I hope to check out three community events in Tokyo in the next week or so:
- 7/10:
OpenSolaris User Group: ZFS and OpenSolaris Security
- 7/11: Tokyo Linux
User Group: Network Security and ZFS
- 7/13:
Tokyo2Point0: Cloud Computing and Lightning Talks
The timing is good, too. Canon called. They fixed my lens.
Images from Tokyo2Point0 the other night. It was the biggest T2P0 event I`ve been to so far. About 170 people, 10 talks, Web 2.0 developers and entrepreneurs from the international community. Nice to see a lot of Linux guys there and some OpenSolaris guys as well. It`s great to mix communities. I could really use that 1.2 right about now, though. Need a bigger hole in my camera. I`m still shooting at 800 and 1600. Too much grain.
Looks like an excellent lineup for the Tokyo2Point0 community event tomorrow night in Roppongi. There will be six talks on how the web community in Tokyo contributes to the global
environmental effort. Then after those sessions there will be another four jet fast lightning talks about various local web 2.0 projects. It will be a packed night. The six lead talks will be 10 minutes each. The lightning talks will be 5 minutes each. Things will move fast. This will be the second meeting using this
new rapid format. It worked very well last month to keep things jumping and to increase participation.
More info at the Tokyo2Point0
event page. Also see Tokyo2Point0
on Facebook. And see Tokyo2Point0 on Twitter. I tag my T2P0 posts and images here: http://blogs.sun.com/jimgris/tags/tokyo2point0.
I went to my first Beer & Blog community event in Shibuya last night after work. Very cool time. I met a lot of new people from Japan and from a dozen or so other countries, which is normal for these gatherings. There were a lot of entrepreneurs and developers there, and there were a lot of tech conversations as well. Also, some of us were kicking around ideas to build community here in Tokyo by engaging various Japanese and international groups while also extending those efforts by connecting to other communities globally. Interesting stuff. More soon.
See Tokyo Beer & Blog's blog and spaces on Facebook and Twitter. See ya next time around.
The Tokyo2Point0 community gathering was excellent last night. As always. But better, actually. They tried a new format of lots of mini-talks, so the evening was filled with a great deal of content. It was pretty dynamic. And taking pictures in the dark was as challenging as ever, too. I kept walking around looking for anyone who had even a little light on his or her face. I took 250 photos and only these survived. But I met several dozen of Tokyo`s finest entrepreneurs and Web 2.0 developers. It`s quite a diverse and talented international community, I must say. Very cool.
Here are some images from Day Two of the New Context Conference in Tokyo. Day One is here. Today`s conversations were excellent. Lots of discussion about new social and business networks and new applications for the mobile web. I especially liked the exploration of how western companies can do business in Japan, and how Japanese companies can expand in the U.S. throughout various market trends.
I went to Day One of the New Context Conference in Tokyo today. The event was sponsored by Digital Garage and moderated by Joi Ito, and there was a great line up of speakers talking about doing business in an age of communities and open networks. Much of the conversation centered around Japan and the unique business and cultural issues here, but open networks are global so it was interesting to see Japan in that international context. The panel sessions were filled with huge content for web entrepreneurs, participants in social networks, and open content junkies. And the discussions were very comprehensive, too. Most panels just bounce along the surface, but these guys dug deep. Very impressive. Here are a few images ...
Images from the Tokyo2Point0 event last night with iKnow! and the "Social Learning Revolution", Using Press Army to Monitor Social Mentions, and Black Hat. Full report here from Serkan Toto.
Images from the Tokyo2Point0 gathering tonight. Really enjoyed the NetBeans and Lifestream presentations. And it was great meeting everyone and taking pictures as well.
NetBeans will be featured at Tokyo2Point0 Monday night. Stop by if you are in the area. Sun Japan engineer Masaki Katakai
will lead off talking about building Web apps with the open source IDE,
and then there will be a talk about Lifestream replacing the blog
(ouch, that may hit close to home for me). Some
food and drink mixed in, too. Should be fun. 
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