I have never been to a Make Meeting. Just BarCamp and Hackerspace. May try Make.
Sunday Nov 08, 2009
Wednesday Sep 09, 2009
Excellent to see BarCamp Yokohama being planned for late November. I will surely participate if I am in town. The event will be held at the Yokohama International School, so education will likely be top of mind (as it should be). We held a BarCamp in Tokyo back in May. This is what it looked like. Hugely successful conference -- organized by the community for the community. All BarCamps are slightly different, so it will be fascinating to see BarCamp Yokohama emerge its own way.
Monday Sep 07, 2009
I stopped by the Tokyo Hackerspace Open House today in Shirokanedai. Really nice day to welcome a new community of hackers, builders, and artists into existence. This space, which is a two story house in Tokyo with a backyard, is a welcome distinction to a virtual world filled with distributed digital networks. Tokyo Hackerspace is local and quite physical, and it grew out the community activities at Tokyo BarCamp in May. It`s very cool. Go to the site. Join the mailing list. Stop by the house. Get involved -- physically.
Tuesday May 26, 2009
Out of all the photos I took at BarCamp Tokyo last week, this is the
most popular image by far -- Hiroshi
Chonan`s computer.
See Hiroshi`s OpenSolaris Live USB Creator (Windows/.NET)
See Hiroshi`s OpenSolaris Live USB Creator (Windows/.NET)
The planning for BarCamp Tokyo Fall 2009
is starting now. I'll be on the organizing team again. We have more
time. We're going bigger. And better. Should be cool. Check back
often. And if you are in Tokyo you can get directly involved. What's
cool about BarCamp is that, quite frankly, no one is special. Instead,
everyone organizes and everyone presents. Everyone is special,
actually. Everyone has something to contribute.
Monday May 18, 2009
Amazing day at BarCamp Tokyo all day Saturday and well into the evening. I got home totally exhausted. This event was wonderful because it was organized by volunteers, the corporate sponsors were interested in supporting the community, everyone cooperated and participated, the talks were diverse and interesting, the venue was cool, and we filled the place with about 100 people from many international and Japanese communities in Tokyo. It`s all about the community. And the community led in every way. Over time we should continue moving in this direction and mixing among as many communities as possible. Tokyo is a very large hub in the global community, no question about it. More here on BarCamp Tokyo.
Monday May 11, 2009
Monday May 04, 2009
If you come to Sun`s Yoga office in Tokyo for OpenSolaris or Linux meetings or the upcoming BarCamp event, it`s really hard to get lost now. I updated the directions with new text and photos.
Saturday May 02, 2009
The planning for BarCamp Tokyo
is coming along nicely. I see over 100 people signed up to attend, and
there is a lot of buzz about who will present during BarCamp on May 16th. The venue is all set, too. There are six
sponsors so far: O'Reilly, Opera Software, Sun Microsystems, Tokyo2Point0, Sapphire Interactive, Fujimamas.
All of us organizing BarCamp greatly appreciate the efforts and
resources those sponsors are contributing to this community effort.
However, there is one last item we need sponsorship for: T-Shirts.
This is a big deal. We need a shirt to wear. And we are really looking
forward to creating an original BarCamp Tokyo t-shirt that blows
people away and makes sponsors proud to be involved. I'm not talking
about some half-baked design just to have a shirt. I'm talking about
something with some style. Something beautiful. Something everyone
wants. Remember, we are building an multi-level international community
in Tokyo -- a community of communities that calls Tokyo home but reaches right
around the world into well-established and emerging markets and interesting new communities. In other
words, it's big. Heck, Tokyo is big enough, but that's not big enough
for us. Tokyo = Global.
So, there you have it. There are sponsorship opportunities open for
companies to get directly involved in BarCamp Tokyo and contribute to
some cool shirts. Interested? Check in with Karamoon (here, here, here). Or leave me a comment here. Or mail me at jimgris at sun dot com.
Saturday Apr 18, 2009
Tokyo BarCamp 2009 will be held on May 16 at Sun Microsystems in Yoga. This is very cool. We`ll be taking over the entire 27th floor of the building for an entire day, so we`ll have some stunning views from every conference room looking out over Tokyo. If you are in Tokyo and into open communities and want to make a difference, check out the wiki and come along. Bring your computer. Open your mind. Share your ideas. Participate. And bring a camera, too. Spread the word.
Friday Apr 10, 2009
There is a BarCamp being organized in Tokyo. Cool. I am looking forward to participating. If you are in Tokyo and will be around at the end of May, go to BarCamp Tokyo 2009 and jump in. I have never been to a BarCamp, but I think the Tokyo community will end up running an interesting conference locally that also extends internationally.
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