Hello all, I'm back from Japan and here are some of my digested thoughts.... -- Big big thank you to Ken (http://www.coldfusionlab.com), Tetsuo (JCFUG), the fine folks of Sirius, and the dozens of Japanese CFers I had the pleasure of meeting and talking code with. -- My first business day there was a 12 plus hour meeting with Fox Japan (as some of you may know I work for 20th Century Fox) to discuss lessons learned about entertainment and the internet. Bottom Line: Japan is behind the US on the net because of many infrastructure and social roadblocks, but that's changing for the better. In the mean time, Japan (as with Europe) is really going to town with wireless (internet cell phone). -- On the second day, I attended a meeting put on by Allaire's Japanese Partner Sirius. It was principally a Spectra sales presentation, but it drew 450! Everyone was very happy and impressed with the strong interests in Spectra and also Allaire. Here's a cool picture: http://spectra.sirius.co.jp/forum/ Thankfully I'm not in the picture. -- The third day I gave an hour presentation to JCFUG (the after party lasted many hours, with many great conversations). I was asked to speak on three topics... 1) The American CF community: They where blown away with how large and influential our community is, but more importantly that it's "all" done for FREE. That fact that we help each other out in the name of good code (not always for the buck) is something that they want very much to take hold in Japan. 2) FuseBox: My presentation focused mainly on the "why" of Fusebox, and lightly covered the "how". Well, it's my pleasure to announce that within a week of my "why" talk, a group of programmers are circulating a Japanese ppt that explains the "how" in more detail. I working on getting my copy translated and I'll share it with the group once done. Not sure if there will be much to share, I'm told the source of inspiration is Jordan Clark's very fine ppt. 3) FuseDocs: There was great hunger for Hal's FuseDocs and I'm sure it's already being used by one of the attendees. Hal, the programmers wanted me to thank you for this one :-) 3a) Our dinner party also revealed a strong interest in FuseUML. UML is used a great deal by many of the programmers. There will be many inspiring updates coming from Japan in the next year. As I learn about them or participate in them, I'll tell the group. Thanks much for making the CF community what it is.... A great place to be. Rick Moon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
