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Bringing J-Bloggers Together
Posted on 03. Feb, 2009 by Koichi.
On Saturday (that’s Sunday, Japan time though), eduFire hosted a J-blogger meetup for Japan-related bloggers located all over the world. Of course, eduFire is not a website that puts together virtual conferences. There was an educational aspect to this meetup as well (I swear!), and everyone (from J-bloggers, to non-bloggers, to wannabe bloggers) could attend and learn.
Although the conference was organized beforehand, had a presentation (on great Wordpress plugins for your blog), and had an agenda, the best part were all the spontaneous discussions. Someone would ask a question about blogging, J-blogging, Japan, etc., and there were always a few people that had a good answer. Everyone came away knowing more than they did three hours earlier (that’s right, it went on for three hours!), and I know several participants were inspired to start their own blogs up as well.
Here is a list of the Bloggers that joined us. I highly recommend you check out their blogs / websites!
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- Koichi (Tofugu)
- Deas (Rocking in Hakata)
- Carlie (GoddessCarlie)
- Louis (Xorsyst)
- Brett (Rainbowhill’s Language Lab)
- Nick (JapanSoc)
- Chris (NihongoNotes)
- Michael (MichaelDowney)
- Shane (Nihon Sun)
- Jason (Jason’s Advs in Rural Japan)
- Tae Kim (Tae Kim’s Guide to Japanese)
- Dave (The Ramen Blues)
- Jonas (Yonasu.com)
- Kirk (Jamaipanese)
Thank you everyone for attending, it was great to have you!
