Mark Danks

As I’m typing this, I’m in a plane over the Pacific somewhere near the international date line. I spent the week at SCEI (Sony Japan) in Tokyo. It was a really good trip and I met many new people who are working hard on the PlayStation3. I got lucky that after only 3 weeks on the job, I was able to head over to SCEI instead of waiting for a few months. Nothing like jumping into the deep end of the pool.I have been to Koyto before, but never Tokyo. Koyto is much calmer than Tokyo. In Tokyo, the streets are still packed and everything is open at 2am. We spent every evening out “working”, eating, and drinking…a lot gets done on the business side over dinner and drinks in Japan. I did not get too much time to play tourist, but I hit the obligatory Japanese toy stores and Akihabara. I covet the Japanese electronics! I need to get a camera one of these days. Taking random snapshots with my cell phone’s camera does not cut it and my daughters always want to see where I have been.

The next couple of months are insanely busy for me. I am traveling about every two weeks, I have 3 developer conferences over the next 3 months, and I’m planning to go scuba diving in Mexico in the middle of April. Plus, I spent the plane flight working on a presentation for the PS3 Dev Con that I might give. I still need to see how good I feel about it. It is not an overly technical presentation, but it has some messages which I believe developers still need to hear again.