Adams’ Everyware
Adam is here from New York to give a speech in Keio University about his new book, Everyware. I was kindly invited to come along by Adam earlier this week and I am so glad I made it.
I met up with the guru at Ebisu station then the two of us headed off in a taxi cuz it was just too hot to take the train and walk. I mean, the last thing Adam would want is to stand in front of an audience with a massive patch of sweat on his shirt, right? Plus, the thunder kicked in and was pouring down with rain!
I felt great sense of wow to be inside the Keio University campus. Afterall, this is one of the 3 most prestigious universities in Japan (the other two being Tokyo University and Waseda University). Rumour has it, unless you’re a graduate from either one of these universities, you will never make it past a certain rank within a major Japanese corporation. I know a good few people who graduated from either Keio or Waseda, but I only know one dude who graduated from Tokyo. And all are doing exceptionally well in the corporate world.
Anyway, Adam’s talk, as usual, was fascinating and I can’t wait to see his book go on sale here. Although Adam did very well to cover as much as possible within the one and a half hours that he had, it was still not quite enough. The only way to elaborate is to get the book and that is something I will have to import as he only brought one copy with him today in which he tossed into the crowd for one lucky punter! Damn, can’t believe this guy didn’t give me one… hahahahaha…
It was also great that some of the guys whom I haven’t met for a while also turned up for Adam’s speech. Best of all, I ended up making a few new friends. Obviously, with some catching up to do, a good few of us headed off to a good ol’ English pub in Ebisu…
You know I think I might have met him once when we (our company) hired DentsuFUSE to do some web work about 4 years ago..could be a different guy though cause the people I dealt with were obnoxiously stuckup (Dentsu!) but he seems like a cool guy.
That may very well be him. He was at DentsuFUSE back then. And yeah, he has pride in what he does and can be stuck up at most times. But generally, he is a nice guy.