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Creating International Communities in Japan

Creating International Communities in Japan

Paul McMahon

October 20, 2012
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  1. 7 of 8 Top Ruby Contributors in Japan Nobuyoshi Nakada

    Japan Yui Naruse Japan Usaku Nakamura Japan Akira Tanaka Japan Koichi Sasada Japan Eric Hodel USA Motohiro Kosaki Japan Shugo Maeda Japan http://twitpic.com/b5acae
  2. José Valim Poland Jeremy Kemper USA Aaron Patterson USA David

    Heinemeier Hansson USA Xavier Noria Spain Santiago Pastorino Uruguay Josh Peek USA Josh Leighton UK Top 8 Rails Contributors in 5 Countries http://contributors.rubyonrails.org/
  3. Japanese 50% English 50% Japanese + International Speaker 3. Invite

    Japanese + International Speaker Japanese 53% English 47% Japanese Speaker Only Japanese 42% English 58% International Speaker Only
  4. Your Turn • Involve existing communities • International + Japanese

    Speaker • At a conventional location • Beer
  5. International Tokyo Dev Communities • http://startupweekend.jp/ • http://www.mobilemonday.jp/ • http://ninjava.doorkeeper.jp/

    • http://www.tokyorails.org/ • http://tlug.jp/ • http://hntokyo.doorkeeper.jp/ • http://www.meetup.com/TokyoiOSMeetup/