Comments on: Report on WordCamp Japan 2009

By: Scott Jarkoff

Scott Jarkoff — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:41:54 +0000

Naoko,

Thanks for stopping by and writing back. Not sure if it was you or not that I am referencing because it was not just one person. There were a couple folks, and unfortunately one thing that bothered me is someone mentioned something under their breath in Japanese, hoping we would not understand, which also was disconcerting.

In any event, I really appreciate if you could relay our concerns to the organizers. I do not want to sound all end-of-the-world-ish because WordCamp was fun to an extent - I probably just had a different idea in my mind about what it would be.

I'll probably come to the next one, whenever that happens to be, and definitely hope you can improve upon the first two.

Best of luck!

By: jmills74

jmills74 — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:07:22 +0000

I was disappointed that no one actually bothered to open up wordpress in real time during a presentation. Following just a ppt slide presentation did get a bit dry.

I think WordCamp needs to inject some fun and excitement into the mix next year.

By: YorickPeterse

YorickPeterse — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:54:35 +0000

Ah well, better next time :)

By: Rich Chuckrey

Rich Chuckrey — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:17:53 +0000

Caught Matt at the podium in black and white.... Nothing else to speak of.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/cnzzeg

By: Scott Jarkoff

Scott Jarkoff — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:22:34 +0000

I do have a couple pictures but they are just of the PowerPoint
presentations so they're quite lame. We did not attend the after-hours
function where pictures opportunities would have been much better.

By: Mom/LorriM

Mom/LorriM — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:26:08 +0000

It's too bad that you didn't get more out of it than you thought you would. ):

Yes, maybe your expectations were too high…but then again…I would probably have expected some of the things you did…various workshops…demonstrations, etc. In any conference or convention I have been to, that is what is the norm.

Ah well, now you know what their Word Camp is like. Maybe those with the power will read this and other reviews, and adjust their mindset and bring more to the table, next time.

By: naokomc

naokomc — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:17:48 +0000

Hi,
I think I am the lady at the registration table that you described. I apologize for what happened at the entrance. We weren't expecting so many people without printet tickets/ID - it was very disorganized process of getting those people in. I really didn't mean to look evil!
Anyways thanks for your honest feedback, I agree with you in many points and I'll make sure to relay them to other organizers.
This is the 2nd WordCamp we held in Tokyo and we obviously have a lot to learn yet. I'm happy to hear that you might still be coming to the next event. I hope we can make it a much better one.

Naoko
http://detlog.org/

By: YorickPeterse

YorickPeterse — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:31:56 +0000

Got any pictures of it ? Quite interested to see them if you guys do have them :)