ultragaijin
03-12-2003, 01:30 PM
How did I miss this? If anyone hears about the next one, please post the info here too. :wink:
Hunkabutta (http://www.hunkabutta.com/) has the lowdown and Tokyo Shoes (http://www.tokyoshoes.com/blog/) has a short Blog party de-brief (http://www.tokyoshoes.com/blog/archives/000045.html). Also some photos (http://www.in-duce.net/ad/Tokyo_Bloggers_Party_01).
It was a party of intimate strangers. More than a few people commented that it felt strange to meet a person for the first time yet to know so much about their personal lives, kind of like getting caught being a peeping Tom.
It's easy to get discouraged when you maintain a weblog. You end up doing a lot of work and sometimes you wonder if it's really worth it, or if anyone out there really gives a damn. That's why on Friday people were reveling in the positive reinforcement. It made me feel all warm and fuzzy to see the look of abashed surprise on people's faces when someone would say to them, "Oh you do XXXXX.com, I love that site. My father back in the US visits it every day."
There were a lot of luminaries from the foreigner Internet/computing community in attendance. I tried to meet everyone, but I don't think that I did. Here are the sites of a few of the bloggers who were there:
http://www.hunkabutta.com/
http://www.tokyoshoes.com
http://www.in-duce.net
http://www.stuartwoodward.com
http://www.consumptive.org/weblog/blog.html
http://www.jjcha.net/japan/index.shtml
http://www.scw.nu
http://www.easterwood.org/hmmn
http://www.souzouzone.jp/blog
http://www.antipixel.com
http://www.tokyotidbits.com
http://www.donkeymon.net/donkeymon
http://www.sushicam.com/
http://www.mediatinker.com/blog/
http://www.domodomo.com/
http://www.wirefarm.com/
http://www.dd.t4ac.com
http://www.tokyowriter.com/blog
http://www.zousan.com/blog/
http://www.azuen.net/~seth/biginjapan
Hunkabutta (http://www.hunkabutta.com/) has the lowdown and Tokyo Shoes (http://www.tokyoshoes.com/blog/) has a short Blog party de-brief (http://www.tokyoshoes.com/blog/archives/000045.html). Also some photos (http://www.in-duce.net/ad/Tokyo_Bloggers_Party_01).
It was a party of intimate strangers. More than a few people commented that it felt strange to meet a person for the first time yet to know so much about their personal lives, kind of like getting caught being a peeping Tom.
It's easy to get discouraged when you maintain a weblog. You end up doing a lot of work and sometimes you wonder if it's really worth it, or if anyone out there really gives a damn. That's why on Friday people were reveling in the positive reinforcement. It made me feel all warm and fuzzy to see the look of abashed surprise on people's faces when someone would say to them, "Oh you do XXXXX.com, I love that site. My father back in the US visits it every day."
There were a lot of luminaries from the foreigner Internet/computing community in attendance. I tried to meet everyone, but I don't think that I did. Here are the sites of a few of the bloggers who were there:
http://www.hunkabutta.com/
http://www.tokyoshoes.com
http://www.in-duce.net
http://www.stuartwoodward.com
http://www.consumptive.org/weblog/blog.html
http://www.jjcha.net/japan/index.shtml
http://www.scw.nu
http://www.easterwood.org/hmmn
http://www.souzouzone.jp/blog
http://www.antipixel.com
http://www.tokyotidbits.com
http://www.donkeymon.net/donkeymon
http://www.sushicam.com/
http://www.mediatinker.com/blog/
http://www.domodomo.com/
http://www.wirefarm.com/
http://www.dd.t4ac.com
http://www.tokyowriter.com/blog
http://www.zousan.com/blog/
http://www.azuen.net/~seth/biginjapan