Reflecting on 2023 & Living in 2024

Looking Back on 2022 and Living in 2023 §

• Log: [Reflection on the First Half of 2023], [2023/08], [2023/09], [2023/10]

• Reflecting on what I’ve done

  • This is information to look back on in the future.
  • Things I’ve done
    • First half (January to June)
      • [MIT Reality Hack 2023]
      • Walking and talking in NY with [tkgshn]
      • [Good Hack NYC]
      • [Stanford TreeHacks 2023]
      • [Columbia DevFest 2023]
        • Tweeting about Lorentz
        • Various activities with [Shiv]
      • Joining [CGUI Lab]
        • [FMRG SingleSite ~202310]
        • [CGUI Lab 2023 Summer]
      • [Europe Trip Spring 2023]
        • Behavior when meeting strangers while traveling
      • Phenomenology reading group @ [xrkataribu]
      • DICE New York training
      • Dipping toes into [Almondo]
      • Dipping toes into [Tudle]
      • [Columbia ADI] Committee
      • Cycling
      • Playing at LLM
    • Second half (July to December)
      • Handover and operation of [atelier basi]
      • [Returning to Japan in the summer of 2023]
        • Meeting various people
        • Camp Koyasan on 20230729-0801
        • Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry 1-week internship
        • Harajuku Clothing Store Walk on 20230723, Introduction to Choosing Clothes on 20230726
      • [Bullet trip to Delhi, India on 2023-08-12]
      • cgui
        • [IEEE VR2024 FMRG Paper]
        • [FMRG SingleSite ~202310]
        • [CGUI Lab Research 202310~]
      • [Touring Various Universities/Cities in the United States]
        • Minneapolis, CSCW2023 SV
        • Bay Area stay on 202310, UIST2023 SV, UIST XR and AI Workshop
        • Newport, Providence, Boston stay on 202311 (Thanksgiving)
      • [CHI Study Group 1990s]
      • [Distorted Reality]
      • [Data Structures TA]
      • Dipping toes into uncle’s Ukrainian stuff
      • /ritar-blu3mo
      • [2023/12 early return to Japan]
        • Inami Lab 20th Anniversary
      • [Returning to Japan in the winter of 2023]
  • Thoughts
    • First half
      • [Articulation of Thoughts 2022 - A Discussion on Polymorphic Reality]
        • Polymorphic Reality - Towards a Smoothly Connected Subjective Metaverse
      • [Articulation of Thoughts 2023 - Talking about Virtual Time]
        • Virtual Spacetime: Model, Technology, and Applications of Spacetime without Physical Constraints
      • About life
        • Frustration about pursuing academia in the field of HCI
        • Living in a Way that Clears the Fog of the World
        • Decision-Making Ignoring Frameworks
        • Wanting a life full of various inspirations
        • Decreased Self-Esteem Feeling 20230316
          • Do not avoid verbalizing inspiration to continue to inspire each other
        • Personal relationships
    • Second half
      • [Living in the moment]
      • “Feeling Depressed Every Day” and “Enjoying Life” Can Coexist
      • [Asymmetric Reality]
      • [202312 Life Consideration: Business vs Research]
      • [202308 Fundraising for Research]
      • Discussion on Holding a Reading Group for 1980-90s HCI Papers
      • [20230820 Not in a Hurry to Live/Atlas Shrugged]
  • Academic
    • [Columbia Course Registration 2022 Spring]
    • [Columbia Grades 2023 Spring]
    • [Columbia Course Registration 2023 Fall]
    • [Columbia Grades 2023 Fall]

• [Looking Back on 2022 and Living in 2023], Village Pump 2023 Goals Retrospective

  • Honestly, my connections in NY and within the university didn’t expand much.
    • Though I did meet some interesting people.
  • Instead, I was able to travel to various places across the US and meet people.
    • I was influenced by meeting people who were traveling to various universities/cities in the US and was flying around myself
      • Europe https://twitter.com/blu3mo/status/1637209817579225088
      • San Francisco conference https://twitter.com/blu3mo/status/1718802349907702047
      • MIT VR Hackathon https://twitter.com/blu3mo/status/1613621723819040768
      • Stanford hackathon https://twitter.com/blu3mo/status/1629466704286818305
    • I think it was a way of using time that was only possible because I was attending American universities.
  • I believe I can say that I have achieved my goals (blu3mo)- However, through experiences like temporary returns to my home country, I realized that in Tokyo, I can meet a variety of people.
  • I’m thinking that my immediate goal is to create a similar environment to the United States.

• Also, it’s not good that rather than expanding, the crucial relationships within my university seem to be fading away.

  • Loneliness drives people insane.