TSURUDA Hiroyuki's speech on prayforjapan.jp

Shinobu ENDO 遠藤 忍 @enshino

I'm now at Apple store Ginza and ready to hear the TSURUDA Hiroyuki's speech on prayforjapan.jp.

Shinobu ENDO 遠藤 忍 @enshino

the event is now starting. today, Tsuruda will talk about what happen to him and prayforjapan.jp project. this event is an official event.

Shinobu ENDO 遠藤 忍 @enshino

the title of his speech is "the design process of prayforjapan.jp"

Shinobu ENDO 遠藤 忍 @enshino

"I was in a car driving school in Tochigi pref. there were 80 people, and we all felt anxiety because we can't use mobile phones."

Shinobu ENDO 遠藤 忍 @enshino

"After 14:46, many twitter traffics have been coming to Japan from all over the world. There I found the hashtag '# prayforjapan'."

Shinobu ENDO 遠藤 忍 @enshino

"Seeing the hashtag, I came to think that I want to archive the messages. Therefore, I made the web-site as a reflection."

Shinobu ENDO 遠藤 忍 @enshino

"After I opened the site, I started to collect the touching messages. I made the site for my friends. In fact, the site retweeted."

Shinobu ENDO 遠藤 忍 @enshino

"Many creators asked me to collaborate with the site, and many book editors asked me to publish the site."

Shinobu ENDO 遠藤 忍 @enshino

"At first I felt that I should be careful to publish it, because the paper media is a stable that ones has difficulty of revise."

Shinobu ENDO 遠藤 忍 @enshino

"The theme of earthquake is delicate, so I was worried about the criticism. In fact, many messages of appreciation came to me."

Shinobu ENDO 遠藤 忍 @enshino

"During editing the web-site I came to feel like the web-site were no more 'my web-site'."

Shinobu ENDO 遠藤 忍 @enshino

"I went to Tohoku area with editorial team, and gave the books. I wanted young people to read this, so I went to schools."

Shinobu ENDO 遠藤 忍 @enshino

"What makes me realize were smell and darkness."

Shinobu ENDO 遠藤 忍 @enshino

"Theres supporting members who were about 20 years old. It's not only my work."

Shinobu ENDO 遠藤 忍 @enshino

"I think that the multi language translation is main part of this project. The hashtag was happened overseas, so we should let them know."

Shinobu ENDO 遠藤 忍 @enshino

"After the paper publishing, the eBook app were sold. This apps also include some language versions."

Shinobu ENDO 遠藤 忍 @enshino

"The app also include the piano sound composed by Shintaro TOKITA, a member of Sukima-Switch. On Apr. 1st 2011, he offered me on e-mail."

Shinobu ENDO 遠藤 忍 @enshino

"Not only the words but also pictures are printed, so that we can remember what happen on 3.11 2011."

Shinobu ENDO 遠藤 忍 @enshino

"We also collect and printed pictures pictures and words from overseas because they have once been on the air but people are easy to forget"

Shinobu ENDO 遠藤 忍 @enshino

"I used to think that I haven't been confident to Japan, but through these messages I realized what Japan have done."

Shinobu ENDO 遠藤 忍 @enshino

"Reading this many times, I can remember what the world did to us. The purpose of making this is to remember forever."

Shinobu ENDO 遠藤 忍 @enshino

"The eBook app also introduce the messages from readers of the paper book. All of them are exactly what they wrote."

Shinobu ENDO 遠藤 忍 @enshino

"This project started on the Internet, turned to the paper book, and then became the app through the Internet."

Shinobu ENDO 遠藤 忍 @enshino

"This app has two other characteristics, one is that it is served in multi language, the other is that it can attach contents."

Shinobu ENDO 遠藤 忍 @enshino

"In August 2010, I was in India, where I faced the water flood disaster. There I felt how powerless human are."