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Hacker News Kansai #5: January 25 in Kyoto

19 points by sgdesign 14y ago

sgdesign 14y ago
More info here on the HNKansai site: http://hnkansai.org/ http://hnkansai.org/
sgdesign 14y ago
By the way, we've been having a hard time attracting Japanese audiences to the past meetups, in part because I'm not very familiar with the Japanese tech ecosystem yet (and not speaking Japanese doesn't help…). So if any of you Japan HNers have any suggestions to reach more locals (blogs to contact, people to follow on Twitter, etc.) they'd be very welcome!
- pwim 14y ago
  I did a write-up of my advice on the topic here: http://www.doorkeeperhq.com/event-planning/organizing-an-international-event http://www.doorkeeperhq.com/event-planning/organizing-an-int... For a good overview of tech events going on in Japan, see https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=fvijvohm91uifvd9hratehf65k%40group.calendar.google.com https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=fvijvohm91uifvd9hr... One thing you could do is try to support some local events. Some ideas: * Give a presentation at a local event (English is fine; I can introduce you to event organizers in the design / Ruby community) * Serve as a mentor for a startup weekend - http://startupweekend.jp/ http://startupweekend.jp/ * Participate in this event for event organizers: http://devlove-kansai.doorkeeper.jp/events/2338 http://devlove-kansai.doorkeeper.jp/events/2338 (I'll be presenting in [broken] Japanese) Feel free to follow up with me if you have any more specific questions.
sjm 14y ago
Damn, I just came back from Japan, would've loved to go! Really bummed I missed the Tokyo meetup too. I really fell in love with Japan on my trip and would've loved to find out more about the tech scene over there.
sterling312 14y ago
I don't know what Japanese programmers use for social network, but try making a mixi group for hackers and see if you attract any people.
onlab 14y ago
We will also be doing an event with Github cofounders! http://github-onlab.peatix.com http://github-onlab.peatix.com
- sgdesign 14y ago
  Very cool, I might be able to come!
lowglow 14y ago
Hello from SFHN! We hope to see more from HN Kansai!

19 points by sgdesign 14y ago

More info here on the HNKansai site: http://hnkansai.org/ http://hnkansai.org/

By the way, we've been having a hard time attracting Japanese audiences to the past meetups, in part because I'm not very familiar with the Japanese tech ecosystem yet (and not speaking Japanese doesn't help…). So if any of you Japan HNers have any suggestions to reach more locals (blogs to contact, people to follow on Twitter, etc.) they'd be very welcome!

pwim 14y ago
I did a write-up of my advice on the topic here: http://www.doorkeeperhq.com/event-planning/organizing-an-international-event http://www.doorkeeperhq.com/event-planning/organizing-an-int... For a good overview of tech events going on in Japan, see https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=fvijvohm91uifvd9hratehf65k%40group.calendar.google.com https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=fvijvohm91uifvd9hr... One thing you could do is try to support some local events. Some ideas: * Give a presentation at a local event (English is fine; I can introduce you to event organizers in the design / Ruby community) * Serve as a mentor for a startup weekend - http://startupweekend.jp/ http://startupweekend.jp/ * Participate in this event for event organizers: http://devlove-kansai.doorkeeper.jp/events/2338 http://devlove-kansai.doorkeeper.jp/events/2338 (I'll be presenting in [broken] Japanese) Feel free to follow up with me if you have any more specific questions.

sjm 14y ago

Damn, I just came back from Japan, would've loved to go! Really bummed I missed the Tokyo meetup too. I really fell in love with Japan on my trip and would've loved to find out more about the tech scene over there.

sterling312 14y ago

I don't know what Japanese programmers use for social network, but try making a mixi group for hackers and see if you attract any people.

onlab 14y ago

We will also be doing an event with Github cofounders! http://github-onlab.peatix.com http://github-onlab.peatix.com

sgdesign 14y ago
Very cool, I might be able to come!

lowglow 14y ago

Hello from SFHN! We hope to see more from HN Kansai!