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Making a Chess Screencast

This is an overview of the presentation that I gave at Yokohama Barcamp. Me and my brother Steve went through making a chess video screencast — going through moves on a board, and commenting on them as we go along. Before go any further, here is a list of the software I used:

Screenflow
Skype
Skype Call Recorder
Snapz [...]

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Making the Shift to Online Journalism

I don’t do stuff like this very often, but last night I had a chance to spill my guts to about 30 or 40 people on a topic that I’ve kinda been obsessing over for quite a while. I’ve met a lot of people who write for a living over the past few months, and [...]

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A Day of Sumo

The other day I got a chance to check out some sumo for the first time since arriving in Japan. Besides having to wake up at 4:30am in the morning to head out to the stadium to stand in line with hundreds of wrinkled Japanese senior citizens, it was a pretty cool experience.
We had awesome [...]

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Tokyo CGM Night 4

The latest Choo/Shuttleworth CGM event was held at Super Deluxe last night. As always it was a great chance to catch up with old friends and meet some new ones too. It was especially fun catching up with Shane Sakata, the writer behind The Nihon Sun. Her blog is one of my favorite Japan blogs [...]

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CEO/Founder Stéphane Doutriaux introduces Poken!

I attended the latest Tokyo CGM Night this past Friday. As usual it was an excellent event, and you can read a little more about all the excellent people in attendance over on my CNet Tokyo Shift blog.
Swiss startup Poken stole the show with their amazing little electronic business card gadgets. Founder Stéphane Doutriaux gave [...]

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Jason Ball: Good People in Japan

Here’s the 3rd presentation from Tuesday’s Good People event. Jason Ball gives a brief overview here of his plans for future Good People networking events.
You can reach him through the GoodPeople.jp website or via twitter.
Other GoodPeople presenters:
Andrew Shuttleworth: Social Media and Networking Online
Gary Bremmerman: 7.5 Tips on Networking

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Andrew Shuttleworth: Social Media and Networking Online

This is the second presentation that was given at the GoodPeople.jp event this past Tuesday. Andrew Shuttleworth gave this brief talk entitled “Social Media and Networking Online.”
You can reach Andrew via his website or on twitter.
Other GoodPeople presenters:
Gary Bremmerman: 7.5 Tips on Networking
Jason Ball: Good People in Japan

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Gary Bremmerman: 7.5 Tips on Networking

As a part of the recent Good People Japan event, Gary Bremmerman gave this presentation entitled “7.5 Tips on Networking.” You can view the video below.
Gary is also involved in BeersforBooks.org, and I encourage you to check that out as well.
Other GoodPeople presenters:
Andrew Shuttleworth: Social Media and Networking Online
Jason Ball: Good People in Japan

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