January 18, 2003
Tokyo Movable Type Users Meetup
Totally new world for me, but many very interesting people. I'm excited to meet people in such a different circle than my work. Here is Hunkabutta Mike (my banner comes from his amazing photo selection on his site) and Nadine who runs tokyoshoes.com. They talked of organizing a blog gathering. I'll definitely join. It was good to hear how they got involved in all this. Then there is Ben and Mina Trott making a speech and a closer photo of them. They are super friendly and sincere. I told them how I had not even heard of a blog until a couple months ago and how I use my phone to send pictures to mine. They were planning to visit Disney Sea while here! The last pic is Sen Nagata. We were in the same grade at ASIJ. Such a small small world. Sounds like he is involved in some pretty interesting projects. I hope to catch up more and hear about his plans. I also met Cameo Wood but I didn't get a picture of us. We should be meeting up later though...
Met several bicultural folks and heard about this site:
http://www.chanpon.org/.
I know this makes sense for a lot of people too, but chanpon is my most comfortable language. English だけ or Japanese だけは 何か ものたりないよね。
Posted by Mie at January 18, 2003 07:06 PMMie,
I was so excited to see the pictures you posted of us, they are great. Your site is fabulous. I must get a photo phone. Mike and I will plan the bloggers outing soon and let you know the details.
Nadine
Posted by: Nadine at January 19, 2003 12:40 PMhello mie,
caught your link from the above (mike and nadine's)sites...thanks for the chanpon link. it will be useful as i'm planning to teach in tokyo in march and am currently trying to learn as much about it, and japan, before departing.
cool site, especially your use of the phone/camera=phoneblog??...will it be the next blog trend? stay tuned, more to follow with news at six...
milan, in cda
Posted by: milan at January 19, 2003 08:30 PMHi Nadine,
It was great to meet you and I certainly look forward to our gathering(s). Not just for sharing ideas and blog discussions, but you know, for Tokyo fun!
Mie
Hi Milan,
I'm thrilled that my site actually helps! I do this because it's so much fun but it's great to get feedback. March, eh? You're in for a trip! Good Luck!
Mie
Hi Mie,
Great site- found it via Hunkabutta. I'm moving to Tokyo in April so I'm hoping by then the Tokyo blogger group will have taken off :)
Save a seat for me.
Gen
Posted by: Gen Kanai at January 22, 2003 03:52 AMHi Gen,
Looking forward to meeting you in April (but you're just gonna miss the sakura, no?). Sounds like you're already involved in lots! I've got so much to learn so I'll definitely be eagerly participating in the meetings...
And thanks for linking my site : )
Posted by: Mie at January 22, 2003 05:56 PMI wish I was there with you guys.I am somewhere far away on this earth.
How small this world is right in terms of talking but how big and wide it is for us to meet.
Posted by: Internet Intelligence at September 1, 2003 04:20 PM