to put gas in at COSTCO as much as possible.

#valueproposition

Fitbit Problem ... Not Really!!!

Sep

1

My Fitbit One does not hold its charge very long any more. I think it is about time to buy a new one. It lasted 3 and half years. Good job.

#FitbitOne #Fitbit