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...
I guess there is no doubt that in a couple of years, the link between Television and the web will be much stronger than it is now. Here in Japan, TV sets featuring direct Internet access are expected to be sold as early as next year. In preparation of this move, manufacturers and web TV providers...
There is a huge interest in Japanese geek and otaku culture in the west and I feel it is even growing. Now, one of the most influential and famous geek blogs of this country, Netafull, decided to establish an English version. In my “Top 50 blogs of Japan” ranking from January, Netafull...
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...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry