2 ms·
See The Verge article Japan's digital content struggles: the country of the future remains stuck in the past[0] for more on Japan's love-hate relationship with
by w1ntermute 14y ago
See The Verge article Japan's digital content struggles: the country of the future remains stuck in the past[0] for more on Japan's love-hate relationship with new technology.
Anecdotes like "A decade ago, Tamagoya tried to shift to online sales of its bento lunches, but business suffered" suggest to me that a digital interface to faxes using tablets (for writing) might be quite popular in Japan among those who do want to move away from faxes. Just because the person you're communicating with needs faxes so they get warm, fuzzy feelings while ordering their lunch doesn't mean your own business efficiency has to suffer as well.
0: http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/15/3628376/japan-digital-content-ecosystem-hulu-country-future http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/15/3628376/japan-digital-con...
- kevin_rubyhouse 14y agoI agree. And companies are trying to digitize the faxes, like NTT, "the giant domestic telephone company... It is offering services that allow older Japanese to use their fax machines to send messages to their children’s and grandchildren’s smartphones, where they appear as attachments to e-mails." That's found in the last paragraph of the article.
- w1ntermute 14y agoYeah, I saw that. I think the option of replying with a handwritten message is important though. Otherwise you're stuck with sending typewritten stuff, which might negatively affect your business if you're selling to elderly Japanese people.