With a business leader who loves ThinkPad, by exploring "what kind of being" for them, this project "I heard from a business leader" I asked the business leader to unravel the reason that ThinkPad is synonymous with business PCs.I and ThinkPad].
This time, this time, we talked to Multi Creator Terui Okura, and while working as an official instructor of Adobe, "Parallel Career", including actresses, designers, Japanese dancers, cooking researchers, and vocational school lecturers.Her career and work style that can be used in many fields so that it can not fit.She also got involved with ThinkPad there, and she dug carefully.
── I have been doing a very diverse job, but first of all, please tell me about Adobe's work.How did you become an instructor?
Currently, I am an official instructor for Adobe, but originally a member at events and exhibitions started.I was in the employment ice age generation and heard a lot of difficulties in my friends, so I had an actress job, and I thought it was impossible to work for a company.Therefore, in addition to PC operation and design so that you can use your skills to do a good job even in a single shot, we also have a skill to speak in public.At first, I got a job in an order like "IT skills and Photoshop and Illustrator, and those who can do MCs", which was about 20 years ago.
I have been doing MC and narration work for a long time, but I think I often got the job on the premise that I have IT skills.I can't send PowerPoint files by e -mail ... At that time, when I said, "I would make data myself and operate it!"did.
As I continued my job, I received a story from Adobe, "I want you to help in the company."However, since I had already worked at that time, I came to the present in the form of outsourcing.He has been working for more than 15 years and has never been an employee, but he has knowledge from past products and looks like living in the company (laughs).
──What form of IT skills?
I studied on my own since I was a student, and I used it down IT skills until I broke my PC myself.
Classes using a PC started in junior high school, and I touched it once and thought, "Oh, this is interesting," so I wondered how to buy a PC myself, I made money and saved the money.I went in the direction of buying it myself.I exchanged parts for more and easier PCs, and assembled my own PC.At that time, PC magazines were in their heyday, so I raised the CPU clock with reference to many books.
Since I was quite small, I had the idea of "standing up with my skills" and "I don't betray myself", and I always have the consciousness of "earning with my skills". I think.
──What was your job other than IT -related work started?
Originally, when I was little, I started learning ballet at the age of three to be very weak and a little stronger.However, schools tended to take a day off, and it was difficult to work for a long time just like people, and when I was thinking about how to do it in a short time, I was a junior high school homework.Let's investigate the occupation. "So, I went to a ballet teacher and asked me to write a report.Then you will start to make money while helping you as a disciple.
Then, I decided to do ballet as it was, and I went to the Kanto International High School Theater Department (currently a closed department) with ballet classes, but when I got injured and took an X -ray, "There is a malformed on the bones of the feet. "She was impossible to stand at the forefront of her as a ballerina, and she went to the actress path.In the stage work, we sometimes make flyers, etc., so I originally liked drawing, so I studied Photoshop and Illustrator on my own, and then prepared for a website and distribution server.I launched a video distribution service with me, and did various things.
I learned Japanese dance in high school classes.In order to become an actress, I thought that Japanese dance was necessary to acquire the beauty of everyday work.Isn't it completely different between Western dance and Nippon Mai?You may have the impression that, but in fact, the opposite is the same, and there are many common parts of the body or position.I think this was something I noticed only because I was doing both deeply.
─ You have been teaching at a vocational school, what are you teaching?
I am a part -time lecturer at the Tokyo actor / movie & broadcasting school in Nishikasai.At first I taught actor eggs with the teacher about the Japanese dance.When the teacher died and the school looked at me, it was said that "I'm doing a lot of Adobe seminars, who are it?"。
Both students ask me to tell me what kind of technology would be a strength, but "It's important to be a specialist, but more than one in different industries like me.If you have skills, you can create new focus and imagination with synergistic effects, and if you take advantage of the skills you have acquired, you can become a strong person on the site. "So, of course, not only the technique of appearance, but I think that you can solve as much as you want, not just remembering the operation, but if you have ideas, ideas, and knowledge to support them.
─ From here on, I would like to talk about ThinkPad.When was it used first?
I was a high school student.There was a PC that my parents bought at home, but I didn't have a PC that I could use freely, so before I made my own PC, I bought a notebook PC at that time.That was "ThinkPad" of Lenovo (then IBM).
で す ね What are the reasons you chose ThinkPad and why you've been using it.
I really like ThinkPad's "red potch".When I touched and operated at a mass retailer, I chose a track point because I thought it was best.Also, at that time, various applications were pre -installed on the PC, but it was very disturbing and I didn't want to do uninstalling work.Of the laptops lined up at the store, it was the simplest and less waste.
Also, basically I don't use a mouse, but it's faster to learn the keyboard shortcut than to operate it with a mouse.And when I designed it, I used a pen tablet, so I used it as a mouse.Since it is operated in a short -cut style with a pen on the right hand and left hand, it feels very wasteful when you switch to the mouse.
In that case, with this "red potch", you can operate it as it is, and it will be easier to carry.
There was a time when I used other manufacturers' products, but because of the processing speed and ease of use when doing business -related office work, it is now calm to ThinkPad.It's been about 20 years since I started using it.
I use MacBook Pro for design, so I can of course use trackpads.But after all, if there is a "red potch", the calmness is different, or the sense of distance from the home position on the keyboard is best.The finger is always placed on this "red potch", and the cursor is operated almost in this.
─ What kind of work do you currently use ThinkPad?
I mainly use it for office work.Of course, Office also has a Mac OS version, but there is a sense of incongruity in detail.After all, Windows feels lighter in office work.In addition, school teaching materials are made with ThinkPad.Since the school's PC is Windows, I want to take a screenshot in a UI that is as close as possible to the students, and I can use "red potch" in terms of ease of creating materials.
──I'm doing various jobs, how do you manage each data?
Basically, all of the data with large capacity is shared in the cloud.You use Adobe Creative Cloud, Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive, Google Drive, etc.We switch this cloud account for each work and support it.
Rough work is divided between Windows and Mac OS.My official task is MacBook, and the work and office work of the company are ThinkPad.However, in the case of design work, the idea that came up with it is quite important, so I try to open the data in either.
──What kind of style does Okura usually work?
My work style is different from working in the company, so I manage my own time, but I don't think it makes sense to keep doing that job when I'm not very reluctant.For example, I'm not good at office work, so when I don't care, I learn the script, study cooking, and study design.And when you come up with it, return to work!That way, you will be able to work without getting tired all day.
─ How did you work before Corona?
In front of Corona, there were many business trips.At the time of the most, I was standing about 300 times a year at lectures, stages, seminars, etc., and sometimes I could only return three days a month.There was a time when "Adobe's travel performers" had been said for a long time (laughs).Because it was such a life, it is a completely different life from reading the script while traveling, preparing for the next seminar, and making it a completely different life after the corona.And I think you are.
─ If you have any tips to switch the work mode, switch on to turned on well!
Well, it's best to think about what you are doing and how to rest.I'm always thinking about something in other genres, because I'm always thinking about something.For example, if the design is boiled down, you will naturally check the contents of the refrigerator and start cooking.Cooking and design are close to creative directions, so they are quite useful for ideas!
──Mr. Okura works without ending a lot of favorite things as a hobby.Why did you become such a lifestyle?
Well, when I was sick, there was a story about living until I was 20 years old.What I was interested in when I was in good physical condition was to do it now!I can't believe it now (laughs).
I have only one time, so I don't want to give up any egoysticks, why not do everything I want to do?Always ask yourself.I was conscious of believing in myself without breaking, doing what I wanted to do and what I was interested in working, and providing enough quality to get the price.
Instead of just working, don't end as a hobby, "How do you want to do what you want to do?"So, I was trying to go deep to the deepest.
In this way, I knew PCs, designs, Japanese dance, cooking, and various things, and the range of expression and work was expanding steadily.Having a side job other than the main business is called "parallel carrier", but I work because it is not a side job but a "double job" or a quad carrier.
Even if you take a detour in a different career, it is all about what you have been working on seriously, so I think it is important to use it.。
── Finally, please tell us what ThinkPad is for Okura.
It's my own notebook PC that I saved and bought for the first time, so it's the closest PC.At the same time, I think it is the most attachment PC.It is hard to break even if you carry it, and recently it has become thinner and lighter.It is indispensable because it can be used with confidence even if you carry it in a carry bag.For me, ThinkPad is a tool that makes your limbs.
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