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 blog") was perfectly organized by Japanese staffing and recruitment company Pasona Tech.
The presentations and panel discussions were held completely in Japanese by a total of 9 high-profile bloggers, two of which I know personally. Topic-wise, the event was centered on different aspects of writing popular blogs: reasons, motivation, hints, problems, how is blogging connected with the speakers' jobs etc.
The conference was divided into three sections (please note that all following links are in Japanese):
Session 1:
Presentation by Chika Watanabe (blog)
Session 2:
Panel discussion led by Motohiko Tokuriki (blog)
Panelist: Hiroumi Mitani (blog)
Panelist: Jin Uehara (blog)
Panelist: Waren Oshou (blog)
Session 3:
Panel discussion led by Takamichi Horikawa (blog)
Panelist: Etsuo Ohashi (blog)
Panelist: Masatake E. Hori (blog)
Panelist: Mitsutoshi Masuda (blog)
Pictures: Blogger event in Akihabara, April 19th, 2008 (click to enlarge)
4/20/2008
Report: 300 blogger conference in Akihabara/Tokyo
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3 comments:
Good shots of the event! It's great you covered it Serkan... would have been Tokyo's biggest Otaku secret of the year!
Any chance they recorded the sessions and deliver over Youtube soon as they do elsehwere in the World. Or will they keep it under the hood as usual?
Hey LD,
Good question. I researched a bit on the web and couldn't find anything.
I know some people involved in the event and will ask them.
What I know is the event was taped from being to finish with a video camera installed in the front rows.
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