I had the honor of meeting with a delegation from Fukuoka, Japan this morning at Microsoft's Executive Briefing Center. Part of the delegation represents the Ruby Business Commons, one of the largest Ruby SIGs in Japan (> 500 people as of August 2008). They were here to talk to us about Ruby, its impact in Fukuoka, and how we can work together to help promote Ruby and IronRuby in the IT industry in Fukuoka.
It was a challenging meeting since everything had to be done through a translator (who did a remarkable job). They had some great questions and suggestions for how we can work together to help promote Ruby in the Enterprise in Japan. I'm looking forward to seeing what we can do together to help spread the love.
awesome news
Posted by: brainopia | September 18, 2008 at 09:53 PM
The Beer bash afterwards is always the best part :) I'm based in Fukuoka, but don't speak Japanese either, so I don't get much from the conferences. But did get a chance to meet Matz at one a few months back.
Posted by: riki | September 19, 2008 at 12:10 AM
Damn, wish I knew about this group when I was in Fukuoka this past summer! Will have to check em out next time I visit.
Any URLs to event calendars or anything similar?
Posted by: Ben Smith | September 19, 2008 at 09:44 AM
Thank you so much!I really enjoyed talking to you.
Please keep in touch and help us and work together for Ruby and Love.
Looking forward to seeing you again.
Posted by: Chisa | September 21, 2008 at 05:32 AM
This is awesome news!
Posted by: Michael Bach | September 24, 2008 at 04:46 PM