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Powwow: Tokyo - Japan | Had a great time.

Krzysztof Łesyk — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:22:50 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Tokyo - Japan
Poster: Krzysztof Łesyk
Post title: Had a great time.

A late comment, but here goes:
Thanks to Calum for organizing everything - I wouldn't mind if such informal meetings were a regular event - this one was both fun and educational! Oh, and no, my pride is definitely not injured - at any rate, you pronounced my name much better than I have yours :)

Julien - thanks for the Wordfast presentation! It made me look at it again and do some research, and thanks to this I'm now testing Metatexis, which seems to be similar to WF, while at the same time being even cheaper (what can I say - I'm a miser).

Kurt - likewise, thanks for the Trados presentation and many helpful hints - if anyone ever manages to bring me to the dark side, it will most certainly be you :P

Dina - thanks for the pictures! And since I hate having my photos taken, thanks for not having me in any of'em!

Troy - that introduction thing was a great idea - had lots of fun introducing Calum to everyone, even though I misheard "Thai" as "Italian" (how on earth did that happen? I'm still baffled).

Everyone - I would love to thank each and every one of you personally, but that'll have to wait until our next meeting - hopefully we can have a nice and relaxing 二次会 afterwards too!

Powwow: Tokyo - Japan | Thanks for coming!

CalumR — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:04:21 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Tokyo - Japan
Poster: CalumR
Post title: Thanks for coming!

Just a quick note today to say thanks a lot to everybody who came to the powwow the other day.
I had a lot of fun, and I hope everybody else did too.
I am going to put a report about it up in the next few days.
Watch this space....
Calum

Powwow: Tokyo - Japan | some photos

Dina F. Nugroho — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 07:40:30 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Tokyo - Japan
Poster: Dina F. Nugroho
Post title: some photos

I\'ve uploaded some (only 4!) photos of this powwow to Flickr: [url removed] @N00/Thank you Calum for organizing this powwow, Julien for the Wordfast presentation, and Kurt for the Trados presentation.Thanks everybody!

Powwow: Tokyo - Japan | 5pm already

Geraldine Oudin (X) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:09:09 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Tokyo - Japan
Poster: Geraldine Oudin (X)
Post title: 5pm already

and still working at home. I could probably leave in half an hour or so but I am afraid everyone would be gone...dou shiyou...

Powwow: Tokyo - Japan | Meeting TIme

CalumR — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:31:31 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Tokyo - Japan
Poster: CalumR
Post title: Meeting TIme

Hello -
As you all know, things will be kicking off tomorrow at 3pm at Enjoy House.
Mr. Fowler has suggested we meet at the statue of
Ebisu-ojisan at the bottom of the big escalator near the Taxi rotary outside Ebisu JR station, and I think this is a good idea. The statue is outside the west exit. The map I posted before shows the statue.
Should you be arriving later than 3pm and fail to find Enjoy!House, please call either the venue [phone removed]
or me
[phone removed]
If you have any questions, feel free to send me a mail.
OK, I think that's covered just about everything - see you tomorrow!
Calum

Powwow: Tokyo - Japan | Directions

CalumR — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:53:03 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Tokyo - Japan
Poster: CalumR
Post title: Directions

Hi folks -
here is a nice set of directions:

[url removed] ~dub/gogo/enjoy.html

Powwow: Tokyo - Japan | Great!

Krzysztof Łesyk — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:32:32 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Tokyo - Japan
Poster: Krzysztof Łesyk
Post title: Great!

Fantastic - thank you CalumR for organizing this and thanks to Julien for offering a presentation for Wordfast. Wow, a buffet AND some useful information on a CAT tool - this meeting is going to be fantastic! See you all on Saturday!

Powwow: Tokyo - Japan | Looking Good

CalumR — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:25:03 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Tokyo - Japan
Poster: CalumR
Post title: Looking Good

Hi everybody -
this is promising to be quite an event!
So, a few details:
There will be a buffet, the size of which will vary with the number of people, so if you're coming, let me know.
We will split the buffet cost between us, but be buying drinks separately at the bar - this system worked well at the last event I went to at Enjoy!House.
People who are unsure of the way to the venue can either speak to someone who does, or we can meet up at the station beforehand.
Julien Griffon has kindly said he will be giving a presentation on Wordfast - please note that this will be informal. I am going to bring my laptop to follow Julien's demo - interested parties can bring either their laptop or their photographic memory.
OK...
I trust you're all looking forward to this as much as me!
See you soon,
Calum

Powwow: Tokyo - Japan | CAT tool presentation

Krzysztof Łesyk — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:04:55 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Tokyo - Japan
Poster: Krzysztof Łesyk
Post title: CAT tool presentation

I'd be interested in a presentation of any CAT tool - be it Trados, Wordfast, MemoQ or anything else, since I'm currently not using any, but I was thinking of buying one for some time now...
EDIT: For me, it wouldn't have to be a full-blown presentation, with slides and all that - just an informal demonstration and a honest opinion of someone who is using the software instead of selling it would be much more useful.

Powwow: Tokyo - Japan | Trados

Minoru Kuwahara — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:18:46 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Tokyo - Japan
Poster: Minoru Kuwahara
Post title: Trados

Just to note that I have swiched from Wordfast to SDL Trados a few years back, so I would appreciate if anyone familir with the tool could do any kind of presentation if any other ones may be interested...

Powwow: Tokyo - Japan | Leaving early but coming at 3pm

Julien Griffon — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:51:32 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Tokyo - Japan
Poster: Julien Griffon
Post title: Leaving early but coming at 3pm

I'll have to leave by 7pm, but 3pm is fine for me. I'll try and prepare an informal presentation for Wordfast, but I'm not what you'd call an expert.

Powwow: Tokyo - Japan | ok

Dina F. Nugroho — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:54:00 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Tokyo - Japan
Poster: Dina F. Nugroho
Post title: ok

I'm okay with the proposed time, 3 PM is just fine!

Powwow: Tokyo - Japan | sat 26th

Bonnie Waycott — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:40:16 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Tokyo - Japan
Poster: Bonnie Waycott
Post title: sat 26th

Having considered the options and my schedule, I would very much like to attend this event as long as people don't mind me leaving so early, like 5pm! I hope I am not too late to join....

Powwow: Tokyo - Japan | Any firm plans for scheduled presentations...

KathyT — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:52:53 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Tokyo - Japan
Poster: KathyT
Post title: Any firm plans for scheduled presentations...

...or the like? Is there anyone in the Tokyo area that could give a talk on Wordfast? Perhaps OmegaT? (JC?)

Powwow: Tokyo - Japan | ok

Minoru Kuwahara — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:07:59 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Tokyo - Japan
Poster: Minoru Kuwahara
Post title: ok

3 p.m., Jul 26, Sat. would be ok to me, as of today.

Powwow: Tokyo - Japan | I have another engagement at 8:30 PM...

Troy Fowler — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:52:07 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Tokyo - Japan
Poster: Troy Fowler
Post title: I have another engagement at 8:30 PM...

I have another engagement at 8:30 PM in Roppongi, so any time before that works on the 26th. A 3 or 4 PM start would be fine for me.

Powwow: Tokyo - Japan | Time

Bonnie Waycott — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:22:54 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Tokyo - Japan
Poster: Bonnie Waycott
Post title: Time

Not good for me I'm afraid, I have to be somewhere that evening....but if lots of people prefer 3pm then please go with that!

Powwow: Tokyo - Japan | Time

CalumR — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:05:02 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Tokyo - Japan
Poster: CalumR
Post title: Time

Hello everybody -
could you please let me know what you think about the proposed time of 3pm?
Cheers,
Calum

Powwow: Tokyo - Japan | May attend depending on time

Bonnie Waycott — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:44:35 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Tokyo - Japan
Poster: Bonnie Waycott
Post title: May attend depending on time

Unfortunately 3pm onwards is not good for me, I'm not around during the evening. 12pm is good though...

Powwow: Tokyo - Japan | I like the venue

Kurt Hammond — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:03:08 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Tokyo - Japan
Poster: Kurt Hammond
Post title: I like the venue

I think 3pm (or even an hour or 2 later) is a decent time. Roll out of bed late, spend some time with the Prozians, and have a 2-ji-kai for those of us/you who are up to it. Still plenty of time to get home for those who aren't. That wasn't an option for the last Pow-wow, which finished at the awkwardly early hour of 4-5pm or so. I like the "kashikiri" thing too... We don't have to worry about "bothering our neighbors"

Powwow: Tokyo - Japan | One option

CalumR — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:45:41 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Tokyo - Japan
Poster: CalumR
Post title: One option

Hello all,
the place I was hoping to get, "Enjoy!House" in Ebisu, apparently opens at 3 pm... is this too late? If so, I can easily check out some other places, however, I've been to Enjoy!House before and it is really nice - [url removed] - plus they can put on a buffet to suit everybody's taste and we can have the whole place to ourselves.
Let me know what you think.
Looking forward to your replies...
Calum

Powwow: Tokyo - Japan | Lunchtime is good.

Krzysztof Łesyk — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:55:53 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Tokyo - Japan
Poster: Krzysztof Łesyk
Post title: Lunchtime is good.

Lunchtime works for me - I need about 2 hours to get to Tokyo by train, but I'm an early bird anyway, so even breakfast time would be fine ;)

Powwow: Tokyo - Japan | I'm positively thinking of attendance, but...

Minoru Kuwahara — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:01:37 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Tokyo - Japan
Poster: Minoru Kuwahara
Post title: I'm positively thinking of attendance, but...

Hi CalumR san and all,

I'm positively thinking of attendance, but I won't probably be sure until the last moment whether or not I will be truly available on either July 26, Sat. or 27, Sun. because recently I tend to be involved with long-standing translation cases.
From the information so far, I guess it's going to be a lunch time event maybe somewhere around Tokyo districts.
BTW, about location, I would prefer the westward because of where I live...

Minoru Kuwahara

Powwow: Tokyo - Japan | I'm good

Timothy Miller — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:46:38 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Tokyo - Japan
Poster: Timothy Miller
Post title: I'm good

Sorry for the late reply, I am still interested for lunch on the 26th!

Powwow: Tokyo - Japan | Venue conditions

Troy Fowler — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:25:28 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Tokyo - Japan
Poster: Troy Fowler
Post title: Venue conditions

Hello Calum,

Thanks for your work on organizing the PowWow. I thought I'd add a few suggestions regarding location.

* Probably a large Izakaya with a large semi-private area would be appropriate.

* If possible, having several adjacent tables (versus one long skinny one) helps conversation.

* A central location like Shinjuku, Shibuya, Ebisu, etc.

* Sounds like this will be a lunch / afternoon event, so I suggest skipping the "nomi-hodai" courses for the time being (leave that for the nijikai!)

* Maybe arrange for a course meal with enough veggie options to please non-carnivors.

...just a few pointers.

Good luck!

Troy

Powwow: Tokyo - Japan | Booking

CalumR — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:29:17 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Tokyo - Japan
Poster: CalumR
Post title: Booking

Hi folks, I'm going to book a place pretty soon, so if those who have not yet replied could let me know their availability on the 26th around lunchtime that woud be great. Thanks in advance!

Powwow: Tokyo - Japan | I can't make it this time

kyoko oyama — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:24:07 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Tokyo - Japan
Poster: kyoko oyama
Post title: I can't make it this time

I will be out of the country for work on this day.
Wait for the next chance.

Powwow: Tokyo - Japan | Next time...

Nobuo Kameyama — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:04:18 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Tokyo - Japan
Poster: Nobuo Kameyama
Post title: Next time...

Sorry I have a previous appointment. I also look forward to reading CalumR's report together with some pictures!

Powwow: Tokyo - Japan | Noon or after is fine for me...

Seikoh Hokama — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:47:08 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Tokyo - Japan
Poster: Seikoh Hokama
Post title: Noon or after is fine for me...

...since I live a one and a half hours from Tokyo. By the way, have you decided where to hold the event?

Powwow: Tokyo - Japan | Can't make it this time

horse — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:52:55 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Tokyo - Japan
Poster: horse
Post title: Can't make it this time

Sorry, I can't make it that weekend. I attended the last Powwow and met Henry and some of the members listed here. It was an interesting meeting. Getting to see the Proz people in real life was fun. Maybe next time ! I'll be looking forward to the report of the event later.