PSPINC CEO Kenichi Uchikura's Blog

Washington State

Mar

20

Washington State

It has a population of 6.6 million. Democratic Party runs the State for a long time. When Gary Lock (I believe he is the commerce secretary for Obama administration) was the governor, the State had balanced budget and 2 billion dollar surplus. After the first term of current governor Christine Gregoire, the State is now facing 9 billion dollar budget deficit. That is $1,363 per person in the State of Washington.

The State government is planning to spend $1,363 that they do not have and pass that on to us by means of additional taxes.

When will the government know that they can not just keep spending money. I know it is for a good cause, but you just dont have the money to do what you want.

I am not happy about all the idiots of the large corporate managements, But the amount of money the government is spending is out of control. We need to do something about this. I know it is not only Governor Gregoires fault that there is 9 billion dollar budget shotfall, but she is in the position to fix it. I hope she will. The governorship is not a popularity contest. I hope she knows that.

As a small business owner, I do not want to pay for any waste by the government.

#Life #Politics #Society

Sounders FC 3 - Red Bull NY 0

Mar

19

Now it has started. The Professional Football Club (Soccer Club) in America. We long knew that America has the most number of youth soccer population in the world. So, it was just a matter of time before we see professional soccer here. Seattle has SOUNDERS FC and they just won against Red Bull NY. The team sold over 20,000 season tickets. Tonight game had 31,000 people cheering. Great start. Just like the start of J-League.

I hope it does not come to the point where city, or county or state must raise tax to support this franchise, which is a private business. We are doing that to Mariners, Sea Hawks and Sonics (they left when we told them we are spending no more tax dollar). Why should our tax be used to help private businesses?

Oh, I for got we are spending our tax money on AIG, CITIBANK, GM, CHRIYSLER Last I check, they are private companies. I am working to make money to pay tax so that idiots at those private companies can get paid huge bonus. What a deal. I would like to be on the receiving end of that transaction. The only way I can do this is to make company big and run it down. Run it down part is somewhat new to me.

#Life #Politics #Society

Cyber Marketing

Mar

19

Cyber marketing. I have been spending last few weeks exploring what Linked In can do, or I should say what I do in Linked In. first of, I needed to join groups and participate in discussions. It is not easy. You so not want to SPAM people. So, I stayed away from creating a discussion. Instead, I focus on responding to some of the discussions. I try not to sell anything, but it is hard.

Like real networking, if you are quiet, nothing will come to you. You must be active in updating your profile, making sure you enter what you are working on and actively searching for people to link to. You also want to join groups. I have joined, eMarketing Association Network, Golf Executive Club, Hosting Industry, Linked:Seattle, Seattle Executives Association, SMB Technology Network, Software as a Service (SaaS) Group, Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) and Web Standards Design + Development groups within Linked In.

Now I must spend time to check each group and read discussions and reply to relevant postings. That is in addition to my personal blogs in English and Japanese. I am spending a lot of time in front of computer. But I am starting to realize that there is a real business potential in cyber space. Many of the sites are free but you need to account for time you spent. When you start generating leads from your participation in Linked In and other sites, you may need someone full time to just do that.

I never thought about cyber marketing can be a business by it self, but it is real. I seriously need to think about this and act very quickly.

#Business #Marketing

Bloguru Buddy Requests

Mar

18

I thank you for the request to be your Bloguru Buddy. I will accept any request to buddy up with me. I really like to communicate with you.

However, I have a small favor to ask you. Those of you who embed the music in your Bloguru page, I would like you make it so that the music does not play automatically. I access Bloguru from my office and I do not want people to think I am playing.

Thank you.

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DOGS OF PSP

Mar

18

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. is a dog friendly company. Let me introduce you to three of our regular K9 staff.

From the left:

Nano : Female 19 month old Shih Tzu
PomPom : Male 6 Year 4 Month Old Shih Tzu and Pomeranian Mix
Tiny : Male 6 Year 10 Month Old Shih Tzu, born in Japan

They come to PSP everyday.You can click on the picture to enlarge. (This is a new feature of Bloguru. Just upload any picture larger than 512 pixcel wide, it will reduce it automatically.)

Here is the video clip of PomPom today. Enjoy.

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Hello Mr. President

Mar

17

The White House has a blog.
Did you know that?
The president of the greatest nation on this planet has a blog.

The White House website enables you to write a comment.
I am sure whatever you write will not be read by Mr. President himself, but that is not a point. The point is, if there is place for anyone to write a comment to the President of the country, do your web site allows your customers to write to you?

When the president of the US has a blog, do you?
Whey not?
You dont have time Yeah right, can you afford not to have a blog?
I am not really impressed by the new administration for its handling of money, but I can tell you, they did a great job making www.whitehouse.gov web site. We should all learn from it.

Oh, the screen above is what you see when you send a comment. You should try. I will post something when I receive any response back.

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AIG popularity down, stock market up!

Mar

16

I received this picture from our company associate in Bonaire. He told me that he got sunburned on Saturday working on his yard. Compare to that, we had snow again this weekend. It is raining again today in Seattle.

I was listening to the radio on the way to work and heard people are outraged about AGI planning to give 165 million dollars in bonus after receiving 170 billion dollars from the US government. It is only 1/10 of a percent, but the act of using tax to payoff the very people who created this problem does not go well with public.

But, as I looked at the stock market today, it is going up. Why is that?

I believe now people are so outraged, the government will not be able to issue any more aids to other financial institutions and automakers. That will ensure the bankruptcy and dissolution of those companies. That seems like a bad news, but the very fact that market is reacting in the opposite direct shows people do not want government intervention any more. Let the failed companies fail and let successful companies succeed. The message is clear but it is a strong and hard message for some politicians and corporate executives.

#Life #Politics #Society

It snowed again.

Mar

15

It snowed again in Seattle. It is already mid. March. I played golf yesterday in rain, but it was not too bad. I was not expecting the snow this morning.

I was watching the news this morning. I heard AIG is giving 160 million dollars in bonuses. Tax filing is coming soon, and some of the taxes that I am paying will be used to pay executives of AIG. I hope they appreciate.

#Life #Politics #Society

Open House

Mar

14

On April 9th, PSPINC will host an open house to Seattle Executives Association. We will be opening a door at 3:00pm, which is an hour earlier to host a small seminar in our conference room. The topics will be

PSP Web Tools Bloguru, Web de Video & Web de Photo

Working with LinkedIn

Email Marketing (Newsmail2U)

Those will help many companies kick start on the cyberspace marketing.

About Seattle Executives Association

Seattle Executives Association is more than a networking business community. It's the premier place to come do business. You'll gain access to Puget Sound's top decision makers. Get connected to the area's finest firms, professions and industries. Join a sphere of influence working to build business for each other by sharing valuable leads and knowledge. When it comes to executive resources, you won't find this level of power and experience anywhere else in the city.

#Business #Marketing

Commrcial Free Video Streaming

Mar

14

You can embed Video into your Blog using http://www.webdevideo.com (Web de Video). Web de Video is a commercial free video streaming system we built. You can sign up to Web de Video free to store 100MB of video.

Here is the video I took with my digital camera in Seattle. You must make sure you do not use "Web de Video" to distribute copyrighted material.

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