PSPINC CEO Kenichi Uchikura's Blog

I'm coming to Japan

1月

31日

I will be traveling to Japan starting tomorrow. So many things to see, so many things to do. Japan always surprises me. I will post pictures from Japan.

#pspinc #valueproposition

Thank to Copy and Paste ...

1月

30日

Are you kidding?

This crazy email ask me to enter the code ... Thanks to copy and paste, it was easy but this type of things makes me mad.

#pspinc #valueproposition

First 18 Holes of the Year

1月

29日

I played 18 holes today carrying my bag. I shot 87 ... Not bad, not bad at all. But I have confess ... I played from the club tee instead of member tee.

#GolfAldarra

Friday is Almost Over

1月

28日

I took this picture today.

Have a good weekend everyone!!!

I am very sorry for the people who are homeless and they sometime have to camp out at the park. I wish there is enough shelter for everyone.

That is being said ...

Why do they have to trash the park people use. There are trash bins less than 50 feet away. I see empty cigarette boxes, beer cans and food containers ... I really do not have sympathy for the people who trash the park or any place.

Please clean them up. I pick a lot of them up and put them in the trash when I walk.

#Bellevue #HomelessProblem

UW Foster School Scholarship Fundraising Golf

1月

26日

PSP Children's Foundation, in partnership with the University of Washington Foster School of Business, will hold a charity golf tournament on August 21, 2017, to benefit 5 business students that have overcome great challenges as a result of natural disasters or unfortunate circumstances. The charity event will be fully funded by PSPinc, so any cash raised can provide substantial financial assistance to the students who qualify for the scholarships.

PSPinc has funded the event completely but we are still seeking hole sponsors to help raise money to gift 5 scholarships to University of Washington students. By purchasing the Holes Sponsor you receive recognition of your business at one of the eighteen tee boxes and may set up a table to distribute information about your business. Gain exposure on the beautiful greens of Aldarra Golf Club along with an appreciative mention of sponsorship in the PSP Children’s Foundation’s Player Invitational Booklet, PSP Children’s Foundations website, and PSP Children’s Foundation’s social media posts.

If you would like to talk to someone about this event and sponsorship, please contact PSPinc at 1-800-232-3989

Thank you for following sponsors. 7 hole sponsor spots left as of 1/26/2017.

- Cart Sponsor
Ironridge Investment
- Lunch Box Sponsor
Sisters Baking Company
- 11 of 18 Hole Sponsors
Wells Fargo Bank
Banner Bank
Moss Adams
Key Bank
Brown & Brown of WA
Aqua Quip
Sundance Energy
Lenny Wilkens Foundation
RB Content Lab
Warner Telecom
DELL

#2017GolfTournament #PSPChildrensFoundation

US Ptent Number 8,167,200

1月

26日

I finally awarded the full ownership of my patent which I filed back in 2009 and awarded 2012. Now I am free and clear to market this invention. This was way too long a process.

I needed to select my partner more carefully.

#USPatent8167200

DOW surpasses 20,000 for the first time.

1月

26日

Wow, I thought this will happen sometime this year but in January? I did not think so.

#valueproposition

Work Hard ... Play Hard !!!

1月

25日

PSPinc has a bigger rec. room now.

#pspinc #valueproposition

Wordpress Developers

1月

24日

Did you know PSPinc's web hosting service has Wordpress dedicated web service?
For special 60% off offer, contact me.

#WordpressHosting

Pompom with Hoodie

1月

24日

I groomed Pompom yesterday ... he is feeling cold, so I dressed him with hoodie. What uno you think?

#PompomTinyNano

Mail Order Mattress

1月

23日

I purchase mail order queen size form mattress at Amazon and was delivered last week. I opened it today. It only cost less than $180 and shipping was free. For that price, I figured I have nothing to loose.

The box was smaller than I expected but it was heavy. You can see on the pictures how it was vacuum wrapped. It expanded to 10" when I opened it. The mattress was a lot softer than I wanted ... Well, I never slept on soft mattress. I will check it out tonight how I sleep.

https://www.zinus.com/our-products/mattresses/

New Venture ... US Golf Network

1月

22日

We are in the process of creating network of private golf members ... The goal is to have a database of thousands of golfers who belongs to a private golf clubs. And when you, as a member, can ask any other member to play at their course as a guest.

Wouldn't that be great? If you like the idea, please let me know by registering at following site. The system is still months away, but we would love to know if you are interested.

http://usgolfnetwork.com

#USGolfNetwork

今年は体重が下がらない

1月

21日

マッシュルームのスープ

クランベリー・チキンサラダ

お客様と食事をするときもできるだけ炭水化物は減らしています。でも、今年は去年のように体重が下がりません。運動をしないといけないのでしょうね。

#減量

Dinner with Clients from Japan

1月

20日

Dinner and wine at Purple in Woodenville.

#pspinc

Sad Response at Costco

1月

19日

Do you think this box is missing two oranges?

I bought a box of orange this afternoon at Costco. I noticed that the box looks like there are two oranges missing from the box. I asked the casher and the casher asked the someone near by ... the response was

"It looks like missing one or two but the box is always over weight."

Meaning ... You are not being cheated even if we are missing one or two. Not a very good response. I did not want to go all the way back to exchange the box anyway ... So I took it as is.

#CostcoBadResponse

To My Linked In Connections

1月

19日

Dear Web Development Professionals. We have been providing web and email hosting since 1996 and our company started in 1987. I have noticed that many people who are following me at Linked In are web development professionals and companies. So, I am extending our "Friends and Family" pricing to you. That is 60% Off our regular pricing of $250/Year which includes (1) .com Domain Registration for 1 Year, (2) 10GB Web Space with Wordpress pre-installed, (3) 10 Email addresses with 10 email space. You are welcome to resale this space as well. You are not limited to 1 domains. If you are even curious about this offer, contact me.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/uchikura/

#pspinc #valueproposition

SSD Upgrade or not!

1月

18日

I have Mac Mini 2012 Server on my desk. It is still a good computer but the hard disks (there are two inside) are very slow and I would like t upgrade them to SSD. I found the video which shows me how to install two SSDs (replace current HDDs).

The question is should I do this or not.

#MacMiniServerSSDUpgrade

Internet Speed Test

1月

17日

I have been complaining about slow Internet speed for last several months. Today, we had someone look and fixed the problem. It used to be 60 to 90 Mbps ... now its over 400 Mbps.

#pspinc #valueproposition

Mac Sierra ... Photos Stopped Scanning Faces

1月

17日

When I upgraded to Sierra, it lost all my face names.
It started scanning but little ver half way through, it stopped scanning faces.

You need to laugh Activity Monitor

Kill all the agents under Photos

Kill Photos and Photos Agent

I have nearly 120,000 photos in my Photos. When I upgraded to Mac OS X Sierra, it lost all the faces I entered and it started scanning faces again. Crap.

After it scanned 63,000 photos, I still had 57,000 unscanned photos. But it stopped scanning. I rebooted the system several times but no success. Then I learned the trick on the Apple support forum.

I had to kill Photos agents. After I killed them, it looks like started to scanning again. It is a good thing it started scanning but still Sierra is a very problematic. I wish I did not upgraded the OS. I am feeling Apple is loosing it's touch.

#MacSierraBug #PhotosNotScanningFaces

Rec Room

1月

15日

Our recreation room just got bigger.

#pspinc #valueproposition

Have a nice weekend!

1月

14日

Friday is almost done. Have a good weekend everyone.

Back to NY!

1月

12日

My daughter, Azusa, just went back to NY after spending Christmas and New Year with us.

PSPinc 2017 Kick Off

1月

10日

Motto for 2017 : Promoting Entrepreneurship

We want every employee to feel they are an entrepreneur. Rather than working as an employee, an entrepreneur runs a small business and assumes all the risk and reward of a given business venture, idea, or good or service offered for sale.

That is the message rom Mayumi Nakamura, President CEO, PSPinc.

#KickoffMeeting #PSPinc2017 #pspinc #valueproposition

You should never tatoo...

1月

9日

There are somethings that you should never tattoo ...

#valueproposition

Struggling Brick & Mortar Stores

1月

9日

You have heard many of the brick and mortar stores are struggling. Yo hear some of the stores are closing the doors. So, how bad are brink and mortar stores suffering.

Company valuations (Number of Outstanding Stocks time Current Stock value) give you some indications. I found the chart above ... Those numbers are alarming to brick and mortar stores. And just as a comparison, take a look at Amazon valuation.

What went wrong for B&M companies?

#BrickandMortar #valueproposition

Business Basic

1月

8日

In order for the business transaction to take place, seller and buyer both must feel benefit from the transaction. If either party does not feel they are benefitting from the transaction, the transaction will not take place.

It is very interesting that so many people forget this simple rule.

#pspinc #valueproposition

One Step Closer to Automatic Driving

1月

7日

This morning I set the cruise control to 32mph and let the car drive by itself. Other than starting and steering, the car did all the accelerating and breaking. You need a lot of faith!

#SubaruOutbackToring

$300 GoPro vs Look-a-Likes

1月

6日

I looked around for GoPro on the net and look what I found. How do you sell something when your competing products are selling for as much as 98% off your price. There is only so much marketing and branding can do.

#valueproposition

CES ... Novelty Gift Idea

1月

5日

You must have a clear bag when you go to any event in the US. This is to protect people from possible terrorists. As I understand, the novelty gift for CES (Las Vegas) Press people this year is a clear backpack. This will be a good novelty gift.

#pspinc #valueproposition

Beginning of The Year Internet Traffic

1月

4日

This is less than half of what we were exception.
Bigger traffic will be coming on the 10th.

I think the true test will be on the 10th of January (9th is Holiday in Japan 成人の日) to test our servers. Today, there are some people in Japan started to work but no as much.

Even new year and after the golden week in May, we have to watch the servers and traffic very carefully.

#pspinc #valueproposition

Prayer ... Answered

1月

3日

Prayer: I want to go to famous university. Tell me what I need to do.

God: Would you do anything?

Prayer: I will , I will ...

God: "STUDY"

#pompom #valueproposition

Apple Watch ... Charging

1月

3日

I left the watch on the charger for two days then I try ti wear it this morning, only to find out the charges are almost gone. I think Apple Watch stop charging once it's full. That means, if you leave the watch on the charger, it will be out of charge. Interesting design or just a stupid design.

#AppleWatchBug

2017 New Venture

1月

3日

I with three other partners are stating a new venture called USGolfNetwork.com. This is designed as a network of golf enthusiasts who want to network. So, for instance, I am a member at a private golf club which is only open to members and their guests. If you are at member at another golf club. If you can't to play at my club, through this service, you can send me a message to play at my club with me and vise versa.

By have more members at this service, you have a chance to play at many courses s a guest of an member. We started to see if people are interested in this service. If you are, please take a moment to visit the site and register your name. Once we have enough interest and golf courses, we will launch this service.

Thank you.

http://www.usgolfnetwork.com

#GolfersNetwork #USGolfNetwork

Happy New Year 2017

1月

2日

Let's ,make it a great year!!!

#pspinc #valueproposition

Omotenashi - おもてなし

1月

1日

This is my last Bloguru post of 2016.

I was watching a TV and there was a story about Tararaya (Japanese Traditional Inn in Kaori). The owner, Okami, talked about Omotenashi which is Japanese word for hospitality. What she said stack in my mind.

Omotenashi does look like coming from the heart but it comes from the wisdom. If the hospitality comes from the heart, it sometimes comes and sometime it does not. That is not Omotenashi. Moore Ashli must be repeatable and only way it can do so is if it come from the knowledge.

To provide better service, it is not the heart or desire to do so. It must be learned and trained and practiced. That will be something I will think about for 2017.

#valueproposition