I met Facebook's co-founder and former CTO (until May this year) Adam D'Angelo yesterday in Tokyo. Adam came to Japan on a private trip. He was "guided" by his long-time friend Matyas who recently graduated from the California Institute of Technology and can speak perfect Japanese!
Although Adam is here just for vacation, I had the pleasure to introduce him to some people in the Japanese web industry. After eating dinner together (we had Kyuushuu ramen in Harajuku), it was time for some Japan tech talk.
I brought Adam and Matyas to this month's Venture Beat event where Hisashi Katsuya from IBM's Venture Capital Division treated them as special guests (thank you very much, Katsuya-san!).
Check out the pictures I made below (click to enlarge).
7/24/2008
Facebook's co-founder taken to Tokyo Venture Beat by yours truly
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3 comments:
Hi Serkan:
Curious what Adam thought about the Japanese web industry? Did he have any comments on Gree, 2Channel, Myspace Japan, Mixi, or any other leaders? Does he think Facebook can build traction in Japan market?
Would love to hear his thoughts.
Robert
I hope he's having a great time in Tokyo and enjoying the weather. Are you taking him to Akihabara? I'm sure it's on the list : )
@uktokyoite
Adam said he is not into gadgets that much (I had the same thought as you though).
@Robert
Adam knew 2chan, Mixi and a couple of other web services but actually was never digging into the details.
And knowing he was here just for vacation, I didn't ask about Facebook, sorry ;).
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