What a year.. for those of you who have been here, and to many friends from overseas, our most sincere and humble thanks for your continued kind support during these difficult times. The Bonenkai season is upon us, but we’d suggest all the vodka in Russia – plus all the tequila in Mexico – would still not be nearly enough for us to ever forget 2011.
That said.. we have a super gathering planned, details below, and are looking forward to welcome you on Weds. Dec. 14th. There will be Plenty of food, more than enough ‘spirits’ and some great door prizes too, awaiting everyone at our year-end event. Special Thanks here to NAVTEQ for sponsoring and to our good friends at Bievanna for hosting this gig.
Date: Wednesday, December 14th from 7pm – 11pm
Venue: BierVana :: GMAP
Fee: 2,000 JPY – Registration Required – a serious deal, even at twice the price.. 8-)
We have two local rising stars confirmed to give ‘lighting talks’ followed by hands-on demo action. The team from remembAR.me, winners at Tokyo Startup Weekend earlier this year, and Kawabata-san from AdLib, aka @Kabayan of Bar Android fame, with his ToneConnect application that just won Silicon Valley Award at A3 Together competition.
We’re also thrilled to welcome Ashish Bedekar, APAC Partner Relationship Manager, at NAVTEQ who will share details on the NAVTEQ Network for Developers which empowers application developers with the knowledge and resources needed to create the hottest, most differentiated location-based products. Access technical resources, support and business development services to build and market location apps for Web, mobile, automotive, GIS and enterprise markets worldwide. Join for free via www.NN4D.com.
An energetic delegation, led by MoMo Vancouver supporting team at WaveFront, will be in-town to attend MCPC Mobile Solutions Fair and meet various local players. See the links for in-bound group below and join us – ‘come as your are & pay as you go’ – for a friendly few frosty pints and optional yummy hot buffet at friends and family rate.
Absolute Software - absolutesoftware.com
AirG - www.airG.com
C-Com - c-comsat.com
ConceptWave - conceptwave.com
Fixmo - fixmo.com
Netweeper - netsweeper.com
Pravala - pravala.com
Vivity Labs - xtremelabs.com
Wavefront - wavefrontac.com
Xtreme labs Inc. - xtremelabs.com
Note: All MoBros in Japan are Most Welcome = 1 MooseHead for each 'stauche!
Date: Monday, November 28th
Open: 7 - 11pm
Venue: BierVana :: GMAP
Fee: 1,000 JPY - includes 1 drink ticket, optional buffet and Super People!
Please Register in Advance - Or pay 2,000 JPY at the door
Welcome back, trust you've had a break from the sweltering season and look forward to another fantastic MoMo Tokyo event: Ready, Set.. Show!
No Presentations = All Hands-on Action.. 8-)
We have decided to run an Exhibition Mixer on our 7th anniversary, with an open invite for energetic App Developers to demo their 'warz face-to-face via huge table-top pods in the downtown coolness of Super-Deluxe. We have a few teams confirmed and estimate space for another 10 more talented players to jump into the mix. Should be Good Fun..
Calling All App Developers.. Step Right This Way!
If your group wants a Show & Tell spot then Contact Us Here with some profile details and we'll be sure to post the full line-up in the coming weeks. Meanwhile, if you are looking for where the action is now, and where it's going, suggest you Register Below and head down to see the best product on offer and meet with the bright folks who are making that future happen. We'll be thrilled to see you all there.. party hats optional!
Date: Monday, 12 Sept. 2011
Running Time: 19:00 – 23:00
Venue: Super Deluxe :: GMAP
Fee: 1,000 JPY with Advance Registration – OR – 2,000 JPY at the door
Includes: 1-drink and plenty of hands-on fun with occasional bling potential.. 8-)
As you know it's been a most difficult and challenging time for so many people in Japan, our thoughts and prayers continue for those in the most affected areas. Sincere thanks to all, here and abroad, who have reached out with kind words and offers of support during this crisis. We were prepared to announce our April event on March 14th, clearly a delay required on that plan. We are now calling all tribes for get together on June 13th.
There are countless efforts underway here the last few months, and plenty of important work still lays ahead. After a fair amount of internal discussion, to consider how best to proceed in this extraordinary situation, we've decided to begin with an open-mic platform for 'flash-talk' styled presentations by those with related projects to raise awareness and support for their on-going contributions. Here are a couple of quick examples:
The Foreign Volunteers of Japan was created to engage with the energetic international network in Japan to do volunteer work in the wake of this tragedy. They are an open charity group and have been very active with aid delivery, and humanitarian relief efforts during the post-tsunami recovery of the Tohoku region. They have also kindly arranged for a Free 1st round of Murphy's in exchange for your most considerate donation. We therefore now declare that a New Murphys Law is in order!
We also note the Hack For Japan network has a super range of industry partners and do hope to have some of that team attending in order for the community to connect with. Meanwhile, there is plenty of info online for their activities to-date.
Looking at the calendar; July 11th is a Monday night and 4-month anniversary of the disaster. With this date in mind, it's our sincere hope that we can - working together - plan a significant event for that evening. So, consider this an Open Call for all able and interested parties who would like to step forward to participate in any way possible. 8-)
Date: Monday, 13 June 2011
Running Time: 19:00 – 23:00
Open Mic. Talks: 19:30 – 20:00
Networking: 20:00 – Close
Venue: BierVana :: GMAP
We are back and Hopping for 2011 with our first event scheduled to explore the latest voice tools for apps – complete with fantastic food & beverages – full details below. Mark your calendar for Feb. 7th and be sure to Register in Advance – space is limited.
Meanwhile, your faithful organizers are planning a private little Shinnenkai on Jan. 31st to hoist a few pints and set our schedule for the upcoming season. We are always open to welcome new ‘Ambassadors’ so Contact Us if you’d like the become a Friend of MoMo!
Open to all developers, the Nuance Mobile Developer Program (NMDP) creates a unique opportunity in the mobile developer ecosystem to power any application with Nuance’s proven, best-in-class Dragon NaturallySpeaking voice recognition technology. A first for the speech industry, NMDP provides access to our commercially renowned and proven speech platform via the Dragon Mobile SDK – for free. So any developer, anywhere in the world can tap into the power of the Dragon Mobile SDK and literally speech-enable their app within minutes!
In joining NMDP, developers have access, free-of-charge, to easy-to-integrate pre-packaged wrappers and widgets for simple application customization, all through a self-service website that is customized to meet the needs of developers big and small. Developers also have access to an on-line community forum for support, a variety of code samples and full documentation. And, once an NMDP developer has integrated the SDK into their application, Nuance provides 90 days of free access to the cloud-based speech services to validate the power of speech recognition on their application.
Aaron Masih – Director, Global Business Development, Mobile – Nuance
Aaron Masih leads business development efforts worldwide for Nuance’s Mobile connected solutions, including the Nuance Mobile Developer Program (“NMDP”). During his tenure, he has been responsible for creating broad-reaching solution strategies around customer care using Nuance’s hosted services. His primary focus is identifying opportunities for integrating voice recognition technologies into both existing and emerging mobile applications. Masih received his Masters of Business Administration in Finance at Georgia State University in 1997, and hold a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems from Clemson University.
We are thrilled to have Aaron visiting from the US to present these products in person and interact with the Mobile Monday Tokyo community. Bring a friend – Cya Soon.. 8-)
Theme: Dragon Voice Apps
Date: Monday, 7 Feb. 2011 :: 19:00 – 23:00
Venue: BierVana :: GMAP
Admission: 1,000 JPY with Advance Registration – OR – 2,000 JPY at the door
Expecting Food & Drinks, Outdoor Patio, a Massive Screen and Great People!