The Fukuoka Ruby Delegation

18. Sep, 2008 5 Comments

Me with the Delegation from Fukuoka, Japan at the EBC

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.

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5 Responses to “The Fukuoka Ruby Delegation”

  1. brainopia 18. Sep, 2008 at 9:53 pm

    awesome news

  2. riki 19. Sep, 2008 at 12:10 am

    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.

  3. Ben Smith 19. Sep, 2008 at 9:44 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?

  4. Chisa 21. Sep, 2008 at 5:32 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.

  5. Michael Bach 24. Sep, 2008 at 4:46 pm

    This is awesome news!