By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
The YAPC Asia in Tokyo ended yesterday. Unfortunately, I couldn’t attend (and try to understand as a Non-Techie) all presentations: I was simply too busy.Next year, I will be there again (here is my former post on the event). On Monday, I will be attending the JUI 2008 conference in Tokyo...
Following the tokyo2point0 event the day before yesterday, I took part in the Yet another Perl conference (aka YAPC Asia) in Tokyo today. The event which will go on for one more day is taking place on the Tokyo Institute of Technology campus in Ookayama. The YAPC Asia is a HUGE conference: A...
300 people attended what is sure to be one of the biggest get-togethers of bloggers in Akihabara, Tokyo’s (no: the world’s) geek paradise, yesterday. I took part as the only gaijin in the room ;). The 3-hour conference which is named “スタート×キッカケ×ブログ” (“start x chance x...
Last Wednesday, I attended an event at the Tokyo 21 c Business Club in Marunouchi focusing on the relatively fresh Japanese web service iknow! (link leads to an English page). iknow! is marketed as a social learning web service for Japanese users interested in studying English. On the site...
I was invited to take part in the so-called “Venture Beat Monthly Networking” party in Harajuku/Tokyo on this past Wednesday. The event is organized by a couple of influential IT organizations such as CNET Japan or IBM Japan. Hisashi “Sam” Katsuya from the latter company...
Last week, CNET Japan held a Tech venture contest and a total of 10 companies were awarded with prices. The event drew a lot of attention in the Japanese web and IT world. Companies awarded which have an English website (unfortunately only three do): – Community Engine(development of network...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry