Hacker News Tokyo Community Meetup

I maintain the list of offline Hacker News communities.[1]

I have one Japan group.[2] Is it you guys? Otherwise, I'd like to add your permanent page to the list.

[1] https://github.com/antontarasenko/hacker-news-groups [2] https://www.facebook.com/Tokyo-Hacker-News-Community-1696102...

jason_tko 8 years ago | |

Hi there! Thanks for doing this.

Yes, confirmed - however we announce the meetups on these pages:

Meetup.com https://www.meetup.com/Hacker-News-Tokyo-Japan/

Doorkeeper https://hntokyo.doorkeeper.jp/

sdrothrock 8 years ago | | |

What are the meetups usually like, content-wise? Another user commented that they seem more like mixers -- is there any scheduled content at all?

jason_tko 8 years ago | | |

We have announcements in the middle for around 15 minutes where anyone can stand up and say something to everyone.

Aside from that, it’s a pretty free flowing, friendly mixer event.

RyanHamilton 8 years ago | | |

I went to this event a year or two ago, I happened to be passing through japan. It's a very friendly event, real mix of different tech / startup presentations. Would highly recommend it if you're in the area :)

ValentineC 8 years ago | | |

Curious, because HN discussions are mainly in English: are conversations mostly in English or Japanese?

How's the ratio of locals to foreigners?

pwim 8 years ago | | |

Almost all participants are English speakers. Typically 70 or so of the participants are non-Japanese.

anton_tarasenko 8 years ago | | |

I've updated your links. Thanks!

ekianjo 8 years ago | |

There's HN Kansai too. http://www.hnkansai.org

https://www.meetup.com/Hacker-News-Kansai/

comstock 8 years ago | | |

The Kansai one was really good, felt more tech focused and had great talks when I went.

The Tokyo meetup was more of a mixer last time I attended. Personally didn’t enjoy it as much.

sgrove 8 years ago | | |

I've not been to the Tokyo meetups, but I certainly enjoyed the HN Kansai meetup. I met some interesting people hacking on (somewhat niche) fun things - game dev, web design, cryptocurrency, etc. Definitely recommend it!

JulianRaphael 8 years ago | |

Thanks for doing this! I've created a meetup for Munich, feel free to add it to your list: https://www.meetup.com/Hacker-News-Munich/

pmontra 8 years ago |

I didn't think about a Hacker News meetup but it would be great to know other HN people in my area. I created a meetup right now for Milano, Italy. If you live there, check it out at https://www.meetup.com/Hacker-News-Milano

jason_tko 8 years ago |

These meetups always attract of a wide range of people - from people hacking on unique and interesting projects, to founders/CEOs, to investors, to programmers and marketers.

If you're in Tokyo and interested in meeting more people in the technology space, it's a very friendly and welcoming group of people.

lowglow 8 years ago |

I used to host the SFHN group, but the numbers started dwindling. Would be down to toss another one up just to get hackers out meeting other hackers: https://www.meetup.com/sfhackdays/

laurieg 8 years ago |

Is there any interest in a Fukuoka, Japan meetup? I know the startup scene has been taking off here.

jarofgreen 8 years ago |

If anyone is in the UK and is not in London (the one HN specific event!) check out https://opentechcalendar.co.uk/ for local event Open Data listings. Not HN specific but pretty good :-)

simonebrunozzi 8 years ago |

I assume this is December? It should be on the title. I know it's mathematically the only month left, but it would be a much clearer title (especially if you read it, like me, on a Saturday morning, pre-caffeine :D).

jason_tko 8 years ago |

Update: there is now a Hacker News Tokyo Slack community set up. There are currently over 140 people in there discussing business, technology, AI, machine learning, cryptocurrency, and various Japan related topics.

It's been really fun to watch this community come together in just the last few days!

If anyone is interested to check it out, you're very welcome. Please visit:

https://hntokyo.io

delhanty 8 years ago | |

Jay, I just wanted to reach out and say thank you for doing this.

Also, thank you for all that you have been doing for years now to bring HN folks together in Tokyo.

Last Wednesday's meetup at the Super Deluxe was the best yet!

dang 8 years ago |

We usually penalize event announcements as not intellectually interesting but since this thread is turning into something more general, I took off the penalty.

delhanty 8 years ago | |

How about scheduling a HN Meetup submission periodically like "Who's hiring", where everyone could announce there local meetups?

dang 8 years ago | | |

I'm allergic to new periodic posts but that is a good idea. Will think about it.

Helping people to make more real-world connections is a thing I'd like HN to do more of.

lowpro 8 years ago | | |

That would be really cool, I'm sure a lot of people (including myself) have never heard of an HN meetup or knew they existed. This thread is building community, and seems really cool. If there was one resource where all the meetups were consolidated, what better place to do that than HN itself. Something like the github list posted by anton_tarasenko[1] but in the menu bar would even suffice fairly well IMO.

[1] https://github.com/antontarasenko/hacker-news-groups

delhanty 8 years ago | | |

>Something like the github list posted by anton_tarasenko[1] but in the menu bar would even suffice fairly well IMO.

That would be cool.

Also, an automatic chronological list of forthcoming meetups would be nice too.

thekevinscott 8 years ago |

Didn't even realize this could be a thing! This inspired me to start a Boston chapter -> https://www.meetup.com/Hacker-News-Boston/

owenversteeg 8 years ago |

Anyone interested in a Dutch meetup? I'd be happy to help host and I live on a boat (so I can move the meetup to wherever the people are.)

holografix 8 years ago |

None in Australia?

mratzloff 8 years ago |

Anyone interested in an NYC meetup?

CPLX 8 years ago | |

I'm interested, would love to be added to any invite list. My email address is available by clicking on the word email here: http://www.nickbaily.com/

NikolaeVarius 8 years ago | |

I fully admit I was shocked when I realized this didn't exist

echelon 8 years ago | |

I'm going to dogpile on this thread and ask if anyone wants to do an HN meetup in the Atlanta area. I'd be happy to help organize if there isn't already such a group.

mratzloff 8 years ago | |

Just created it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15778631

simonebrunozzi 8 years ago | |

I would love to attend if it's on Dec 10th-12th, as I'm in town, visiting. :)

JasonCEC 8 years ago | |

I would help organize a NYC meetup; let's coordinate via email or the like?

mratzloff 8 years ago | | |

Very cool. Sent you an email.

simonebrunozzi 8 years ago | | |

My HN username at gmail if you want to keep me posted :)

ufmace 8 years ago | |

Sure, I'm surprised there isn't one already.

silviogutierrez 8 years ago | |

Sure thing. Also surprised there wasn't one.

mercer 8 years ago | |

I'd be interested in an Amsterdam meetup!

marak830 8 years ago |

Gah, I have been waiting and now I'm in Aus for a few months! Oh wellaybe next one haha

stealthcat 8 years ago |

Is there meetup specific to machine learning / deep learning in tokyo?

reustle 8 years ago | |

Yep, a few. Check TechyTokyo, Meetup, and Doorkeeper